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Romanian political scientist Cristian Pirvulescu argues that, by once again choosing a politically divisive subject while refusing to deliver a moral verdict, filmmaker Cristian Mungiu cultivates ambiguity that serves reactionary circles.
Lev Shlosberg, one of the few Russian opposition figures to publicly denounce the offensive in Ukraine while remaining in Russia, has been sentenced to more than 11 years in prison. His party, the only anti-war political group, has been barred from the September 20 election.
According to British news outlets, the couple will leave the US by the end of the month to settle in a non-royal residence outside of London. Their two children have already been enrolled in a British school.
'We will not tolerate a Turkish military entrenchment moving southward, because it threatens us,' the Israeli prime minister said. He stopped short of claiming Israeli responsibility for the strike.
Residents of wildfire-struck areas in Belgium and Germany were given authorization to return home on Wednesday as firefighters appeared to be containing Belgium's largest blaze in a century.
As Russian bombings intensify and air defenses weaken, a growing number of the Ukrainian capital's residents are heading underground at nightfall as a precaution, without waiting for possible alerts.
German prosecutors said they had arrested a trained diver, dubbed Vladimir Z., whom they 'strongly suspected of jointly causing explosions' that damaged the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which runs between Russia and Germany, in 2022.
The popular former minister, recently ousted from government, has inadvertently plunged the country into political crisis.
Mykhailo Fedorov, whose dismissal triggered a political crisis in Ukraine, called for presidential elections to be held despite the ongoing war, breaking a taboo since the start of Russia's invasion.
With negotiations over a security agreement between Israel and Syria's new leadership at a standstill, Israel targeted a military site to prevent the country from rebuilding its air force with Turkey's help.
Officials at Russia's foreign ministry warned Tokyo's emissary over the status of the Kuril Islands on Tuesday, after Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi affirmed sovereignty in response to Russian leader Vladimir Putin's visit to the disputed territory.
Hundreds of firefighters, backed by water-bombing aircraft from several countries, have been deployed to try to contain and douse a historic forest fire that struck the High Fens nature reserve, located near the German border.
The rise in the polls of the leader of National Future, a party with an identitarian and masculinist vision founded by the former member of the League, has prompted the parties in Giorgia Meloni's coalition to take a tougher stance.
The drones, which had been supplied to Ukraine, were reportedly used in Russia. In a statement, Russia's embassy in London accused Britian of becoming 'an accomplice and co-perpetrator' of the attacks.
Star academic Jason Arday was found dead on Friday, August 14, amid growing furore over claims of academic plagiarism.
Following the expulsion order issued against the Russian propagandist at the end of July, Jean-Noël Barrot emphasizes the importance of distinguishing between opinion, which seeks to persuade; information manipulation, which aims to deceive; and interference, whose objective is to exert outside pressure on our freedom of choice.
British group Virgin received high-speed rail access through the Channel Tunnel, an element needed to launch a rival service to Eurostar, which has held a monopoly on passenger services through the tunnel since 1994.
Prominent Russian opposition politician Lev Shlosberg has repeatedly called for a ceasefire in Ukraine and was charged over his participation in an online debate on the war as well as for sharing critical articles about it.
Belgian officials said Monday weather conditions had caused a wildfire to spread more slowly overnight as reinforcements were sent to contain a blaze that had been headed to the German border.
The 413th Unmanned Systems Forces Regiment has been stepping up strikes deep within Russia from Ukrainian territory. Kyiv has accelerated its military efforts to bring the fight to the heart of its invader's economic infrastructure.
Despite crackdowns, hundreds of people have demonstrated daily since the suspension of the country's European Union integration process in November 2024. As exhaustion sets in, some are questioning the effectiveness of these protests.
The thieves removed all five panels of the 'San Gregorio Polyptych' from their frame, but abandoned two behind a wall while fleeing. An art expert estimated the stolen works at €70 million to €80 million.
Firefighters from all over Belgium as well as from Germany have been deployed across the High Fens park, an area of boggy peatlands and pine forests near the German border, in an attempt to tame Belgium's largest modern-day wildifre.
Moscow regional governor Andrey Vorobyov described the assault as 'one of the most massive drone attacks in recent memory.' Meanwhile, Russia launched missile strikes that killed three people and wounded more than a dozen in Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities.
The family of former Cambridge professor Jason Arday, who was found dead days after resigning amid plagiarism allegations, has accused his critics of subjecting him to years of harassment.
By Saturday afternoon, the fire had scorched at least 16 square kilometers in the High Fens natural park. A local spokesperson called it the 'largest in recent history' for Belgium.
After dismissing his popular defense minister, Mykhailo Fedorov, and sparking anger in the streets and within the opposition, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appears to have contained the unrest, but has emerged weakened.
Led since 2023 by a Christian Democratic mayor, Berlin stands out as an exception in a national context marked by the rise of the far right. The city-state will hold elections on September 20.
Hereditary Prince Alois announced the change in his speech marking the country's national day.
While the international federation reinstated Russian and Belarusian swimmers in April, the European governing body insisted on maintaining neutrality criteria for the competition as the war in Ukraine continues.
The leader of the far-right Reform UK party reclaimed his Clacton seat, triggering the reopening of a parliamentary standards probe into a £5 million donation from a crypto billionaire.
His comments came during a visit to an area devastated by wildfires.
The paintings had been stolen from the Magnani Rocca Foundation, and were worth more than €10 million combined.