The comeback of a Soviet-era tradition: Russia hosts Intervision, Eurovision-rival song contest
Europe • Sep 20, 2025, 3:37 PM
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Intervision revives the name of a music contest that Moscow used to stage in the Soviet era with its Eastern European satellite states. The new version will feature acts from countries Russia now considers friendly, including Belarus, Cuba, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, the UAE and Venezuela. FRANCE 24 International Affairs editor Leela Jacinto tells us more.
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Copenhagen airport briefly shut down after unidentified drones sightings
Europe • 10:50 PM
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Copenhagen Airport resumed operations early Tuesday after drone sightings forced a suspension of flights overnight. The incident, which Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said was the most severe attack on Danish infrastructure to date, comes amid heighten
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Ukraine's ex-PM Yatsenyuk warns Putin only understands force, urges NATO to match words with action
Europe • 9:37 PM
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Recent Russian military activity has raised fresh concerns about NATO’s readiness to respond to direct provocations. Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk warns that Vladimir Putin’s latest provocations - drone strikes in Poland, fighter jets
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Lithuanian schoolchildren taught to fly drones in order to strengthen defense capabilities
Europe • 7:00 PM
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Drone technology has changed the nature of the war in Ukraine. And neighbouring countries are grasping the importance of the remote controlled flying units. Lithuanian youngsters are now learning how it's done. FRANCE 24's James Vasina reports.
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Any talk of territorial concessions to Putin is a red herring, analyst says
Europe • 6:56 PM
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Speaking with FRANCE 24's Mark Owen, Peter Zalmayev, Founder and Director of the Eurasia Democracy Initiative, says that Putin will only be satisfied with controlling the whole of Ukraine, in the same way that he now controls the whole of Belarus, and th
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West embraces 'democratic Palestine alongside Israel, to bring stability & security to both peoples'
Europe • 1:38 PM
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In a historic first, several major Western states are now formally recognizing a Palestinian state at what Dr. Julie Norman describes as a "crucial moment," one in which symbolism and strategy are increasingly intertwined. An Associate Professor of Polit
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French town halls raise the Palestinian flag in defiance of interior ministry order
Europe • 8:59 AM
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Left-wing politicians unfurled a Palestinian flag on the Paris City Hall facade for around 30 minutes on Monday, defying Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo and a French interior ministry advisory against such displays. More than 86 French towns and cities raised P
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Russia and Ukraine accuse each other of deadly overnight strikes
Europe • 6:19 AM
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A Ukrainian drone strike on the Crimean resort town of Foros killed three and wounded 16, the head of the Kremlin-backed regional government said Monday, while Kyiv said overnight Russian strikes in the southern city of Zaporizhzhia had killed three and
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Poland will shoot down flying objects clearly violating its airspace, PM says
Europe • 12:50 AM
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Ahead of a UN Security Council meeting Monday to discuss the recent violation of Estonia's airspace by three Russian fighter jets, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Poland would shoot down aircraft that clearly violate its airspace.
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