EU climate watchdog urges Europe to step up environmental protections

Europe • 10:38 PM

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Europe remains a leader in tackling climate change but must step up efforts to protect the environment and adapt to warming, the EU’s environment agency warned on Monday. The warning follows member states’ failure at a UN summit to agree a 2035 emissions

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Moldova’s pro-EU party on course to win pivotal election mired in claims of Russian meddling

Europe • 10:28 PM

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Moldova's ruling PAS party pulled comfortably ahead of its Russian-leaning rivals in a high-stakes parliamentary election as final results trickled in on Monday, leaving the EU candidate country that borders Ukraine on a path towards European integration

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Bordering Ukraine and Romania, Moldova is a strategic hotspot in Europe

Europe • 7:45 PM

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Moldova borders southwestern Ukraine, making it a perfect base for Russia to launch attacks into Ukraine, and also as a base for possibly launching drone incursions into the EU, explains FRANCE 24’s Philip Turle. Its strategic location makes Sunday’s ele

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Denmark bans civilian drone flights for EU summit after new sightings

Europe • 5:20 PM

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Denmark on Sunday ordered a ban on civilian drone flights in the coming week as a security measure ahead of an EU summit in Copenhagen. The ban came after mysterious drones were observed over Danish military sites overnight for a second straight day, rai

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Moldova: bomb threats in polling stations abroad amid tense election

Europe • 4:32 PM

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Moldovans on Sunday cast ballots in a tense parliamentary election plagued by claims of Russian interference, a vote seen as a choice between integration with the European Union or a drift back into Moscow’s fold. The election was clouded by security inc

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Moldovans vote in a tense election plagued by Russian interference claims

Europe • 3:50 PM

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Moldovans on Sunday cast ballots in a tense parliamentary election plagued by claims of Russian interference, a vote seen as a choice between integration with the European Union or a drift back into Moscow’s fold. Analysis by FRANCE 24 international affa

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False bomb threats, security incidents cloud Moldova’s parliamentary vote

Europe • 2:59 PM

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Reporting from the Moldovan capital Chisinau, FRANCE 24’s Maria Gerth-Niculescu says there have been several security incidents on election day. False bomb threats briefly halted overseas voting in several EU cities on Sunday, according to Moldova’s fore

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Ukraine: Massive Russian missile and drone barrage kills at least four in Kyiv

Europe • 2:22 PM

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Russia pounded Ukraine for hours with hundreds of drones and missiles overnight, killing at least four people, including a 12-year-old girl, Kyiv said Sunday. Story by Axelle Simon and Olivia Bizot.

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Disinformation efforts intensified ahead of Sunday’s vote: Moldova’s cybersecurity agency chief

Europe • 1:02 PM

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Ahead of Sunday’s vote, there was an “unprecedented” effort to destabilise the situation in Moldova, Mihai Lupascu, director of Moldova’s cybersecurity agency, tells France 24. But Moldova’s law enforcement “did a very good job in countering and limiting

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Ukraine: Kyiv hit by massive Russian drone and missile attack

Europe • 10:39 AM

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Russia launched hundreds of drones and missiles at Kyiv and other parts of Ukraine early on Sunday, killing at least four people and injuring dozens, in one of the most sustained attacks on the capital since the full-scale war began. Story by FRANCE 24's

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"Moldova's European democratic future is dependent on having a pro-European government"

Europe • 9:45 AM

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Moldovans are heading to the polls to cast ballots in a tense parliamentary election plagued by claims of Russian interference, a vote seen as a choice between integration with the European Union or a drift back into Moscow’s fold. Analysis by Amy Eagles

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Moldovans begin voting in tense election, torn between EU and Russia

Europe • 9:44 AM

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Moldovans began voting in a parliamentary election on Sunday that could have a major impact on the government's quest to join the European Union, as a popular pro-Russian group seeks to steer the small nation away from closer ties with the bloc. Story by

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Ukraine: Zaporizhia under heavy fire amid disputed Russian control

Europe • 9:34 AM

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The Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant has been off the grid for four straight days, Ukraine and Russia said Saturday, blaming each other for attacks on power lines. Though blackouts at Europe's biggest nuclear power plant are frequent, due to i

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Moldova's ruling pro-EU party leads vote count in high-stakes election

Europe • 9:29 AM

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Moldova’s pro-Western ruling party took a decisive lead on Sunday in a closely-watched parliamentary election seen as a choice between integration with the European Union or a drift back into Moscow's orbit. The tense election was marked by a string of i

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Moldovans cast ballots in a tense election plagued by Russian interference claims

Europe • 8:57 AM

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Moldovans are heading to the polls to cast ballots in a tense parliamentary election plagued by claims of Russian interference, a vote seen as a choice between integration with the European Union or a drift back into Moscow’s fold. Details by FRANCE 24 c

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Iran denounces 'unjustifiable' reinstatement of UN nuclear sanctions

Europe • 7:38 AM

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Iran on Sunday condemned the "unjustifiable" reinstatement of United Nations sanctions over its nuclear programme, which took effect overnight. Iran said it would "firmly defend its national rights and interests" after Western powers triggered the "snapb

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Russia launches hundreds of drones and missiles at Ukraine, killing at least four in Kyiv

Europe • 6:35 AM

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Russia pounded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and missiles overnight, killing at least four people in Kyiv. The attacks came after Russia warned NATO at the UN against taking sterner action in response to suspected incursions into airspace covered by th

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High-stakes election to decide whether Moldova moves toward EU or Russia

Europe • 5:26 AM

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Polls opened in Moldova on Sunday in parliamentary elections that could see the country swerve from its pro-European path towards Moscow, with the government and the EU accusing Russia of "deeply interfering". The results of the critical election are exp

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Moldovans choose between pro-EU and pro-Russia camps in tense election

Europe • 12:44 AM

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Moldovans were voting in a parliamentary election on Sunday that could have a major impact on the government's quest to join the European Union, as a pro-Russian opposition group seeks to steer the nation away from closer ties with the bloc. As the poll

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