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Let’s set aside the exaggerations. The objections concerning the “feminists in front of the courthouse, a knife between their teeth.” The suggestions to expatriate them “to Afghanistan,” “to Iran,” “to Yemen,” on the grounds that “they’ll have work there.” the reckless comparisons equating the accused – whose names have been published on the walls of the southern city of Avignon, where the trial is taking place, and on social media – to Jews during WWII, with comments like, “What’s next? Do we put little stars on them?” Let’s set aside the lectures in feminism professed by these older gentlemen who,…

Everything happened on the same day, the 46th anniversary of the Constitution, in the same parliamentary headquarters decorated for the party and just a few minutes apart. First, the leader of the opposition, Alberto Núñez Feijóo, arrived, supported by his territorial barons, with the Madrid-born Isabel Díaz Ayuso on the front line. The president of the PP approached the microphone installed this Friday in the courtyard of Congress and unloaded his dark diagnosis: we are in a country where the Government “occupies the institutions of the State”, “does not respect the Cortes”, “deteriorates judicial independence”. ” and “is willing to…

Updated Friday, December 6, 2024 – 14:19Former Minister of Transport José Luis Ábalos has asked the Supreme Court to postpone his voluntary declaration scheduled for next December 12 in the call Koldo casesince you need more time to study the summary.In a letter, Ábalos’ defense explains that he accessed the entire case this Thursday “around 2:00 p.m.” and needs time to “take due account” of the “extensive volume of the case.”The lawyer explains that this Tuesday he tried to access the summary electronically, but that he could not consult the file through this procedure. For this reason, a representative of…

The lightning offensive by the Islamist rebels in Syria is putting ruler Bashar al-Assad under increasing pressure. After the fall of the city of Aleppo, a decisive battle for the city of Homs is now imminent. Watch this and other news on WELT TV.© Axel Springer Germany GmbH. All rights reserved. Now live: Offensive puts Assad under increasing pressure – All developments in Syria – Video

Our family prefers to travel by train – and it’s completely voluntary. Why we don’t pull the emergency brake even in the greatest chaos. Traveling with children: Why we like traveling by train – despite everything

Forty years ago some of the world biggest music stars joined together under the name Band Aid to record a fundraiser single for Africa. The song, Do They Know It’s Christmas, was a global smash and still a holiday perennial. But its rerelease on the fortieth anniversary has put a spotlight on the damaging story it told about Africa. We look at how voices on the continent are now pushing back against the narrative of helplessness. Yes, we know it's Christmas: pushing back against the Band Aid narrative

The military junta in Burkina Faso dismissed Prime Minister Apollinaire Joachim Kyelem de Tambela on Friday and dissolved the government. “The prime minister’s official functions are terminated,” read a decree issued by the junta’s leader, interim President Ibrahim Traore. He said government ministers will remain in office until a new government is formed. No reasons were given for the dismissal. Tambela was named as premier in October 2022 after the coup that brought Traore to power. The prime minister had served at the head of three successive governments, surviving each reshuffle. Military rule in Burkina Faso Burkina Faso is one of several countries in…

What would the Sanremo Festival be… without Sanremo? Liguria could lose almost 6 million in direct revenue during the five days of the event if the Kermesse migrated elsewhere. In the last two years the Festival has generated a turnover of almost 400 million, 186 in 2023 and 205 in 2024 of which over 70 million in added value (comparable to the GDP), according to the company Ey (formerly Ernst & Young) which it is part of the so-called “Big Four”, the four largest auditing companies that share the world market. And these are the general data on the related…

The country allocates about half the amount — calculated as a percentage of national wealth or GDP — as neutral Malta and less than a quarter of the budget of fellow neutral state Austria.

  In an exclusive interview with Euronews, Jakov Milatović calls EU enlargement an insurance policy for “the security of the European continent”. Montenegro’s youngest-ever president at the age of 36, Jakov Milatović, was elected in May last year, winning a landslide majority on an unabashedly pro-EU platform. An economist by trade and former minister of economic development, Milatović has balanced his ambitions for Europe with a desire for closer relations with Serbia. This is despite the fact that he disagrees with his former federal state partner on crucial issues, most of all the recognition of Kosovo. Whereas Serbia has not…