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Hungary's parliament passes an amendment to the constitution that allows the government to ban public events by LGBTQ  communities in Budapest, 14 April, 2025
Hungary's parliament passes constitutional amendment banning LGBTQ+ events
BUDAPEST — Hungary's parliament has passed an amendment to the constitution that allows the government to ban public events by LGBTQ+ communities, a decision that legal scholars and critics are calling another step toward authoritarianism.The amendment, which required a two-thirds vote, passed along party lines with 140 votes for and 21 against.It was proposed by the ruling Fidesz-KDNP coalition led by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.The amendment declares that children's rights to moral, physical and spiritual development supersede any right other than the right to life, including the right to peacefully assemble.The amendment codifies a law fast-tracked through parliament in March that bans public events held by LGBTQ+ communities, including the popular Pride event in Budapest...
April 15, 2025

Hungary's parliament passes constitutional amendment banning LGBTQ+ events

The Russian attack on Sumy has fuelled call for new EU sanctions
EU ministers call for new sanctions on Russia after Sumy attack
LUXEMBOURG — The screws on Russia must be urgently tightened through fresh sanctions after the devastating attack against the Ukrainian city of Sumy, foreign ministers of the European Union said as they gathered for a meeting in Luxembourg on Monday.Two Russian ballistic missiles struck Sumy as the Christian faithful celebrated Palm Sunday, a festivity that honours Christ's entrance into Jerusalem.At least 34 people were killed and more than 110 were injured."The strike hit the city centre on Palm Sunday. Only filthy scum can act like this," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.The attack against civilians came as Ukraine was still mourning 19 people, including nine children, who were killed in Kryvyi Rih earlier this month. Both Russian strikes bear similarities, combining...
April 14, 2025

EU ministers call for new sanctions on Russia after Sumy attack

Police investigators inspect the site after a bomb explosion outside of the Hellenic Train offices in Athens, 11 April 2025
Unknown leftist extremist group claims responsibility for Athens bombing
ATHENS — A newly emerged militant group called "Revolutionary Class Self-Defense" has claimed responsibility for two recent bombing incidents in Athens, including an explosion on Friday outside the offices of Hellenic Train.The Friday evening blast caused minor damage but no injuries, following a warning call made to two media outlets approximately 40 minutes beforehand.The extremist group also said it was behind another explosive device that went off near the Labor Ministry building in the Greek capital in early February.In a lengthy statement posted online Sunday and seen by Euronews, the group said the attacks were part of an armed opposition against the state, dedicating them to “the Palestinian people and their heroic resistance”.The left-leaning organization also...
April 14, 2025

Unknown leftist extremist group claims responsibility for Athens bombing

People were seen embracing and crying at the site of the attack in Sumy
Zelensky urges Trump to visit Ukraine ahead of deal with Russia
LONDON — Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has invited Donald Trump to visit his country ahead of any deal with Russia to end the war."Please, before any kind of decisions, any kind of forms of negotiations, come to see people, civilians, warriors, hospitals, churches, children destroyed or dead," Zelensky said in an interview for CBS's 60 Minutes program.The interview was recorded before Sunday's devastating Russian missile attack on the Ukrainian city of Sumy, which killed 34 people - including two children - and injured 117 others.Trump described the attack as a "horrible thing" while Germany's chancellor-in-waiting, Friedrich Merz, accused Russia of committing a war crime.There was no immediate official comment on the attack from Russia, whose...
April 14, 2025

Zelensky urges Trump to visit Ukraine ahead of deal with Russia

Ukrainian servicemen carry a dead body from a trolleybus after a Russian missile strike on Sumy, Ukraine, Sunday, April 13, 2025
Zelensky slams Russia as ballistic missiles strike Sumy killing dozens of civilians
KYIV — At least 34 people were killed and some 117 others were injured as two Russian ballistic missiles struck the northern Ukrainian city of Sumy. Kyiv says it’s the second large-scale attack to claim civilian lives in the space of a week.The missiles struck on Sunday as people gathered to celebrate Palm Sunday – the Sunday before Easter in which Jesus Christ is believed to have made entry into Jerusalem.The attacks were carried out in the morning, with officials saying the first of the missiles struck around 10:15 am local time. Images from the site showed lines of black body bags on the roadside, while more bodies were seen wrapped in foil blankets among the debris.Video footage also showed fire crews fighting to extinguish the shells of burnt cars among the rubble from damaged...
April 14, 2025

Zelensky slams Russia as ballistic missiles strike Sumy killing dozens of civilians

Supporters attend a rally for the Hungarian opposition Tisza Party before the results of the party's public survey, Budapest, Hungary, Sunday, April 13, 2025
Hungary's opposition leader holds rally in Budapest
BUDAPEST — The leader of Hungary's largest opposition party on Sunday told thousands of supporters that he would guide his country out of its international isolation if he defeats Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in elections scheduled for next year.Péter Magyar, the leader of the Respect and Freedom (Tisza) party, represents the most serious challenge to Orbán's power since the right-wing populist leader took office in 2010.Recent polling suggests that Tisza has overtaken Orbán's Fidesz party as Hungary struggles with a stagnating economy and has been politically sidelined in the European Union over Orbán's policies.Speaking at a rally in Budapest on Sunday, Magyar said that, if elected, he would restore Hungary's relationships and reputation among its allies that...
April 14, 2025

Hungary's opposition leader holds rally in Budapest

Steve Witkoff met Vladimir Putin at the Presidential Library in St Petersburg
Witkoff meets Putin as Trump urges Russia to 'get moving'
MOSCOW — US special envoy Steve Witkoff met Vladimir Putin in St Petersburg on Friday as Donald Trump urged the Russian president to "get moving" on a ceasefire in Ukraine.It will be Witkoff's third meeting with Putin this year, during which the US has failed to get Russia to agree to a full ceasefire with Ukraine. Trump has previously expressed frustration with Putin over the state of talks. On Friday, he wrote on social media: "Russia has to get moving. Too many people ere [sic] DYING, thousands a week, in a terrible and senseless war."The meeting comes as the UK and Germany chaired a gathering of Ukraine's allies in Brussels, where 50 nations agreed €21bn (£18.2bn) in military aid for Kyiv.Before the talks, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said...
April 11, 2025

Witkoff meets Putin as Trump urges Russia to 'get moving'

UK, Estonian and German defense ministers in Brussels
Ukraine allies pledge €21 billion in new military support
BRUSSELS — Ukraine's key allies from across the globe have announced €21 billion in new military support at a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG) held in NATO headquarters in Brussels on Friday.The group, once exclusively led by the US but now led by Germany and the UK, comprises 51 nations and partners.German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius says today's announcement, including Germany's pledge of €11 billion until 2029, is a record boost in military funding for Ukraine.The €21 billion also includes the UK's £4.5bn commitment for this year, which the country’s defense secretary John Healey described as its highest contribution yet.Ukrainian Defence Minister Rustem Umerov warned Russia is "ramping up [military] production", and said...
April 11, 2025

Ukraine allies pledge €21 billion in new military support

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen addresses journalists during a media conference at EU headquarters in Brussels, Monday, April 7, 2025
Von der Leyen ready to hit tech and services in US-EU trade war
BRUSSELS — The EU is ready to put pressure on the US by threatening to tariff its services, where it has a trade surplus with the EU, if negotiations in the ongoing trade war break down, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said.US big tech is also in von der Leyen's sights, she told the Financial Times in an interview, signaling readiness to introduce a tax on digital advertising revenues that would hit tech groups such as Meta, Google and Facebook.The EU will use the anti-coercion tool if necessary, she says, explaining that there were “a wide range of countermeasures” that the Commission could be developing.The implementation of this tax depends on the outcomes of negotiations on tariffs between the two sides of the Atlantic. Currently, US President Donald...
April 11, 2025

Von der Leyen ready to hit tech and services in US-EU trade war

A sluice door is seen in the former German Government Bunker in Marienthal, southwest of Bonn
Germans seek spaces in nuclear bunkers as specter of war looms
BONN — Last year, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius declared that Germans "must be ready for war by 2029". The government is ramping up defense spending, and car manufacturers are considering repurposing factories to produce military supplies as the country faces the possibility that Europe could soon face a full-on conflict.As part of the transition to a war footing, one company has identified a niche market: a nuclear shelter estate agent service.German Bunker Makler's managing owner, Peter Aurnhammer, told Euronews that demand for blast-proof facilities has been increasing "very significantly". His company's customers are spread across the whole of Germany, and more and more people are setting up home protection shelters.Germany has a large number of...
April 11, 2025

Germans seek spaces in nuclear bunkers as specter of war looms

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