1+ week, 6+ day ago   (225+ words) France will introduce financial penalties from Tuesday targeting ultra-fast fashion products sold by platforms including Shein, Temu and AliExpress, according to French broadcaster RMC-BFM. The measure, part of an anti-fast-fashion law adopted this summer, will apply to products classified as…...

2+ week, 43+ min ago   (134+ words) Poland will launch a nationwide media literacy program to help students identify fake news, manipulation and AI-generated deepfakes, broadcaster TVP World reported Monday. The program, funded mainly by the Culture Ministry, aims to teach students aged 10 to 19 how to verify…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (364+ words) Belgium’s Foreign Minister Maxime Prevot told US Ambassador Bill White on Monday that further public statements targeting Belgian politicians could lead to an “unnecessary escalation” in relations between the two countries, the Belga news agency reported. White had posted an…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (320+ words) Russia has increased its “sub-military, sub-conventional” activity, Latvian Foreign Minister Baiba Braze said Wednesday, adding that Moscow had never stopped such activities. Speaking at a joint news conference in Stockholm with Swedish Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard, Braze said Russia…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (252+ words) Kazakh Energy Minister Yerlan Akkenzhenov said Tuesday that the Kondensat oil refinery in the West Kazakhstan region will be processing Russian oil. During a government briefing, Akkenzhenov said that an agreement is currently in place for the export of 70% of…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (538+ words) EU enlargement chief Marta Kos on Tuesday outlined four areas for discussion on reforming the bloc’s enlargement process, focusing on protecting existing members, internal reforms, rule of law safeguards and gradual integration. “The world has changed. And enlargement must change…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (403+ words) The Ukraine war must be made painful enough to push Russia to peace talks, Ukraine’s president urged on Monday. Speaking at a news conference following a Coalition of the Willing summit in Ukraine’s capital Kyiv, Volodymyr Zelenskyy put Russia’s spending…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (257+ words) German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said on Saturday he plans to discuss further diplomatic efforts to bring peace to Ukraine when he meets with his US counterpart, Marco Rubio, next week. “I am counting on the US to remain willing…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (369+ words) Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on Saturday that, for Kyiv, establishing peace amid the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war is only possible through European participation. During a joint press conference with his visiting German counterpart Johann Wadephul, who arrived in the…...