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In a recent TV interview, Lu Shaye, China’s ambassador to France, challenged the sovereignty and international status of the Baltic states.

IN THE PRESS – Monday, April 24: We look at the media reaction to Lu Shaye’s comments on Soviet sovereignty. Some are calling the remarks by the Chinese ambassador to France an embarrassment to President Emmanuel Macron. In other news, the French papers “celebrate” one year since the president’s re-election. Also, a fresh anti-Semitism row has engulfed the UK’s Labour Party, with MP Diane Abbott being suspended from the party. Finally: will space tourists be able to have sex in space?

Nine European countries are holding a summit Monday aimed at scaling up wind power generation in the North Sea, spurred by the fall-out of the Ukraine war and the push for renewables.

Air pollution still causes more than 1,200 premature deaths a year in under 18’s across Europe and increases the risk of chronic disease later in life, the EU environmental agency said Monday.

Azerbaijan on Sunday set up a checkpoint on the only land link between Armenia and the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave, sparking an angry response from its arch-rival Yerevan.

Russia has expelled more than 20 German diplomats, its foreign ministry said Saturday, in a “reciprocal” move as Berlin said some Russian diplomats had left Germany. Meanwhile Russia’s defence ministry said that its assault troops had captured three more districts in the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut. Ukrainian authorities have not confirmed the Russian advance. Read our blog to see how the day’s events unfolded. All times are Paris time (GMT+2).

In this edition of Brussels, my love, shot in the EU Parliament in Strasbourg, we take a look at the EU policy on climate, migration & the fate of Evan Gershkovich

French President Emmanuel Macron only just dodged another day of heckles and boos from opponents of the controversial pension reform. But a war of attrition aimed at the president and his government looks to have no sign of letting up, with pots and pans the weapons of choice.

A Paris court on Friday sentenced Lebanese-Canadian citizen Hassan Diab to life in prison in absentia for the 1980 bombing of a synagogue in which four people died. Diab has long protested his innocence in the case which has been under investigation for decades. “We imagine that Hassan Diab will appeal this decision from Canada, where he is today,” says FRANCE 24’s Shirli Sitbon.

The EU institutions have been at odds with Warsaw about its justice reforms for years now, with the Commission warning they endanger the independence of the judiciary.