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Western analysts have said a build-up of aircraft on the Ukrainian border could see Putin’s forces attempt to push the offensive in the Donbas region.

In a bid to tackle the energy crisis, Dutch authorities have approved offshore drilling for gas in the North Sea. The first gas is set to be extracted in 2024, but the project has sparked controversy on the surrounding islands. Residents fear that drilling for gas will damage the exceptional biodiversity of the area, pollute the Waddenzee – a UNESCO world heritage site – and threaten the islands main source of income, tourism.

Oliv?r V?rhelyi was heard asking “how many idiots are still left?” during a Q&A session with lawmakers.

A major French mental health study has found a huge rise in the number of young people reporting depression, with the most likely cause seen as Covid-19 and restrictions to control the disease.

Trucks would also have to reduce emissions by 90% by 2040.

The European Parliament on Tuesday gave its final approval to a ban on new sales of carbon-emitting petrol and diesel cars by 2035, with a view to getting them off the continent’s roads by mid-century.

The EU considers Russia has failed to address the harmful elements of its tax legislation.

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Ukraine has urged the EU to sanction Rosatom and blacklist its managers, but the call has so far gone unheeded.

A coalition of eastern European countries led by Poland and Estonia is also calling for NATO members to increase the spending benchmark.

Wagner chief Yevgeny Prigozhin said on Tuesday that Russian forces will not seize the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut “anytime soon” as intense fighting there continues. Wagner has been leading the Russian assault on the city. Earlier on Tuesday, NATO defence ministers gathered for talks on how to step up their military support for Ukraine. Follow FRANCE 24 for live updates. All times are Paris time (GMT+1).

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and her coalition allies secured emphatic election wins in the two wealthiest regions of the country on Monday, strengthening the right’s grip on power amid growing voter apathy.

Catholic clergy in Portugal have abused nearly 5,000 children since 1950, an independent commission said on Monday after hearing hundreds of victims’ accounts.

The implementation of the regulation has been delayed for more than a year now due to a dispute over what is defined as ‘renewable’ hydrogen.

The European Commission says the Hungarian law violates internal market rules, the fundamental rights of individuals, and EU values.

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Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands called on Monday for “targeted adjustments”. Spain, however, is backing a “fundamental reform”.

The European Commission warns uncertainty is still elevated, with the economy dependent on Russia’s war in Ukraine and tight energy markets.

Cyprus voters on Sunday elected the former foreign minister Nikos Christodoulides as the next president of the small EU member state, with his rival conceding defeat and congratulating him.

The leader of the Russian paramilitary group Wagner said Sunday that his troops had taken an eastern Ukrainian village a few kilometres from the key city of Bakhmut which Moscow has been trying to capture for months. Follow FRANCE 24 for live updates. All times are Paris time (GMT+1).

Cyprus holds a tightly fought presidential election on Sunday between two diplomats, each seeking to persuade undecided voters that he is the best choice to govern the European Union member.

Thousands of Europe-based Iranians, including relatives of victims of repression in the Islamic republic, lawmakers and campaigners, on Saturday urged the EU at a rally in Paris to list Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as a “terror” group.

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Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in France on Saturday in a fourth day of action against President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform, with unions planning to ramp up strikes if the plan is not dropped.

Dutch police said on Friday they were investigating the projection of an anti-Semitic laser message onto the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam — an incident the prime minister condemned as “reprehensible”.