Notices by Vittoria Pirone 🇪🇺 (vittoria@mastodon.social)

Trump on Thursday said he doesn't hold Zelenskyy "responsible" for Russia's invasion of his country but continued to criticize the Ukrainian leader. Trump added Thursday that a deal with Ukraine on extracting the war-wracked country's strategic minerals could be reached next week. We speak to Kyiv Independent reporter Francis Farrell. He says that Ukrainians see the deal as 'exploitative and typical of Trump's gangster-like diplomacy.
#Ukraine #Russia #war
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4HtXJhcY1o

Ukraine and the U.S. could sign online a memorandum of intent on Thursday on the minerals deal currently being negotiated by the two countries, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. President Donald Trump has pushed for a deal that would allow the United States to have privileged access to Ukraine's natural resources and critical minerals in what he casts as repayment for military aid provided by Washington.
#Ukraine #Russia #minerals #war
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdvCQhH3-_k

Hungary’s parliament on Monday passed an amendment to the constitution that allows the government to ban public events by LGBTQ+ communities, a decision that legal scholars and critics call another step toward authoritarianism by the populist government.
#Hungary #LGBTQIA #Pride #Orban

https://apnews.com/article/hungary-pride-ban-amendment-orban-gay-rights-lgbtq-155ec12cbbde7cc6be0f96adb323de77

Serbian university students who say their fight for justice and the rule of law is being overlooked are #cycling 1,300 kilometers (780 miles) toward the heart of the European Union to seek support. Around 80 students set off on bicycles last week on a days-long journey to Strasbourg, France, where the European Parliament meets, aiming to draw EU attention to their months-long protests against corruption. FRANCE 24's Antonia Kerrigan reports.
#Serbia #protests #EU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37jd--9ioow

The head of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty said on April 3 that the US government had switched off a satellite that transmitted its Russian-language programme into #Russia .
Prague-based RFE/RL, founded during the Cold War to counter Soviet propaganda and funded by the US, has been at odds with the new administration of US President Donald #Trump , which decided mid-March to freeze its funding, amid a drive to slash the size of the federal government.
#RadioFreeEurope
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/radio-free-europe-says-us-switches-off-satellite-transmitting-russia-broadcast

Judges who convicted Marine Le Pen on embezzlement charges and banned the far-right politician from public office for five years have faced death threats since the sentencing earlier this week. FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks to Andrew Smith, lecturer in liberal arts at Queen Mary, University of London. He says that the ramping up of rhetoric against the judiciary is particularly dangerous and 'it reeks of 1934'.
#MarineLePen #France #trial

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNnbi607ygM

#Kremlin regrets a "violation of democratic norms" following the sentencing of #MarineLePen for #embezzlement in the #EU Parliament aides trial.

The leader of the #French #FarRight National Rally party has been sentenced to 4 years in prison (2 suspended) and barred from public office for 5 years effective immediately.

#Russia #Putin #France

For context

https://www.politico.eu/article/france-marine-le-pen-national-rally-pays-back-russia-loan/

The era of deep economic, security and military ties between #Canada and the #UnitedStates "is over," Prime Minister Mark #Carney said Thursday, after President Donald #Trump announced steep auto tariffs. Trump's planned 25 percent levy on vehicle imports to the United States is to come into force next week and could be devastating for a Canadian auto industry that supports an estimated 500,000 jobs. FRANCE 24's Christopher Guly reports from Ottawa.
#tariffs #TradeWars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0QvjXfJZz0

Russia launched fresh drone strikes against Kharkiv in Eastern Ukraine, just hours after a tentative agreement with Ukraine to pause attacks on energy sites and ensure safe shipping in the Black Sea. FRANCE 24's Catherine Norris-Trent reports from Kharkiv.
#Ukraine #Russia #Kharkiv
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=825LM6gwYYM

Thousands of students chanting angry slogans hit the streets of Istanbul on Tuesday as a court jailed an AFP journalist and six others for covering the biggest protests to hit Turkey in over a decade. The demonstrations erupted after the arrest of the mayor of Istanbul, Erdogan's main political rival, in a crackdown that has seen more than 1,400 people arrested, including 11 Turkish journalists. FRANCE 24's Jasper Mortimer reports from Ankara.
#Turkey #Erdogan #protests

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KKkr3Ftu2o

Turkish riot police fired teargas and rubber bullets on Thursday, as demonstrators protested for a second night outside Istanbul City Hall over the shock arrest of the Mayor Ekrem #Imamoglu in a graft and terror probe. The powerful and popular Imamoglu -- who is #Erdogan 's main political rival -- was detained before dawn on Wednesday, just days before he was to be named as the candidate of his opposition CHP party for the 2028 presidential election.
#Turkey #protests
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75PzaffNT9c

#Trump promised Wednesday to help #Ukraine get back thousands of children allegedly abducted to #Russia . But Yale University's Humanitarian Research Lab, which has been tracking the missing children, lost crucial funding from the US government as Trump made sweeping cuts into foreign aid. The Humanitarian Research Lab -- which is seeking donations to keep going -- says more than 19,000 children have been deported to Russia, with only 1,236 returned.
#war
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByQRljNiE6Y

German lawmakers gave the green light on Tuesday for a colossal spending boost for defence and infrastructure pushed by chancellor-in-waiting Friedrich Merz amid deep fears in Europe over the future strength of the transatlantic alliance. The unprecedented fiscal package could pave the way for more than one trillion euros in spending over the next decade. FRANCE 24's Nick Holdsworth reports from Berlin.
#Germany #NATO #Trump #economics #debt #Ukraine #Russia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nt3df4At8Oo

#Trump has literally just turned the parvis of the White House into a car dealership, he's the salesman in chief....

#Tesla #Musk

Greenland will hold a parliamentary election on March 11 with independence a key campaign theme after U.S. President Donald Trump said he wants control over the world's biggest island. FRANCE 24's Sharon Gaffney speaks to Matt Qvortrup, Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for European Studies at the Australian National University. He says that Trump is behaving towards Greenland like Saddam Hussein did with Kuwait.
#Greenland #Trump #Denmark

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qcDHK0rJkY

European leaders showed a cautiously receptive ear to President Emmanuel Macron's proposal to debate extending the French nuclear umbrella to Europe on Thursday, though some were reluctant to draw a line under years of U.S. protection.FRANCE 24's Siobhan Silke details what the extension of the nuclear deterrent could entail.
#NuclearWeapons #France #Ukraine #Russia #Macron

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOAMdHgBwXg

Democrats protested President Donald Trump's address to Congress on Tuesday with signs reading "No King" and "Save Medicaid," with some turning their backs on the Republican as he spoke and one lawmaker marched out by security. But do they have a real strategy? FRANCE 24's international affairs commentator, Douglas Herbert has more.
#Democrats #US #Trump

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGoOt3u9o4o

Once dismissed as frivolous, wargames have emerged as crucial strategic tools amid rising global tensions. A recent simulation at Paris's École Militaire, where 500 participants played out high-intensity conflict scenarios, reflects a growing international trend toward gamified military preparedness.

#WarGames #military #conflict #Ukraine #Russia #NATO

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250226-military-staff-across-europe-wargaming-all-the-rage-conflict-scenarios-simulation-military

Israeli police said three bombs exploded while two were being defused at separate locations involving buses in central #Israel on Thursday evening. "These are identical explosive devices with a timer. Three have detonated, and two additional ones have been located and are currently being neutralised," a police spokesman told AFP. Israel defence minister orders military to 'intensify operations' in the #WestBank after the bus blasts. FRANCE 24's Noga Tarnopolsky reports.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAE8Vuz5Bp8

When he was Ukraine’s president, Petro #Poroshenko says he knew how to get along with Donald Trump. The leader of the opposition European Solidarity party tells François Picard about how to handle the new administration in Washington and confirms that he’s ready when the time comes to throw his hat in the ring for a return to power. But it's not time for elections, he explains.
#Ukraine #Russia #war #NATO #Trump #Zelensky #Putin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDoduz4Qnt8