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Conservatives and liberals were in a close race as votes were counted after Bulgaria’s fifth election in two years on Sunday, while a pro-Russian party made gains with the country deeply divided over the war in Ukraine

Conservatives and liberals were in a close race as votes were counted after Bulgaria’s fifth election in two years on Sunday, while a pro-Russian party made gains with the country deeply divided over the war in Ukraine

Conservatives and liberals were in a close race as votes were counted after Bulgaria’s fifth election in two years on Sunday, while a pro-Russian party made gains with the country deeply divided over the war in Ukraine

Conservatives and liberals were in a close race as votes were counted after Bulgaria’s fifth election in two years on Sunday, while a pro-Russian party made gains with the country deeply divided over the war in Ukraine

Conservatives and liberals were in a close race as votes were counted after Bulgaria’s fifth election in two years on Sunday, while a pro-Russian party made gains with the country deeply divided over the war in Ukraine

Conservatives and liberals were in a close race as votes were counted after Bulgaria’s fifth election in two years on Sunday, while a pro-Russian party made gains with the country deeply divided over the war in Ukraine

Climate activists in Italy turned a Baroque-style fountain at the foot of Rome’s Spanish Steps black on Saturday, in a protest they said evoked an “end of the world” scenario.

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Italy’s Data Protection Authority on Friday temporarily banned OpenAI’s ChatGPT chatbot and launched a probe over a suspected breach of the artificial intelligence application’s data collection rules.

In our weekly review, we look at the European Commission President’s speech on relations with Beijing, as well as inflation figures and an agreement on renewable energy sources.

Ambassador Fu Cong said Ursula von der Leyen’s speech on China was ridden with “misrepresentations and misinterpretations.”

Talking Europe interviews Tytti Tuppurainen, Finland’s minister for European affairs, following the Hungarian parliament’s ratification of Helsinki’s application to join NATO. Finland and Sweden both applied nearly a year ago, in what was seen as a huge shift in European security. But obstacles have slowed down the two countries’ progress on that path towards the Atlantic Alliance. Tuppurainen also touches on her country’s energy transition and the main issues in the upcoming parliamentary election in Finland on April 2.

A right to die with dignity, or a slippery slope to legalised murder? Debates over assisted dying have been going on in Europe for a long time, but they seem to have intensified, with France, Belgium, Portugal and Ireland all recently re-considering their legislation, or at least launching consultations on the subject.

A Moscow court ruled that a US journalist for the Wall Street Journal newspaper should be detained for nearly two months on suspicion of spying for Washington, the most serious move against a foreign journalist since Russia invaded Ukraine.

King Charles III has cancelled his state visit to France due to ongoing industrial unrest, but the fact that he had chosen the country for his first such trip is a sign that UK-France relations are getting back on track, after years on bickering over Brexit. Just like his mother before him, King Charles III is able to converse in French. Our international affairs editor and royal watcher Philip Turle looks back at which French presidents the late Queen Elizabeth II got on best with, as well as those she didn’t hit it off with.

The EU gender pay gap stood at 13% in 2021.

Ursula von der Leyen delivered on Thursday a highly critical speech on China and urged the EU to avoid falling for “divide-and-conquer tactics.”

A woman in northern France is to be put on trial on charges of insulting President Emmanuel Macron after describing him as ‘filth’ in a Facebook post, a prosecutor said on Wednesday. The woman risks a fine of 12,000 euros but not prison if convicted at the trial due to be held in June.

The law is good, they say. But EU consumers might also have to change their behaviour and take a closer look at what they consume.

France’s highest constitutional authority will rule on President Emmanuel Macron’s controversial pension reform on April 14, it said Wednesday, a verdict decisive for the future of the changes.

France increased the minimum age for using an electric scooter from 12 to 14 on Wednesday ahead of a weekend vote in Paris on whether to ban rental of the devices. The government unveiled a new regulatory plan for e-scooters on Wednesday increasing the age limit as well as hiking fines for riding on them with another person from 35 euros to 135 ($150).

Henrik Hololei has served as the Director-General for Mobility and Transport since 2015.

Three issues remain outstanding: port concessions, district heating networks and the so-called “integrated urban plans.”

King Charles travels to Germany on Wednesday in his first state visit abroad since becoming British monarch. Charles, who succeeded his mother Queen Elizabeth as the British monarch in September, had been due to travel first to France, but cancelled that part of the tour due to violent social unrest over President Emmanuel Macron’s new pension law.

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi arrived for a visit to the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine late on Wednesday morning, where he warned of “increasing” military activity around the plant. He added that the UN nuclear watchdog was working on a plan of “realistic measures” to ensure Zaporizhzhia’s security. Follow our live blog for the latest updates on the war in Ukraine. All times are Paris time (GMT+2).