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In 2003, actor and comedian Connor Ratliff lost a role in the critically acclaimed HBO miniseries Band of Brothers because Tom Hanks thought he had \u201cdead eyes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Two decades on, Ratliff searches for an explanation - and ends up interviewing Hanks himself.<\/p>\n<h2>Sounds Like a Cult<\/h2><div class=\"widget widget--type-freeform\nwidget--size-fullwidth\nwidget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CbsSZIyAt0c\/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"><div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.instagram.com//p//CbsSZIyAt0c//?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\%22 style=\" background:#FFFFFF; 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And if so, how bad is it?\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>In Our Time<\/h2><p>On this long-running podcast, broadcaster Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the history of ideas - including topics drawn from philosophy, science, history, religion, and culture. Fascinating discussions range from the birth of stars, to Nietzsche, and the Amazons.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Feel Better, Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee<\/h2><div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//06//83//87//14//808x454_cmsv2_d8c3773b-b58a-5e43-92af-ba143ea1a617-6838714.jpg/" alt=\"Dr Ranjan Chatterjee\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/83\/87\/14\/384x216_cmsv2_d8c3773b-b58a-5e43-92af-ba143ea1a617-6838714.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/83\/87\/14\/640x360_cmsv2_d8c3773b-b58a-5e43-92af-ba143ea1a617-6838714.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/83\/87\/14\/750x422_cmsv2_d8c3773b-b58a-5e43-92af-ba143ea1a617-6838714.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/83\/87\/14\/828x466_cmsv2_d8c3773b-b58a-5e43-92af-ba143ea1a617-6838714.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/83\/87\/14\/1080x608_cmsv2_d8c3773b-b58a-5e43-92af-ba143ea1a617-6838714.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/83\/87\/14\/1200x675_cmsv2_d8c3773b-b58a-5e43-92af-ba143ea1a617-6838714.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/83\/87\/14\/1920x1080_cmsv2_d8c3773b-b58a-5e43-92af-ba143ea1a617-6838714.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Dr Ranjan Chatterjee, who hosts the Feel Better, Live More podcast<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Dr Ranjan Chatterjee<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cHealth has become overcomplicated. I aim to simplify it,\u201d declares Dr Rangan Chatterjee, host of this popular health podcast.<\/p>\n<p>From gut health to mindfulness, each episode offers expert advice and easy life-hacks to help you feel better.\u00a0It promises to revolutionise how you \u2018eat, sleep, and move\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"6823800,6832220\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2022//07//11//fashion-experts-weigh-in-heres-what-you-should-wear-to-work-this-summer/">Fashion experts weigh in: Here's what you should wear to work this summer<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2022//07//07//skip-the-queue-7-of-europes-best-online-exhibitions-to-check-out-this-summer/">Skip the queue: 7 of Europe's best online exhibitions to check out this summer<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Gastropod<\/h2><p>This podcast delivers \"<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2022//07//07//world-chocolate-day-5-weird-and-unexpected-uses-for-cocoa/">food/strong>/a> with a side of science and history.\" In fortnightly episodes, co-hosts Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley explore the hidden history and surprising science behind a different food-related topic, from microbes to ancient feasts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ever wondered how coffee became the world's drug of choice, or who invented chewing gum? 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gather to commemorate Bosnia's 1995 Srebrenica genocide","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Thousands gather to commemorate Bosnia's 1995 Srebrenica genocide","titleListing2":"Thousands gather to commemorate Bosnia's 1995 Srebrenica genocide","leadin":"The three-day mass execution of more than 8,000 Bosniak men and boys is Europe's only genocide since the Holocaust.","summary":"The three-day mass execution of more than 8,000 Bosniak men and boys is Europe's only genocide since the Holocaust.","keySentence":null,"url":"thousands-gather-to-commemorate-bosnias-1995-srebrenica-genocide","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Fifty newly identified victims were honoured and interred on Monday in Bosnia as thousands gathered to commemorate the anniversary of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre -- Europe's only genocide since the Holocaust. \n\nThe remains of 47 men and three teenage boys were laid to rest at a memorial cemetery on the outskirts of Srebrenica, 27 years after they were murdered. They join more than 6,600 other massacre victims already interred there. \n\nIdriz Mustafi\u0107 attended the collective funeral to bury the partial remains of his son, Salim. He was 16 when he was killed in Srebrenica in July 1995 while trying to flee the town as it was overrun by Bosnian Serb forces in the closing months of Bosnia's 1992-95 war. \n\n\"My older son, Enis, was also killed. We buried him in 2005. Now I am burying Salim,\" Mustafi\u0107 said. \n\n\"[Forensic experts] have not found his skull. My wife got cancer and had to undergo surgery, we just couldn't wait any longer to bury the bones that we found, to at least know where their graves are,\" he added. \n\n'It's easier when you have a grave to visit' \n\nThe Srebrenica killings were the bloody crescendo of Bosnia's war, which was the result\u00a0of the breakup of Yugoslavia unleashing nationalistic passions and territorial ambitions that set the three main ethnic groups in the country -- Bosniaks, Serbs and Croats -- against each other. \n\nIn July 1995, Bosnian Serb forces overran the United Nations-protected safe area of Srebrenica, at the time almost exclusively populated by Bosniaks from the city and neighbouring villages who sought refuge there. \n\nThe Army of the Republika Srpska (VRS) troops separated at least 8,000 Bosniak men and boys from their wives, mothers and sisters, summarily executing them on-site or in neighbouring towns over the course of three days. \n\nSome who tried to escape were chased through woods around the town, rounded up and murdered. \n\nThe perpetrators then ploughed their victims' bodies into hastily made mass graves. Some of those were later dug up with bulldozers, scattering the remains among other burial sites to hide the evidence of their war crimes.\u00a0 \n\nDuring the process, the half-decomposed remains were ripped apart. Body parts, sometimes as small as a finger bone, are still being found in mass graves around Srebrenica -- but also in other areas of the country -- and are being put together and identified through painstaking DNA analysis. \n\nWhen the remains are identified, they are returned to their relatives and reburied in the memorial centre and cemetery just outside Srebrenica each 11 July \u2014 the anniversary of the day the killings began in 1995. \n\nMana Ademovi\u0107, who lost her husband and many other male relatives in the massacre, was among those attending Monday's commemoration ceremonies in Srebrenica. Ademovi\u0107 found her husband's partial remains and reburied him years ago but said she \"must be in Srebrenica every 11 July\". \n\n\"It is easier when you have a grave to visit, no matter how many bones are buried inside,\" she said while sitting among the graves at the vast and still-expanding memorial cemetery, hugging her husband's white marble headstone. \n\nDutch diplomat apologises over UN peacekeepers' role \n\nIn the last two years, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, only a relatively small number of survivors were allowed to attend the annual commemoration service and collective funeral of the victims in Srebrenica. But with restrictions lifted, tens of thousands attended Monday, including many diplomats and dignitaries. \n\nAddressing the commemoration ceremony ahead of the funeral, the Dutch Defence Minister Kajsa Ollongren apologized to the Srebrenica survivors for the Dutch UN peacekeepers' failure to prevent the 1995 massacre. \n\n\"The international community failed to offer adequate protection to the people of Srebrenica and, as part of that community, the Dutch government shares responsibility for the situation in which that failure occurred and for this we offer our deepest apologies,\" Ollongren said. \n\nThe Dutch peacekeepers' battalion, or Dutchbat, was tasked by the UN\u00a0to protect the civilians within the Srebrenica safe area.\u00a0 \n\nHowever, due to a lack of coordination with the UNPROFOR leadership and fear of entering into an open conflict with the Bosnian Serb forces, the peacekeepers allowed the VRS to commit the crimes in July 1995. \n\nThe Srebrenica killings were the only event of the Bosnian war to be legally defined as genocide. The war itself left over 100,000 dead.\u00a0 \n\n'Momentous significance for all who have a conscience' \n\nSince the end of the war, the UN's International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague and courts in the Balkans have sentenced close to 50 Bosnian Serb wartime officials \u2014 including their wartime leader Radovan Karad\u017ei\u0107 and his military commander, Ratko Mladi\u0107 \u2014 to more than 700 years in prison for the Srebrenica killings. \n\nAt the ICTY, both Karad\u017ei\u0107 and Mladi\u0107 received maximum sentences of life in prison for genocide and other war crimes. \n\nHowever, despite the irrefutable evidence of what happened collected by international UN-led teams and domestic experts alike, most Serb leaders in Bosnia and neighbouring Serbia continue to downplay or even deny the Srebrenica massacre and celebrate Karad\u017ei\u0107 and Mladi\u0107 as heroes. \n\nMenachem Rosensaft, the general counsel of the World Jewish Congress, also addressed the mourners Monday.\u00a0 \n\nHe said the commemoration of the Srebrenica genocide was of \"momentous significance for all who care about international human rights, for all who have a conscience.\" \n\nRosensaft said it was \"critical\" for the international community to formally commemorate the Srebrenica genocide every 11 July \"not just out of respect for its victims, but as a public countermeasure to the repeated efforts to deny this genocide.\"","htmlText":"<p>Fifty newly identified victims were honoured and interred on Monday in Bosnia as thousands gathered to commemorate the anniversary of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre -- Europe's only genocide since the Holocaust.<\/p>\n<p>The remains of 47 men and three teenage boys were laid to rest at a memorial cemetery on the outskirts of Srebrenica, 27 years after they were murdered. They join more than 6,600 other massacre victims already interred there.<\/p>\n<p>Idriz Mustafi\u0107 attended the collective funeral to bury the partial remains of his son, Salim. He was 16 when he was killed in Srebrenica in July 1995 while trying to flee the town as it was overrun by Bosnian Serb forces in the closing months of Bosnia's 1992-95 war.<\/p>\n<p>\"My older son, Enis, was also killed. We buried him in 2005. Now I am burying Salim,\" Mustafi\u0107 said.<\/p>\n<p>\"[Forensic experts] have not found his skull. My wife got cancer and had to undergo surgery, we just couldn't wait any longer to bury the bones that we found, to at least know where their graves are,\" he added.<\/p>\n<h2>'It's easier when you have a grave to visit'<\/h2><p>The Srebrenica killings were the bloody crescendo of Bosnia's war, which was the result\u00a0of the breakup of Yugoslavia unleashing nationalistic passions and territorial ambitions that set the three main ethnic groups in the country -- Bosniaks, Serbs and Croats -- against each other.<\/p>\n<p>In July 1995, Bosnian Serb forces overran the United Nations-protected safe area of Srebrenica, at the time almost exclusively populated by Bosniaks from the city and neighbouring villages who sought refuge there.<\/p>\n<p>The Army of the Republika Srpska (VRS) troops separated at least 8,000 Bosniak men and boys from their wives, mothers and sisters, summarily executing them on-site or in neighbouring towns over the course of three days.<\/p>\n<p>Some who tried to escape were chased through woods around the town, rounded up and murdered.<\/p>\n<p>The perpetrators then ploughed their victims' bodies into hastily made mass graves. Some of those were later dug up with bulldozers, scattering the remains among other burial sites to hide the evidence of their war crimes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"6837260,5909306\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2022//07//11//mothers-of-srebrenica-take-centre-stage-at-27th-anniversary-ceremony/">Mothers of Srebrenica take centre stage at 27th anniversary ceremony<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2021//07//23//senior-bosnian-official-bans-denial-of-srebrenica-genocide-under-law/">Senior Bosnian official bans denial of Srebrenica genocide under law<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>During the process, the half-decomposed remains were ripped apart. Body parts, sometimes as small as a finger bone, are still being found in mass graves around Srebrenica -- but also in other areas of the country -- and are being put together and identified through painstaking DNA analysis.<\/p>\n<p>When the remains are identified, they are returned to their relatives and reburied in the memorial centre and cemetery just outside Srebrenica each 11 July \u2014 the anniversary of the day the killings began in 1995.<\/p>\n<p>Mana Ademovi\u0107, who lost her husband and many other male relatives in the massacre, was among those attending Monday's commemoration ceremonies in Srebrenica. Ademovi\u0107 found her husband's partial remains and reburied him years ago but said she \"must be in Srebrenica every 11 July\".<\/p>\n<p>\"It is easier when you have a grave to visit, no matter how many bones are buried inside,\" she said while sitting among the graves at the vast and still-expanding memorial cemetery, hugging her husband's white marble headstone.<\/p>\n<h2>Dutch diplomat apologises over UN peacekeepers' role<\/h2><p>In the last two years, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, only a relatively small number of survivors were allowed to attend the annual commemoration service and collective funeral of the victims in Srebrenica. But with restrictions lifted, tens of thousands attended Monday, including many diplomats and dignitaries.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the commemoration ceremony ahead of the funeral, the Dutch Defence Minister Kajsa Ollongren apologized to the Srebrenica survivors for the Dutch UN peacekeepers' failure to prevent the 1995 massacre.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"5363920,4034824\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2021//02//11//netherlands-offers-payment-of-appreciation-to-srebrenica-veterans/">Netherlands offers payment of 'appreciation' to Srebrenica veterans<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2019//07//19//dutch-top-court-rules-netherlands-partially-responsible-for-deaths-of-muslim-men-in-srebre/">Dutch top court rules Netherlands partially responsible for deaths of Muslim men in Srebrenica<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"The international community failed to offer adequate protection to the people of Srebrenica and, as part of that community, the Dutch government shares responsibility for the situation in which that failure occurred and for this we offer our deepest apologies,\" Ollongren said.<\/p>\n<p>The Dutch peacekeepers' battalion, or Dutchbat, was tasked by the UN\u00a0to protect the civilians within the Srebrenica safe area.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, due to a lack of coordination with the UNPROFOR leadership and fear of entering into an open conflict with the Bosnian Serb forces, the peacekeepers allowed the VRS to commit the crimes in July 1995.<\/p>\n<p>The Srebrenica killings were the only event of the Bosnian war to be legally defined as genocide. The war itself left over 100,000 dead.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>'Momentous significance for all who have a conscience'<\/h2><p>Since the end of the war, the UN's International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague and courts in the Balkans have sentenced close to 50 Bosnian Serb wartime officials \u2014 including their wartime leader Radovan Karad\u017ei\u0107 and his military commander, Ratko Mladi\u0107 \u2014 to more than 700 years in prison for the Srebrenica killings.<\/p>\n<p>At the ICTY, both Karad\u017ei\u0107 and Mladi\u0107 received maximum sentences of life in prison for genocide and other war crimes.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"5756660,5932014\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2021//07//28//is-bosnia-s-milorad-dodik-using-genocide-denial-for-political-ends/">Is Bosnia\u2019s Milorad Dodik using genocide denial for political ends?<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2021//06//11//not-bad-enough-for-genocide-the-bosnian-towns-feeling-cheated-by-mladic-verdict/">Not bad enough for genocide? The Bosnian towns cheated by Mladi\u0107 verdict<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>However, despite the irrefutable evidence of what happened collected by international UN-led teams and domestic experts alike, most Serb leaders in Bosnia and neighbouring Serbia continue to downplay or even deny the Srebrenica massacre and celebrate Karad\u017ei\u0107 and Mladi\u0107 as heroes.<\/p>\n<p>Menachem Rosensaft, the general counsel of the World Jewish Congress, also addressed the mourners Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He said the commemoration of the Srebrenica genocide was of \"momentous significance for all who care about international human rights, for all who have a conscience.\"<\/p>\n<p>Rosensaft said it was \"critical\" for the international community to formally commemorate the Srebrenica genocide every 11 July \"not just out of respect for its victims, but as a public countermeasure to the repeated efforts to deny this 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later shelling which officials said came from multiple rocket launchers, hit more civilian targets.\u00a0 \n\n\u201cOnly civilian structures, a shopping centre and houses of peaceful Kharkiv residents, came under the fire of the Russians. Several shells hit the yards of private houses. Garages and cars were also destroyed, several fires broke out,\u201d Syniehubov wrote online.\u00a0 \n\nChildren aged 4 and 16 were among those injured in the latest attacks.\u00a0 \n\nWeekend attacks killed 24 \n\nThe new strikes came just two days after a Russian rocket attack hit apartment buildings in eastern Ukraine, killing at least 24 people. A total of nine people have been rescued, emergency officials said. \n\nThe attack late Saturday destroyed three buildings in a residential quarter of the town of Chasiv Yar, inhabited mostly by people who work in nearby factories. \n\nRussian attacks in the east have also continued, with Luhansk regional Gov. Serhiy Haidai saying on Monday that the shelling hit settlements on the administrative border with the Donetsk region. \n\nRussian forces carried out five missile strikes and four rounds of shelling in the area, Haidai said. \n\nThe Luhansk and Donetsk regions together make up Ukraine\u2019s eastern industrial heartland known as Donbas, where separatist rebels have fought Ukrainian forces since 2014. \n\nEarlier this month, Russia captured the last major stronghold of Ukrainian resistance in Luhansk, the city of Lysychansk. \n\nAfter the seizure of Lysychansk, some analysts predicted Moscow\u2019s troops would likely take some time to rearm and regroup, but Ukrainian officials said there has been no pause in attacks. \n\nThe latest British military intelligence assessment of the war said that Russian troops are not getting enough breaks.\u00a0 \n\nThe Ministry of Defence tweeted on Monday that\u00a0online videos suggested at least one tank brigade in the war was \u201cmentally and physically exhausted\u201d as they had been on active combat duty since the start of the war on 24 February.\u00a0","htmlText":"<p>At least three people have been killed and scores more wounded - including children - after Russian forces launched a new wave of attacks on Ukraine's second largest city Kharkiv.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Overnight, three missile strikes destroyed a school, hit a residential building and landed near warehouse facilities, Ukrainian officials said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll (three were launched) exclusively on civilian objects, this is absolute terrorism!\u201d said\u00a0Kharkiv regional governor Oleh Syniehubov.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hours later shelling which officials said came from multiple rocket launchers, hit more civilian targets.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnly civilian structures, a shopping centre and houses of peaceful Kharkiv residents, came under the fire of the Russians. Several shells hit the yards of private houses. Garages and cars were also destroyed, several fires broke out,\u201d Syniehubov wrote online.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Children aged 4 and 16 were among those injured in the latest attacks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Weekend attacks killed 24<\/h2><p>The new strikes came just two days after a Russian rocket attack hit apartment buildings in eastern Ukraine, killing at least 24 people. A total of nine people have been rescued, emergency officials said.<\/p>\n<p>The attack late Saturday destroyed three buildings in a residential quarter of the town of Chasiv Yar, inhabited mostly by people who work in nearby factories.<\/p>\n<p>Russian attacks in the east have also continued, with Luhansk regional Gov. Serhiy Haidai saying on Monday that the shelling hit settlements on the administrative border with the Donetsk region.<\/p>\n<p>Russian forces carried out five missile strikes and four rounds of shelling in the area, Haidai said.<\/p>\n<p>The Luhansk and Donetsk regions together make up Ukraine\u2019s eastern industrial heartland known as Donbas, where separatist rebels have fought Ukrainian forces since 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Russia captured the last major stronghold of Ukrainian resistance in Luhansk, the city of Lysychansk.<\/p>\n<p>After the seizure of Lysychansk, some analysts predicted Moscow\u2019s troops would likely take some time to rearm and regroup, but Ukrainian officials said there has been no pause in attacks.<\/p>\n<p>The latest British military intelligence assessment of the war said that Russian troops are not getting enough breaks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Defence tweeted on Monday that\u00a0online videos suggested at least one tank brigade in the 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population shrinks for second year in a row in 2021, partly due to the pandemic","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"EU population shrinks for the second year in a row in 2021","titleListing2":"EU population shrinks for second year in a row in 2021, partly due to the pandemic","leadin":"According to Eurostat, the population of the 27 countries that make up the bloc fell by close to 172,000 in 2021, with net migration and births failing to offset the death rate.","summary":"According to Eurostat, the population of the 27 countries that make up the bloc fell by close to 172,000 in 2021, with net migration and births failing to offset the death rate.","keySentence":null,"url":"eu-population-shrinks-for-second-year-in-a-row-in-2021-partly-due-to-the-pandemic","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The EU's population declined in 2021 for the second year in a row, in part due to the lingering effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the latest figures released by Eurostat, the EU. \n\nThe total population of the 27 EU member states fell from 447 million on 1 January 2021 to 446.8 on 1 January 2022, the European statistics office said in a note, a net decline of about 172,000 people. \n\nThe only other time since the 1960s that the EU registered a fall in population was in 2011, but it picked up the following year due to net migration. \n\n\"The negative natural variation (more deaths than births) has not been offset in number by a positive net migration, for the second year in a row, most likely due to the impact of the pandemic,\u201d the institute said. \n\nThe EU has attracted more residents coming from outside the bloc, with a net migration of around 1.06 million people, compared with 800,000 in 2020, it found. Even so, this increase has been insufficient to offset the imbalance between the birth and death rate. \n\nThere were 113,000 more deaths in 2021, compared to 2020, while the birth rate remained almost the same as in the previous year. \n\n\"Given the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic since 2020, the fact that the number of deaths is expected to increase further due to population ageing, and assuming that fertility rates remain at a relatively low level, this negative natural variation could well continue,\" Eurostat experts said. \n\n\"If this is the case, the EU's future population decline or growth will probably depend largely on the contribution made by immigration,\" they said. \n\nThere is a strong disparity between countries. Ten states in the EU saw their populations decrease in 2021, with Italy (-253,100) recording the highest drop. On the other side, 17 countries saw an increase in their populations, led by France (+185,900). \n\nThe population of individual EU member states on 1 January 2022 ranged from 500,000 in Malta to 83.2 million in Germany, with Germany, France and Italy comprising almost half (47%) of the total EU population as of 1 January 2022. \n\nOver a longer period the population of the EU has grown steadily, from 354.5 million in 1960 to 446.8 million on 1 January 2022, an increase of 92.3 million. \n\nHowever, the rate of population growth has slowed in recent decades, with the population growing, on average, by about 0.7 million people per year between 2005\u20132022, compared with an average of around 3 million people a year during the 1960s.","htmlText":"<p>The EU's population declined in 2021 for the second year in a row, in part due to the lingering effects of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the latest figures released by Eurostat, the EU.<\/p>\n<p>The total population of the 27 EU member states fell from 447 million on 1 January 2021 to 446.8 on 1 January 2022, the European statistics office said in a note, a net decline of about 172,000 people.<\/p>\n<p>The only other time since the 1960s that the EU registered a fall in population was in 2011, but it picked up the following year due to net migration.<\/p>\n<p>\"The negative natural variation (more deaths than births) has not been offset in number by a positive net migration, for the second year in a row, most likely due to the impact of the pandemic,\u201d the institute said.<\/p>\n<p>The EU has attracted more residents coming from outside the bloc, with a net migration of around 1.06 million people, compared with 800,000 in 2020, it found. Even so, this increase has been insufficient to offset the imbalance between the birth and death rate.<\/p>\n<p>There were 113,000 more deaths in 2021, compared to 2020, while the birth rate remained almost the same as in the previous year.<\/p>\n<p>\"Given the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic since 2020, the fact that the number of deaths is expected to increase further due to population ageing, and assuming that fertility rates remain at a relatively low level, this negative natural variation could well continue,\" Eurostat experts said.<\/p>\n<p>\"If this is the case, the EU's future population decline or growth will probably depend largely on the contribution made by immigration,\" they said.<\/p>\n<p>There is a strong disparity between countries. Ten states in the EU saw their populations decrease in 2021, with Italy (-253,100) recording the highest drop. On the other side, 17 countries saw an increase in their populations, led by France (+185,900).<\/p>\n<p>The population of individual EU member states on 1 January 2022 ranged from 500,000 in Malta to 83.2 million in Germany, with Germany, France and Italy comprising almost half (47%) of the total EU population as of 1 January 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Over a longer period the population of the EU has grown steadily, from 354.5 million in 1960 to 446.8 million on 1 January 2022, an increase of 92.3 million.<\/p>\n<p>However, the rate of population growth has slowed in recent decades, with the population growing, on average, by about 0.7 million people per year between 2005\u20132022, compared with an average of around 3 million people a year during the 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European health agencies recommend 2nd booster for vulnerable people and those over 60","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Vulnerable and people over 60 should get second COVID booster: EU","titleListing2":"Vulnerable individuals and those over 60 should get a second booster dose of a #COVID-19 vaccine as cases are \"ramping up\" across Europe, European health agencies said.","leadin":"European health agencies have recommended a second COVID vaccine booster shot for vulnerable people and those over 60 in response to a new virus wave \"ramping up\".","summary":"European health agencies have recommended a second COVID vaccine booster shot for vulnerable people and those over 60 in response to a new virus wave \"ramping up\".","keySentence":null,"url":"covid-19-european-health-agencies-recommend-2nd-booster-for-vulnerable-people-and-those-ov","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Vulnerable people and those over the age of 60 should get a second booster dose of the vaccine against COVID-19, European health agencies advised on Monday, warning that a new wave is \"ramping up.\" \n\nPeople over the age of 80, healthcare workers and staff at long-term care facilities who fulfil vulnerability or age criteria are already eligible for a second booster dose but the\u00a0European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and European Medicines Agency (EMA) called in a joint statement on Monday for the measure to be extended to vulnerable people and people over the age of 60.\u00a0 \n\n\"People over the age of 60 years and medically vulnerable populations remain at the greatest risk of severe disease. Mathematical modelling suggests clear benefits of an early second booster roll-out for protecting people over the age of 60 years,\" the two agencies said. \n\n\"Countries should consider a rapid deployment of second booster doses with currently available vaccines. These could be administered at least four months after the previous one, with a focus on people who received a previous booster more than 6 months ago,\" they added. \n\nThey underlined that at the moment, \"there is no clear epidemiological evidence to support administrating a second booster dose in immunocompetent individuals below 60 years of age unless they have medical vulnerabilities.\" \n\nIt comes as Europe faces increasing rates of hospital and intensive care unit admissions amid a new wave of COVID-19. \n\n\"These data signal that a new COVID-19 wave is ramping up across the European Union\/European Economic Area,\" the statement reads. \n\nIn the week ending July 3, the 14-day case notification rate for the EU\/EEA stood at 921.2 per 100,000, a sharp increase from the 715 rate observed the week before. \n\nThe number of cases\u00a0among people aged 65 years registered its fifth weekly increase in a row, growing by 32% from the previous week.\u00a0The ECDC noted then that the increased transmission among older age groups \"is starting to translate into increased rates of severe disease.\" \n\nEuropean countries lead the table for new weekly cases, ** according to Worldometers **with nearly 688,000 new infections recorded in the last seven days in France. More than 670,000 and 630,000 were registered in Italy and Germany respectively.\u00a0\u00a0 \n\nThe latest recommendation from the ECDC and EMA is primarily in anticipation of \"the next expected wave in the autumn and winter seasons\", the two agencies said. \n\nAbout 3.2% of the population in the 31 countries making up the EU\/EEA have received a second booster dose according to the ECDC Vaccine tracker.","htmlText":"<p>Vulnerable people and those over the age of 60 should get a second booster dose of the vaccine against COVID-19, European health agencies advised on Monday, warning that a new wave is \"ramping up.\"<\/p>\n<p>People over the age of 80, healthcare workers and staff at long-term care facilities who fulfil vulnerability or age criteria are already eligible for a second booster dose but the\u00a0European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and European Medicines Agency (EMA) <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.ecdc.europa.eu//en//news-events//updated-ecdc-ema-statement-additional-booster-doses-covid-19-vaccines/">called in a joint statement on Monday<\/strong><\/a> for the measure to be extended to vulnerable people and people over the age of 60.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"People over the age of 60 years and medically vulnerable populations remain at the greatest risk of severe disease. Mathematical modelling suggests clear benefits of an early second booster roll-out for protecting people over the age of 60 years,\" the two agencies said.<\/p>\n<p>\"Countries should consider a rapid deployment of second booster doses with currently available vaccines. These could be administered at least four months after the previous one, with a focus on people who received a previous booster more than 6 months ago,\" they added.<\/p>\n<p>They underlined that at the moment, \"there is no clear epidemiological evidence to support administrating a second booster dose in immunocompetent individuals below 60 years of age unless they have medical vulnerabilities.\"<\/p>\n<p>It comes as Europe faces increasing rates of hospital and intensive care unit admissions amid a new wave of COVID-19.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"6814126,6815848\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2022//07//01//we-should-not-be-complacent-over-covid-19-rise-on-the-continent-who-europe-chief-says/">'We should not be complacent' over COVID-19 rise on the continent, WHO Europe chief says<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2022//07//02//french-authorities-encourage-mask-use-as-covid-cases-surge/">French authorities 'encourage' mask use as COVID cases surge<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"These data signal that a new COVID-19 wave is ramping up across the European Union\/European Economic Area,\" the statement reads.<\/p>\n<p>In the week ending July 3, the 14-day case notification rate for the EU\/EEA stood at 921.2 per 100,000, a sharp increase from the 715 rate observed the week before.<\/p>\n<p>The number of cases\u00a0among people aged 65 years registered its fifth weekly increase in a row, growing by 32% from the previous week.\u00a0The ECDC noted then that the increased transmission among older age groups \"is starting to translate into increased rates of severe disease.\"<\/p>\n<p>European countries lead the table for new weekly cases, **<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.worldometers.info//coronavirus//weekly-trends//#weekly_table\">according to Worldometers<\/a>**with nearly 688,000 new infections recorded in the last seven days in France. 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Party leaders are hoping to keep the contest relatively short and civil, a hard ask given the bad blood within different factions of the party over events of the last few months. \n\nCampaigns already under way \n\nCandidates have already released slick campaign videos on social media, and have appeared on political talk shows to try to make their case. Many are promising tax cuts, at a time when the cost of living is sky rocketing in the UK. \n\n\u201cI want to cut all taxes,\u201d said former health secretary Jeremy Hunt, who pledged to slash corporation tax to 15%. \u201cThe Treasury\u2019s own numbers say that you\u2019ll get half the money back that you invest in cutting corporation tax because of increased business activity,\u201d he added. \n\nAmong the many contenders,\u00a0the current frontrunner is Rishi Sunak, the former Chancellor of the Exchequer, with other notable names including Nadim Zahawi, who replaced him as chancellor last week, and another former health secretary Sajid Javid. \n\nSunak announced his leadership bid on Friday with a campaign video in which he promised to confront the difficult economic backdrop with \"honesty, seriousness and determination\", rather than piling the burden on future generations. \n\n\"Someone has to grip this moment and make the right decisions,\" he said. \n\nMeanwhile, despite speculation in the party and media, Defence Minister Ben Wallace announced on Saturday that he wouldn\u2019t be running. \n\nLong drawn out race? \n\nOne key decision the 1922 Committee will make today is how many MP backers a candidate will need in order to make the first ballot. During the last leadership contest, in 2019, the threshold was eight, but it is expected to rise to 20 or more this time around, in a move aimed at thinning out the large field more quickly. \n\nThe new leader will be chosen in\u00a0a two-stage election, in which the 358 Conservative lawmakers reduce the race to two candidates through a series of elimination votes. The final pair will then be put to a postal ballot of all party members across the country. \n\nUnder Britain\u2019s parliamentary system the next party leader will automatically become prime minister, without the need for a general election. \n\nNews reports are suggesting that Conservative lawmakers will aim to narrow the field to two before parliament breaks for its summer recess on 21 July, with party members then able to vote on the final choice before the end of August. \n\nThis would mean the new leader would be in place by September, with Boris Johnson planning to stay in office until then in a caretaker capacity.","htmlText":"<p>There are now 11 names in the race to replace British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, following his announcement last week that he was standing down.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The already crowded field\u00a0grew on Sunday, with International Trade Minister Penny Mordaunt and Foreign Secretary Liz Truss becoming the latest to announce their bids, with Mordaunt saying that the UK \u201cneeds to become a little less about the leader and a lot more about the ship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, the influential Conservative group the1922 committee will meet to elect a new executive, which will decide the rules for the leadership contest. Party leaders are hoping to keep the contest relatively short and civil, a hard ask given the bad blood within different factions of the party over events of the last few months.<\/p>\n<h2>Campaigns already under way<\/h2><p>Candidates have already released slick campaign videos on social media, and have appeared on political talk shows to try to make their case. Many are promising tax cuts, at a time when the cost of living is sky rocketing in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to cut all taxes,\u201d said former health secretary Jeremy Hunt, who pledged to slash corporation tax to 15%. \u201cThe Treasury\u2019s own numbers say that you\u2019ll get half the money back that you invest in cutting corporation tax because of increased business activity,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Among the many contenders,\u00a0the current frontrunner is Rishi Sunak, the former Chancellor of the Exchequer, with other notable names including Nadim Zahawi, who replaced him as chancellor last week, and another former health secretary Sajid Javid.<\/p>\n<p>Sunak announced his leadership bid on Friday with a campaign video in which he promised to confront the difficult economic backdrop with \"honesty, seriousness and determination\", rather than piling the burden on future generations.<\/p>\n<p>\"Someone has to grip this moment and make the right decisions,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, despite speculation in the party and media, Defence Minister Ben Wallace announced on Saturday that he wouldn\u2019t be running.<\/p>\n<h2>Long drawn out race?<\/h2><p>One key decision the 1922 Committee will make today is how many MP backers a candidate will need in order to make the first ballot. During the last leadership contest, in 2019, the threshold was eight, but it is expected to rise to 20 or more this time around, in a move aimed at thinning out the large field more quickly.<\/p>\n<p>The new leader will be chosen in\u00a0a two-stage election, in which the 358 Conservative lawmakers reduce the race to two candidates through a series of elimination votes. The final pair will then be put to a postal ballot of all party members across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Under Britain\u2019s parliamentary system the next party leader will automatically become prime minister, without the need for a general election.<\/p>\n<p>News reports are suggesting that Conservative lawmakers will aim to narrow the field to two before parliament breaks for its summer recess on 21 July, with party members then able to vote on the final choice before the end of August.<\/p>\n<p>This would mean the new leader would be in place by September, with Boris Johnson planning to stay in office until then in a caretaker 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genocide.","keySentence":null,"url":"mothers-of-srebrenica-take-centre-stage-at-27th-anniversary-ceremony","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Among the rows of graves, it's easy to forget that the Srebrenica massacre took place only a generation ago. \n\nMore than 8,000 Muslim Bosnians were massacred within 10 days by Bosnian Serb troops under the command of General Ratko Mladic in the closing months of Bosnia\u2019s 1992-95 fratricidal war. \n\nThe massacre is part of Europe's only acknowledged genocide since World War II. \n\nMladic\u2019s soldiers threw the victims\u2019 bodies into hastily made mass graves, and then later dug up the sites with bulldozers and scattered the remains among other burial sites to hide the evidence of their crimes. \n\nBut as soon as the war was over, mothers and other relatives of the victims vowed to find the remains of their loved ones, bring them back to their town and bury them there. \n\nThis year, an international conference -- the \u201cHeroines of Srebrenica\u201d -- was held at the massacre's memorial centre.\u00a0 The gathering focuses on how those women left behind found the strength to fight for justice after being driven from their homes and witnessing their loved ones being taken away to be killed. \n\n\"As the president of the Association 'Movement of Mothers of the Srebrenica and Zepa Enclaves, I wanted us to show that women are strong and bore the greatest burden, especially in the war,\" says Munira Subasic. \n\n\"We, the mothers of Srebrenica, bore the greatest burden during the war, after the war, and for 27 years we have been fighting for the truth, waiting for justice.\u00a0We tried, in one way, to tie all the headscarves that we received from all over the world today, here in this place. By tying headscarves, we are saying that women must bind together. \n\n\"We have to show that we are the most important and that we have to, woman to woman, give a little more support in some way.\" \n\nThe Mothers of Srebrenica have pushed hard over the years for the mass graves to be uncovered, the remains identified and those responsible punished. \n\nSo far, the remains of more than 6,600 people have been found and buried at a cemetery in Srebrenica. \n\nThe remains of 50 more victims, recently found in mass graves and identified through DNA analysis, will be buried there on Monday. \n\nThe EU\u2019s chief diplomat Josep Borrell and Commissioner for Enlargement Oliver Varhelyi have also spoken out on the anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre. \n\n\u201cEurope has not forgotten what happened in Srebrenica and our responsibility for not being able to prevent and stop the genocide,\" a statement read. \n\n\"In Srebrenica, Europe failed and we have faced our shame.\" \n\nThe two diplomats added that the war in Ukraine has brought back \" vivid memories of those witnessed in the war in the Western Balkans in the 1990s\". \n\n\"As we see the security and stability of Europe and the international rules-based order profoundly shaken, we are reminded of the need to stand up to defend peace, human dignity and universal values.\"","htmlText":"<p>Among the rows of graves, it's easy to forget that the Srebrenica massacre took place only a generation ago.<\/p>\n<p>More than 8,000 Muslim Bosnians were massacred within 10 days by Bosnian Serb troops under the command of General Ratko Mladic in the closing months of Bosnia\u2019s 1992-95 fratricidal war.<\/p>\n<p>The massacre is part of Europe's only acknowledged genocide since World War II.<\/p>\n<p>Mladic\u2019s soldiers threw the victims\u2019 bodies into hastily made mass graves, and then later dug up the sites with bulldozers and scattered the remains among other burial sites to hide the evidence of their crimes.<\/p>\n<p>But as soon as the war was over, mothers and other relatives of the victims vowed to find the remains of their loved ones, bring them back to their town and bury them there.<\/p>\n<p>This year, an international conference -- the \u201cHeroines of Srebrenica\u201d -- was held at the massacre's memorial centre.\u00a0The gathering focuses on how those women left behind found the strength to fight for justice after being driven from their homes and witnessing their loved ones being taken away to be killed.<\/p>\n<p>\"As the president of the Association 'Movement of Mothers of the Srebrenica and Zepa Enclaves, I wanted us to show that women are strong and bore the greatest burden, especially in the war,\" says Munira Subasic.<\/p>\n<p>\"We, the mothers of Srebrenica, bore the greatest burden during the war, after the war, and for 27 years we have been fighting for the truth, waiting for justice.\u00a0We tried, in one way, to tie all the headscarves that we received from all over the world today, here in this place. By tying headscarves, we are saying that women must bind together.<\/p>\n<p>\"We have to show that we are the most important and that we have to, woman to woman, give a little more support in some way.\"<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"5861548,4808926,4803018\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2020//07//11//srebrenica-25-years-on-world-leaders-urged-to-counter-serbian-genocide-denial/">Srebrenica 25 years on: World leaders urged to counter Serbian genocide denial<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2020//07//09//srebrenica-25-years-on-europe-remembers-its-largest-massacre-since-the-second-world-war/">Srebrenica: 25 years on, Europe remembers its largest massacre since the Second World War<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2021//07//11//relatives-rebury-more-victims-on-26th-anniversary-of-srebrenica-massacre/">Relatives rebury more victims on 26th anniversary of Srebrenica massacre<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Mothers of Srebrenica have pushed hard over the years for the mass graves to be uncovered, the remains identified and those responsible punished.<\/p>\n<p>So far, the remains of more than 6,600 people have been found and buried at a cemetery in Srebrenica.<\/p>\n<p>The remains of 50 more victims, recently found in mass graves and identified through DNA analysis, will be buried there on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The EU\u2019s chief diplomat Josep Borrell and Commissioner for Enlargement Oliver Varhelyi have also spoken out on the anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEurope has not forgotten what happened in Srebrenica and our responsibility for not being able to prevent and stop the genocide,\" a <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.eeas.europa.eu//eeas//bih-statement-high-representativevice-president-josep-borrell-and-commissioner-olivér-várhelyi_en/">statement/strong>/a> read.<\/p>\n<p>\"In Srebrenica, Europe failed and we have faced our shame.\"<\/p>\n<p>The two diplomats added that the war in Ukraine has brought back \"vivid memories of those witnessed in the war in the Western Balkans in the 1990s\".<\/p>\n<p>\"As we see the security and stability of Europe and the international rules-based order profoundly shaken, we are reminded of the need to stand up to defend peace, human dignity and universal values.\"<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1657484016,"publishedAt":1657534796,"updatedAt":1657539483,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2022\/07\/11\/mothers-of-srebrenica-take-centre-stage-at-27th-anniversary-ceremony","programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/83\/72\/78\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_97044e34-71e5-5515-8e9a-14abbc59d49f-6837278.jpg","altText":"Bosnians commemorate the 27th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre","caption":"Bosnians commemorate the 27th anniversary of the Srebrenica massacre","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Armin Durgut\/Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. 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This is now the most likely option,\" France's economy minister Bruno Le Maire said on Sunday.","summary":"\"Let's prepare for a total cut-off of Russian gas. This is now the most likely option,\" France's economy minister Bruno Le Maire said on Sunday.","keySentence":null,"url":"electricity-supplies-to-some-french-companies-could-be-cut-due-to-energy-disruption-minist","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The French government is working on \"load-shedding plans\" that could see electricity and gas supplies reduced for some companies over the winter, Economy Minister Bruno le Maire confirmed on Sunday, warning that Russia is highly likely to turn off the tap.\u00a0 \n\n\"Let's prepare for a total cut-off of Russian gas. This is now the most likely option,\" Le Maire told attendees at the Rencontres Economiques in Aix-en-Provence. \n\nThis means that \"you also have to prepare load-shedding plans, we are doing it.\" \n\n\"It means looking in a very specific way at each company, each employment area; which are the companies that should reduce their energy consumption and which are the ones that cannot,\" he told reporters. \n\nSome companies could therefore be asked to \"slow down their energy consumption, or even stop their energy consumption for a certain period of time\" while it would be \"totally impossible\" for others to do so without triggering wider industrial repercussions,\" he explained.\u00a0 \n\nPreparing these plans, he then told LCI, is \"all the more\" necessary given France has \"an electricity production this year which is particularly low \u2014 eight (nuclear) reactors are shut down today \u2014 so it is imperative that we put ourselves now, and I mean now, in battle order.\" \n\n'Sobriety' and imagination \n\nThe contingency plans are being developed by Energy Minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher with President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne set to \"decide in the coming weeks,\" Le Maire said. \n\nBut, he emphasised, \"the effort has to be\u00a0shared between the administration, private individuals and companies\" and \"sobriety in our behaviour, sobriety in our energy expenditure\" will be key. \n\nFor the minister, the \"credible\" scenario of Russia completely cutting off energy supplies to the European Union is the impetus the bloc needs to accelerate work towards \"energy independence\". \n\nFrance, he said, should focus on replenishing its stocks and \"build a floating LNG barge off Le Havre in a short time\", speed up the development of renewable energies and build new nuclear reactors.\u00a0 \n\n\"Let us be imaginative. Let's look at what we can do about the development of biogas and alternative energies. Let's remove the regulatory obstacles to all these energies that we need. And here again, let's not be impressed by the nonsense of all those who want to systematically prevent the development of these energies. Because they are not the ones who will have explained to the French that they can no longer heat themselves or light themselves properly next winter, it's us,\" he said.\u00a0 \n\nRussian pressure \n\nHis comments came a day before Nord Stream 1,\u00a0the pipeline that delivers over a third of the EU's imports of Russian gas, shut down for 10 days for maintenance work.\u00a0 \n\nMany fear that Moscow might say it needs more time to carry out the work in order to exert further pressure on the 27 countries that are grappling with a cost of living crisis fuelled by a sharp rise in energy prices over the previous few months. \n\nLast week, a Russian court ordered the Caspian Pipeline Consortium, which carries oil from Kazakhstan to the Black Sea through Russian territory, to suspend operations for 30 days citing\u00a0violations of environmental requirements. This came shortly after\u00a0Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Kazakhstan President, assured EU Council President Charles Michel , that his country was ready to send more oil to the EU. \n\nThe bloc has imposed six rounds of sanctions against Moscow since it launched its invasion on 24 February\u00a0with the aim of crippling the Kremlin's ability to wage war in Ukraine.\u00a0These include coal and oil embargoes \u2014 the latter of which should result in imports from Russia being slashed by about 90% by the end of the year. \n\nEU emergency plan coming \n\nRussian gas, however, has largely been let off the hook although Brussels has pledged to reduce imports by two-thirds by the end of the year. \n\nThe main problem for the EU is\u00a0that unlike Russian oil, which mostly makes its way into the EU on board ships, gas from Russia is primarily delivered by pipeline and the infrastructure to secure alternative supplies \u2014 such as LNG terminals \u2014 is lacking. \n\nMoscow knows that and is already exerting pressure on 12 member states to which it has partially or completely cut off supplies as the EU frantically tries to fill gas storage to at least 80% of capacity before cold temperatures return in a bid to ensure decent supplies over the winter and to keep prices down. \n\nFrance is not the only country working on such load-sharing plans. Germany has also admitted to doing so. \n\nBrussels, meanwhile, is working on an Emergency Energy Reduction Plan that is expected to be unveiled on 20 July to address potential supply disruptions over the coming months. Among the measures it has been tasked with looking into by leaders is the feasibility of price caps for oil and gas. \n\nThe Commission has already said it stands ready to operate joint purchases of gas using the same model it came up with to secure COVID-19 vaccines for the bloc. \n\nIt is also believed to be working on coordinating the various load-sharing plans from member states.","htmlText":"<p>The French government is working on \"load-shedding plans\" that could see electricity and gas supplies reduced for some companies over the winter, Economy Minister Bruno le Maire confirmed on Sunday, warning that Russia is highly likely to turn off the tap.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"Let's prepare for a total cut-off of Russian gas. This is now the most likely option,\" Le Maire told attendees at the Rencontres Economiques in Aix-en-Provence.<\/p>\n<p>This means that \"you also have to prepare load-shedding plans, we are doing it.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"It means looking in a very specific way at each company, each employment area; which are the companies that should reduce their energy consumption and which are the ones that cannot,\" he told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>Some companies could therefore be asked to \"slow down their energy consumption, or even stop their energy consumption for a certain period of time\" while it would be \"totally impossible\" for others to do so without triggering wider industrial repercussions,\" he explained.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Preparing these plans, he then told LCI, is \"all the more\" necessary given France has \"an electricity production this year which is particularly low \u2014 eight (nuclear) reactors are shut down today \u2014 so it is imperative that we put ourselves now, and I mean now, in battle order.\"<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"6826280\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2022//07//07//which-eu-countries-have-been-totally-or-partially-cut-off-from-russian-gas/">Which EU countries have been totally or partially cut off from Russian gas?<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>'Sobriety' and imagination<\/h2><p>The contingency plans are being developed by Energy Minister Agnes Pannier-Runacher with President Emmanuel Macron and Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne set to \"decide in the coming weeks,\" Le Maire said.<\/p>\n<p>But, he emphasised, \"the effort has to be\u00a0shared between the administration, private individuals and companies\" and \"sobriety in our behaviour, sobriety in our energy expenditure\" will be key.<\/p>\n<p>For the minister, the \"credible\" scenario of Russia completely cutting off energy supplies to the European Union is the impetus the bloc needs to accelerate work towards \"energy independence\".<\/p>\n<p>France, he said, should focus on replenishing its stocks and \"build a floating LNG barge off Le Havre in a short time\", speed up the development of renewable energies and build new nuclear reactors.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"Let us be imaginative. Let's look at what we can do about the development of biogas and alternative energies. Let's remove the regulatory obstacles to all these energies that we need. And here again, let's not be impressed by the nonsense of all those who want to systematically prevent the development of these energies. Because they are not the ones who will have explained to the French that they can no longer heat themselves or light themselves properly next winter, it's us,\" he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"6837680,6825826\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2022//07//06//meps-back-controversial-eu-plan-to-label-nuclear-and-gas-investments-as-green/">MEPs back controversial EU plan to label nuclear and gas investments as 'green'<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2022//07//11//nord-stream-pipeline-begins-annual-maintenance-with-europe-concerned-shutdown-could-be-ext/">Nord Stream pipeline begins annual maintenance, with Europe concerned shutdown could be extended<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Russian pressure<\/h2><p>His comments came a day before Nord Stream 1,\u00a0the pipeline that delivers over a third of the EU's imports of Russian gas, <strong><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2022//07//11//nord-stream-pipeline-begins-annual-maintenance-with-europe-concerned-shutdown-could-be-ext/">shut down for 10 days for maintenance work.\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Many fear that Moscow might say it needs more time to carry out the work in order to exert further pressure on the 27 countries that are grappling with a cost of living crisis fuelled by a sharp rise in energy prices over the previous few months.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, a Russian court ordered the Caspian Pipeline Consortium, which carries oil from Kazakhstan to the Black Sea through Russian territory, <strong><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.cpc.ru//EN//press//releases//2022//Pages//20220706.aspx/">to suspend operations for 30 days<\/a><\/strong> citing\u00a0violations of environmental requirements. This came shortly after\u00a0Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Kazakhstan President, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.akorda.kz//kz//memleket-basshysy-europa-odagynyn-prezidenti-sharl-mishelmen-telefon-arkyly-soylesti-46926/">assured EU Council President Charles Michel<\/strong><\/a>, that his country was ready to send more oil to the EU.<\/p>\n<p>The bloc has imposed six rounds of sanctions against Moscow since it launched its invasion on 24 February\u00a0with the aim of crippling the Kremlin's ability to wage war in Ukraine.\u00a0These include coal and oil embargoes \u2014 the latter of which should result in imports from Russia being slashed by about 90% by the end of the year.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"6806736,6813854\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2022//06//28//austria-to-reopen-closed-coal-fired-power-station-despite-climate-goals/">Austria to reopen closed coal-fired power station, despite climate goals<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2022//07//01//inflation-in-the-eurozone-reaches-new-record-high-of-86/">Inflation in the eurozone reaches new record high of 8.6%<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>EU emergency plan coming<\/h2><p>Russian gas, however, has largely been let off the hook although Brussels has pledged to reduce imports by two-thirds by the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>The main problem for the EU is\u00a0that unlike Russian oil, which mostly makes its way into the EU on board ships, gas from Russia is primarily delivered by pipeline and the infrastructure to secure alternative supplies \u2014 such as LNG terminals \u2014 is lacking.<\/p>\n<p>Moscow knows that and is already exerting pressure on 12 member states to which it has partially or completely cut off supplies as the EU frantically tries to fill gas storage to at least 80% of capacity before cold temperatures return in a bid to ensure decent supplies over the winter and to keep prices down.<\/p>\n<p>France is not the only country working on such load-sharing plans. Germany has also admitted to doing so.<\/p>\n<p>Brussels, meanwhile, is working on an Emergency Energy Reduction Plan that is expected to be unveiled on 20 July to address potential supply disruptions over the coming months. Among the measures it has been tasked with looking into by leaders is the feasibility of <strong><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2022//06//24//eu-leaders-fail-to-agree-on-price-on-gas-but-vow-to-continue-talks/">price caps for oil and gas.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Commission has already said it stands ready to operate joint purchases of gas using the same model it came up with to secure COVID-19 vaccines for the bloc. <\/p>\n<p>It is also believed to be working on coordinating the various load-sharing plans from member states.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1657526074,"publishedAt":1657534494,"updatedAt":1657534497,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2022\/07\/11\/electricity-supplies-to-some-french-companies-could-be-cut-due-to-energy-disruption-minist","programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet-brussels","format":"default"},"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/83\/78\/46\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_93ed39ea-6d64-5eed-b4df-3a5205b25f2d-6837846.jpg","altText":"French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire at the Finance Ministry in Berlin on March 31, 2022.","caption":"French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire at the Finance Ministry in Berlin on March 31, 2022.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Tobias Schwarz\/ POOL photo via AP","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1600,"height":902}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"urlSafeValue":"tidey","title":"Alice Tidey","twitter":"@alicetidey"}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":117,"slug":"france","urlSafeValue":"france","title":"France","titleRaw":"France"},{"id":4141,"slug":"gas","urlSafeValue":"gas","title":"Gas","titleRaw":"Gas"},{"id":26330,"slug":"ukraine-russia-border-crisis","urlSafeValue":"ukraine-russia-border-crisis","title":"Russia's invasion of Ukraine","titleRaw":"Russia's invasion of Ukraine"},{"id":26692,"slug":"war-in-ukraine","urlSafeValue":"war-in-ukraine","title":"Ukraine war","titleRaw":"Ukraine war"}],"related":[{"id":2009556},{"id":2062682}],"technicalTags":[],"widgets":[{"slug":"related","count":3}],"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":{"quotation":null,"description":null,"author":null},"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":null,"contentType":null,"displayOverlay":0},"displayType":"default","video":0,"videos":[],"externalPartners":[],"liveStream":[],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":null,"freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"","program":{"id":"europe-news","urlSafeValue":"europe-news","title":"Europe News","online":1,"url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/europe-news\/europe-news"},"vertical":"my-europe","verticals":[{"id":2,"slug":"my-europe","urlSafeValue":"my-europe","title":"My Europe"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":2,"slug":"my-europe","urlSafeValue":"my-europe","title":"My Europe"},"themes":[{"id":"europe-news","urlSafeValue":"europe-news","title":"Europe News","url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/europe-news"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":56,"urlSafeValue":"europe-news","title":"Europe-news"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"isDfp":0,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":""},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":104,"urlSafeValue":"europe","title":"Europe"},"country":{"id":117,"urlSafeValue":"france","title":"France","url":"\/news\/europe\/france"},"town":[],"versions":[],"path":"\/my-europe\/2022\/07\/11\/electricity-supplies-to-some-french-companies-could-be-cut-due-to-energy-disruption-minist","lastModified":1657534497},{"id":1991328,"cid":6829070,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":"220707_C2SU_47286825","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"grapeshot":"'neg_facebook_2021','neg_saudiaramco','castrol_negative_uk','shadow9hu7_pos_ukrainecrisis','progressivemedia','neg_facebook_q4','gs_entertain','neg_mobkoi_creed_eng','neg_mobkoi_new','neg_mobkoi_castrol','shadow9hu7_pos_ukraine-russia','gs_society_lgbt','gt_positive','gs_entertain_music','gt_positive_happiness','gs_society','gs_politics_misc','gs_entertain_movies','gs_politics','gt_positive_curiosity','gv_military'","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"'We want to have Pride in Yalta': Activism for Ukraine's LGBT+ community in a time of war","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"How can LGBT+ rights figure in Ukraine's future?","titleListing2":"'We want to have Pride in Yalta': Activism for Ukraine's LGBT+ community in a time of war","leadin":"A new film highlights the role of LGBT+ Ukrainians in fighting for their country. Is this a chance for them to fight for their rights too?","summary":"A new film highlights the role of LGBT+ Ukrainians in fighting for their country. Is this a chance for them to fight for their rights too?","keySentence":null,"url":"we-want-to-have-pride-in-yalta-activism-for-ukraines-lgbt-community-in-a-time-of-war","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Yura Dvizhon returned to Kyiv in April, having fled the city on 24 February when Russia invaded Ukraine. \n\n\u201cThe city was totally empty and I was so disappointed to see this, I left Kyiv right on the first day when everything happened,\u201d says the filmmaker and LGBT+ rights activist. \n\n\u201cWhen I went back, so many of my friends were gone.\u201d \n\nSince the Revolution of Dignity in 2014 - which overthrew the Ukrainian Government - a liberalisation of sorts has taken place in the country, drawing many from Eastern Europe and the Caucasus to the nation. But now Russia\u2019s invasion had caused the streets of Dvizhon\u2019s city - once famed for its techno scene and hedonistic nightlife - to become deserted. \n\nOn seeing this, Dvizhon knew he needed to do something. \n\n\u201cI was sad,\u201d he says. \n\n\n\u201cI realised that I need to create something as a director.\u201d\n \n\nLGBT+ activism in Ukraine \n\nDvizhon is the creative director of U KRAINEPRIDE , an LGBT+ NGO that promotes LGBT+ rights in Ukraine, as well as fostering a sense of Ukrainian cultural identity. \n\nThe organisation was born four years ago, when a TV show that current president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, starred in aired a homophobic joke. In response, Dvizhon and his colleagues protested outside TV station offices in Kyiv. \n\nAlready an experienced filmmaker, Dvizhon decided to turn his attention to supporting his community in Ukraine. \n\n\n\u201cI see that in Ukraine, as a director, I can change a lot with my activism,\u201d he explains. \n\n\n\u201cI\u2019m trying to change stereotypes in Ukraine through my video art.\u201d \n\nIn 2018, Dvizhon made a groundbreaking music video for famed Ukrainian musician Iryna Bilyk. The video, for Bilyk's song \u2018Ne Hovai Ochei,\u2019 or \u2018Don\u2019t Hide Your Eyes,\u2019 showed same-sex couples kissing. \n\n\u201cIt was enormous to show two guys who were kissing and naked under the water. You need to make something different,\u201d says Dvizhon. \n\nSince then, Dvizhon has turned his attention to fashion campaigns, even winning an award at Rome International Fashion Film Festival in June for his campaign \u2018Love Airlines\u2019 with couture brand FROLOV. \n\nDvizhon\u2019s current project, \u2018Pride is not Available in your Area\u2019 is the latest iteration of his LGBT+ activism in Ukraine. \n\nAiming to highlight the experiences of ordinary LGBT+ Ukrainians during the war, Dvizhon is keen to change hearts and minds in his home country. \n\nThe film, made with help from queer dating app Taimi, used volunteers to tell the stories of real life LGBT+ soldiers, doctors and ordinary citizens during Russia\u2019s invasion. The filming took place in Kyiv over two days with a top Ukrainian crew. \n\n\u201cWe were thirsty for filming, because right now it\u2019s super hard to get a budget for anything,\u201d says Dvizhon. \n\n\u201cIt\u2019s probably the biggest project this year.\u201d \n\n\u201cWe don\u2019t have a lot of money to create something, I\u2019m really happy that we\u2019re receiving a lot of positive comments. We want to bring awareness to the war in Ukraine.\u201d \n\nZelenskyy, the EU and LGBT+ rights \n\nIn 2019, a year after the TV station protest, UKRAINEPRIDE organised a rave outside the Presidential Administration Building to protest against Zelenskyy\u2019s silence on a number of key issues. \n\nThe president had not commented on drafted legislation which was similar to Russia\u2019s \u2018gay propaganda\u2019 laws, and had failed to commit to implementing hate crime protections for LGBT+ people. \n\nHowever in May 2022, Zelenskyy retweeted Dvizhon\u2019s post for the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia. \n\n\u201cSince the war happened they\u2019ve made six posts on Twitter about LGBT+ people,\u201d says Dvizhon in reference to the government. \n\n\u201cThey want to show that they are different from Russia, Belarus, or Kazakhstan where people live an extremely hard life.\u201d \n\nWhile this is reassuring for the future, LGBT+ people in Ukraine still suffer, both at the hands of Russian invaders and due to prejudice from other Ukrainians. One of Dvizhon\u2019s friends in the army was recently threatened by another soldier due to his sexuality. \n\n\u201cBeing a gay person in Ukraine, you need to face with Russia and all of their propaganda and also homophobic people, you need to be super strong to handle this.\u201d \n\nThe Ukrainian war, activism and dreams of the future \n\nDespite the dangers, Dvizhon is determined to promote the cause of freedom in Ukraine, as well as LGBT+ rights, at home and abroad. \n\nHe recently organised a Ukrainian contingent at London Pride in the UK, where \u2018Pride is not Available in your Region\u2019 was screened, and regularly gives interviews to both Ukrainian and international media. \n\nDespite the obstacles in Ukraine, he hasn't given up hope that things can get better and dreams of holding Pride parades in territory currently occupied by the Russians. \n\n\u201cWe really want to bring back Crimea, it\u2019s really beautiful it\u2019s like the Ukrainian California,\u201d says Dvizhon. \n\n\u201cWe have a lot of gay people who live there, we want to bring it back. It\u2019s like a dream to hold Eurovision or Pride in Yalta.\u201d \n\nAlthough the hazards of the war are ever present - a spot close to one of the locations for \u2018Pride is not Available\u2019 was recently shelled - Dvizhon is still hopeful for the future. \n\n\nHe hopes that one day, his beloved Kyiv will be free from war, and that people will return to party in a country where LGBT+ rights are enshrined. \n\n\n\u201cI see this progress, that\u2019s why I\u2019m still fighting for Ukraine.\u201d","htmlText":"<p>Yura Dvizhon returned to Kyiv in April, having fled the city on 24 February when Russia invaded Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe city was totally empty and I was so disappointed to see this, I left Kyiv right on the first day when everything happened,\u201d says the filmmaker and LGBT+ rights activist.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I went back, so many of my friends were gone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since the Revolution of Dignity in 2014 - which overthrew the Ukrainian Government - a liberalisation of sorts has taken place in the country, drawing many from Eastern Europe and the Caucasus to the nation. But now Russia\u2019s invasion had caused the streets of Dvizhon\u2019s city - once famed for its techno scene and hedonistic nightlife - to become deserted.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"6762942,6743860\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2022//06//09//pride-month-plight-of-lgbtq-refugees-in-sweden-highlighted-in-new-billboard-campaign/">Pride Month: Plight of LGBTQ+ refugees in Sweden highlighted in new billboard campaign<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2022//06//07//pride-and-beauty-the-makeup-wearing-buddhist-monk-and-lgbtq-activist/">Pride and beauty: The makeup-wearing Buddhist monk and LGBTQ+ activist<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>On seeing this, Dvizhon knew he needed to do something.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was sad,\u201d he says. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI realised that I need to create something as a director.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>LGBT+ activism in Ukraine<\/h2><div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//06//82//90//70//808x539_cmsv2_34999d6e-bedd-578c-88e0-f608bf9c6784-6829070.jpg/" alt=\"Kostiantyn Bibliuk\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/82\/90\/70\/384x256_cmsv2_34999d6e-bedd-578c-88e0-f608bf9c6784-6829070.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/82\/90\/70\/640x427_cmsv2_34999d6e-bedd-578c-88e0-f608bf9c6784-6829070.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/82\/90\/70\/750x500_cmsv2_34999d6e-bedd-578c-88e0-f608bf9c6784-6829070.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/82\/90\/70\/828x552_cmsv2_34999d6e-bedd-578c-88e0-f608bf9c6784-6829070.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/82\/90\/70\/1080x720_cmsv2_34999d6e-bedd-578c-88e0-f608bf9c6784-6829070.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/82\/90\/70\/1200x800_cmsv2_34999d6e-bedd-578c-88e0-f608bf9c6784-6829070.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/82\/90\/70\/1920x1280_cmsv2_34999d6e-bedd-578c-88e0-f608bf9c6784-6829070.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Yura Dvizhon on set for 'Pride is not available in your region'<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Kostiantyn Bibliuk<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Dvizhon is the creative director of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2022//06//08//amidst-the-war-lgbtq-ukrainians-share-their-stories-to-support-mental-health-this-pride-mo/">U/strong>/a>KRAINEPRIDE/a>/strong>, an LGBT+ NGO that promotes LGBT+ rights in Ukraine, as well as fostering a sense of Ukrainian cultural identity.<\/p>\n<p>The organisation was born four years ago, when a <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2022//03//03//ukrainian-president-zelenskyy-s-show-servant-of-the-people-bought-by-broadcasters-around-t/">TV show<\/strong><\/a> that current president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, starred in aired a homophobic joke. In response, Dvizhon and his colleagues protested outside TV station offices in Kyiv.<\/p>\n<p>Already an experienced filmmaker, Dvizhon decided to turn his attention to supporting his community in Ukraine. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI see that in Ukraine, as a director, I can change a lot with my activism,\u201d he explains. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m trying to change stereotypes in Ukraine through my video art.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In 2018, Dvizhon made a groundbreaking music video for famed Ukrainian musician Iryna Bilyk. The video, for Bilyk's song \u2018Ne Hovai Ochei,\u2019 or \u2018Don\u2019t Hide Your Eyes,\u2019 showed same-sex couples kissing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was enormous to show two guys who were kissing and naked under the water. You need to make something different,\u201d says Dvizhon.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-freeform\nwidget--size-large\nwidget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.youtube.com//embed//j8Cp6kKptjY/" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Since then, Dvizhon has turned his attention to fashion campaigns, even winning an award at Rome International Fashion Film Festival in June for his campaign \u2018Love Airlines\u2019 with couture brand FROLOV.<\/p>\n<p>Dvizhon\u2019s current project, \u2018Pride is not Available in your Area\u2019 is the latest iteration of his LGBT+ activism in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Aiming to highlight the experiences of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2022//03//17//they-are-scared-to-travel-the-obstacles-faced-by-lgbt-ukrainians-fleeing-war/">ordinary LGBT+ Ukrainians<\/strong><\/a> during the war, Dvizhon is keen to change hearts and minds in his home country.<\/p>\n<p>The film, made with help from queer dating app Taimi, used volunteers to tell the stories of real life LGBT+ soldiers, doctors and ordinary citizens during Russia\u2019s invasion. The filming took place in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2022//06//24//the-war-is-not-over-yet-kyiv-exhibition-tells-the-stories-of-journalists-killed-in-war/">Kyiv/strong>/a> over two days with a top Ukrainian crew.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"6774534,6819198\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2022//06//15//jeff-koons-balloon-monkey-sculpture-expected-to-sell-for-millions-at-auction-for-ukraine/">Jeff Koons 'Balloon Monkey' sculpture expected to sell for millions at auction for Ukraine<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2022//07//04//unesco-adds-borsch-to-endangered-list-for-ukraine-but-is-everyone-happy/">UNESCO adds borsch to endangered list for Ukraine, but is everyone happy?<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe were thirsty for filming, because right now it\u2019s super hard to get a budget for anything,\u201d says Dvizhon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s probably the biggest project this year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t have a lot of money to create something, I\u2019m really happy that we\u2019re receiving a lot of positive comments. We want to bring awareness to the war in Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Zelenskyy, the EU and LGBT+ rights<\/h2><p>In 2019, a year after the TV station protest, UKRAINEPRIDE organised a rave outside the Presidential Administration Building to protest against <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2022//04//04//fill-the-silence-with-your-music-zelenskyy-tells-grammys/">Zelenskyy/u2019s/strong>/a> silence on a number of key issues.<\/p>\n<p>The president had not commented on drafted legislation which was similar to Russia\u2019s \u2018gay propaganda\u2019 laws, and had failed to commit to implementing hate crime protections for LGBT+ people.<\/p>\n<p>However in May 2022, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2022//06//21//you-are-my-hero-hollywood-star-ben-stiller-meets-zelenskyy-in-kyiv/">Zelenskyy/strong>/a> retweeted Dvizhon\u2019s post for the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSince the war happened they\u2019ve made six posts on Twitter about LGBT+ people,\u201d says Dvizhon in reference to the government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey want to show that they are different from Russia, Belarus, or Kazakhstan where people live an extremely hard life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While this is reassuring for the future, LGBT+ people in Ukraine still suffer, both at the hands of Russian invaders and due to prejudice from other Ukrainians. One of Dvizhon\u2019s friends in the army was recently threatened by another soldier due to his sexuality.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing a gay person in Ukraine, you need to face with Russia and all of their propaganda and also homophobic people, you need to be super strong to handle this.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>The Ukrainian war, activism and dreams of the future<\/h2><div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.66640625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//06//82//90//70//808x539_cmsv2_f53a8dec-4df8-58af-aadd-640318f32f67-6829070.jpg/" alt=\"UKRAINEPRIDE\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/82\/90\/70\/384x256_cmsv2_f53a8dec-4df8-58af-aadd-640318f32f67-6829070.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/82\/90\/70\/640x427_cmsv2_f53a8dec-4df8-58af-aadd-640318f32f67-6829070.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/82\/90\/70\/750x500_cmsv2_f53a8dec-4df8-58af-aadd-640318f32f67-6829070.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/82\/90\/70\/828x552_cmsv2_f53a8dec-4df8-58af-aadd-640318f32f67-6829070.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/82\/90\/70\/1080x720_cmsv2_f53a8dec-4df8-58af-aadd-640318f32f67-6829070.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/82\/90\/70\/1200x800_cmsv2_f53a8dec-4df8-58af-aadd-640318f32f67-6829070.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/82\/90\/70\/1920x1280_cmsv2_f53a8dec-4df8-58af-aadd-640318f32f67-6829070.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A Ukrainian LGBT+ contingent at London Pride<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">UKRAINEPRIDE<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Despite the dangers, Dvizhon is determined to promote the cause of freedom in Ukraine, as well as LGBT+ rights, at home and abroad.<\/p>\n<p>He recently organised a Ukrainian contingent at London Pride in the UK, where <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.youtube.com//watch?v=j8Cp6kKptjY\%22>\u2018Pride is not Available in your Region\u2019<\/strong><\/a> was screened, and regularly gives interviews to both Ukrainian and international media.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"6811350,6807350\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2022//06//30//wrapped-in-rainbows-should-big-business-be-involved-in-pride-month/">Wrapped in rainbows: Should big business be involved in Pride Month?<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2022//06//29//london-flies-a-new-pride-flag-a-history-of-how-the-rainbow-flag-got-its-stripes/">London flies a new Pride flag: a history of how the rainbow flag got its stripes<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Despite the obstacles in Ukraine, he hasn't given up hope that things can get better and dreams of holding Pride parades in territory currently occupied by the Russians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe really want to bring back Crimea, it\u2019s really beautiful it\u2019s like the Ukrainian California,\u201d says Dvizhon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a lot of gay people who live there, we want to bring it back. It\u2019s like a dream to hold Eurovision or Pride in Yalta.\u201d<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Although the hazards of the war are ever present - a spot close to one of the locations for \u2018Pride is not Available\u2019 was recently shelled - Dvizhon is still hopeful for the future.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>He hopes that one day, his beloved Kyiv will be free from war, and that people will return to party in a country where LGBT+ rights are enshrined. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI see this progress, that\u2019s why I\u2019m still fighting for 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people injured as wildfires rage across central Portugal","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":"More than 30 people have been injured after wildfires rage across central Portugal.","leadin":"Authorities said that 3,000 firefighters and 30 aircraft were battling active blazes.","summary":"Authorities said that 3,000 firefighters and 30 aircraft were battling active blazes.","keySentence":null,"url":"more-than-30-people-injured-as-wildfires-rage-across-central-portugal","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"An estimated 30 people have been injured after several forest fires raged across central Portugal. \n\nMore than 3,000 firefighters and 30 aircraft battled active blazes, the country's Civil Protection Agency said on Sunday. \n\nAuthorities said 12 firefighters and 17 civilians required medical assistance to treat minor injuries such as smoke inhalation. \n\nPortugal\u2019s government has declared a state of heightened alert that will run through Friday. \n\nThe wildfires are 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In June, 96% of the southern European country was classified as <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//06//10//nearly-all-of-portugal-in-severe-drought-after-hottest-may-on-record/">being in either \u201cextreme\u201d or \u201csevere\u201d drought<\/strong><\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Ant\u00f3nio Costa postponed his plans to visit Mozambique this week \u201cin view of the weather forecasts that indicate a very serious worsening of the risk of rural fires.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa likewise cancelled a scheduled trip to the UN Economic and Social Council in New York. <\/p>\n<p>The European Union has also activated its firefighting air fleet assistance programme that allows member nations to share resources to help Portugal.<\/p>\n<p>The bloc says climate change has the continent facing one of its hardest years for natural disasters such as droughts and wildfires.<\/p>\n<p>In 2017, more than 100 people were killed 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A complete halt to gas supplies through the Nord Stream pipeline cannot therefore be ruled out,\" Timm Kehler, managing director of German industry association Zukunft Gas, said. \n\nIn previous years, the annual maintenance period on Nord Stream 1 has lasted around 10-12 days and has finished on time.","htmlText":"<p>The Nord Stream 1, the biggest single pipeline carrying Russian gas to Germany, starts annual maintenance today, with flows expected to stop for ten days.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Some European governments, markets and companies worry that the shutdown might be extended.<\/p>\n<p>The Nord Stream 1 pipeline transports 55 billion cubic metres (bcm) a year of gas from Russia to Germany under the Baltic Sea.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, Russia cut flows to 40% of the pipeline's total capacity, citing the delayed return of equipment being serviced in Canada.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Europe now fears Russia may extend the scheduled maintenance to restrict European gas supply further, throwing plans to fill storage for winter into disarray, while heightening a gas crisis that has prompted emergency measures from many governments and painfully high bills for consumers.<\/p>\n<p>German economy minister Robert Habeck said the country should confront the possibility that Russia will suspend gas flows through Nord Stream 1 beyond the scheduled maintenance period.<\/p>\n<p>\"Based on the pattern we've seen, it would not be very surprising now if some small, technical detail is found and then they could say 'now we can't turn it on any more',\" he said at an event at the end of June.<\/p>\n<p>Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov dismissed claims that Russia was using oil and gas to exert political pressure, saying the maintenance shutdown was a regular, scheduled event, and that no one was \"inventing\" any repairs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Since March, Russia has cut off gas supplies completely to several European countries that did not comply with its demand for payment in roubles. <\/p>\n<p>\"The last few months have shown one thing: Putin knows no taboos. 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Learn more. ?","leadin":"After 17 years of candidate status, North Macedonia has received an invitation to start negotiations with the European Union. But there are still many hurdles for the small country to overcome.","summary":"After 17 years of candidate status, North Macedonia has received an invitation to start negotiations with the European Union. But there are still many hurdles for the small country to overcome.","keySentence":null,"url":"north-macedonia-is-at-a-crossroads-as-it-debates-negotiations-for-eu-membership","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"After 17 years of candidate status, North Macedonia has received an invitation to start negotiations with the European Union. \n\nBut there are still many hurdles for the small country, including demands from Bulgaria, which has veto power as a current member of the EU.\u00a0 Bulgaria is demanding that North Macedonia recognise its Bulgarian minority and also acknowledge that its language has Bulgarian roots. \n\nLast month, France drafted a proposal for a compromise to address Bulgaria\u2019s concerns. \n\nOne of the conditions in the negotiations is the inclusion of the Bulgarian minority into the Constitution of North Macedonia, which would require a two-thirds majority in parliament to pass.\u00a0 In fact, a change to the constitution would require votes from the ethnic Macedonian opposition parties to pass, which will be a challenge. \n\nProtesters, meanwhile, responded to these demands with outrage.\u00a0 One person told Euronews, \u201c[the deal] should be rejected! I don\u2019t think it should be accepted. We are being blackmailed. And we were simply not given the same chance as the other countries, like Serbia and Montenegro\u201d. \n\nAnother said: \"It cannot be worse than this. The freaks accepted it\u201d. \n\nDaily protests have rocked North Macedonia for the past week, with \u00a0protests escalating into violence and dozens of police officers injured. \n\nDespite the outburst of violence, the government believes North Macedonia should start membership negotiations. \n\n\"We understand all the concerns and emotions of the people, but we are trying to explain that this is about the strategic orientation of our country,\u201d said Bojan Maricic, deputy prime minister for EU integration. \n\nOther politicians are against the move, however. \n\n\nAleksandar Nikoloski, vice president of the main opposition party, VMRO-DPMNE, told Euronews that they do not support the proposed changes to the constitution. \n\n\"We clearly say that we will not support this proposal and changing the constitution because of a simple reason that what is asked from North Macedonia with this proposal and by Bulgaria is going deep into the roots of the nation,\" he said.","htmlText":"<p>After 17 years of candidate status, North Macedonia has received an invitation to start negotiations with the European Union.<\/p>\n<p>But there are still many hurdles for the small country, including demands from Bulgaria, which has veto power as a current member of the EU.\u00a0Bulgaria is demanding that North Macedonia recognise its Bulgarian minority and also acknowledge that its language has Bulgarian roots.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, France drafted a proposal for a compromise to address Bulgaria\u2019s concerns.<\/p>\n<p>One of the conditions in the negotiations is the inclusion of the Bulgarian minority into the Constitution of North Macedonia, which would require a two-thirds majority in parliament to pass.\u00a0In fact, a change to the constitution would require votes from the ethnic Macedonian opposition parties to pass, which will be a challenge.<\/p>\n<p>Protesters, meanwhile, responded to these demands with outrage.\u00a0One person told Euronews, \u201c[the deal] should be rejected! I don\u2019t think it should be accepted. We are being blackmailed. And we were simply not given the same chance as the other countries, like Serbia and Montenegro\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Another said: \"It cannot be worse than this. The freaks accepted it\u201d.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"6460262,5893612\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2022//02//10//can-new-governments-resolve-centuries-old-issues-plaguing-north-macedonia-and-bulgaria/">Can new governments resolve centuries-old issues plaguing North Macedonia and Bulgaria?<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2021//07//20//could-north-macedonia-be-the-graveyard-of-the-eu-s-ideals/">Could North Macedonia be the graveyard of the EU's ideals?<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Daily protests have rocked North Macedonia for the past week, with\u00a0protests escalating into violence and dozens of police officers injured.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the outburst of violence, the government believes North Macedonia should start membership negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>\"We understand all the concerns and emotions of the people, but we are trying to explain that this is about the strategic orientation of our country,\u201d said Bojan Maricic, deputy prime minister for EU integration.<\/p>\n<p>Other politicians are against the move, however. <\/p>\n<p>Aleksandar Nikoloski, vice president of the main opposition party, VMRO-DPMNE, told Euronews that they do not support the proposed changes to the constitution.<\/p>\n<p>\"We clearly say that we will not support this proposal and changing the constitution because of a simple reason that what is asked from North Macedonia with this proposal and by Bulgaria is going deep into the roots of the nation,\" he said.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1657479152,"publishedAt":1657517178,"updatedAt":1657517186,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2022\/07\/11\/north-macedonia-is-at-a-crossroads-as-it-debates-negotiations-for-eu-membership","programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet-web","format":"default"},"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/06\/83\/71\/80\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_47649571-370c-51b1-8600-b9da256f61b3-6837180.jpg","altText":"Protests in North Macedonia.","caption":"Protests in North Macedonia.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Euronews","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":960,"height":540}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":17648,"slug":"north-macedonia","urlSafeValue":"north-macedonia","title":"North Macedonia","titleRaw":"North Macedonia"},{"id":105,"slug":"european-union","urlSafeValue":"european-union","title":"European 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events from Russia's war in Ukraine to know about from Sunday","titleListing2":"Ukraine war: Six developments in the conflict with Russia to know about from Sunday #UkraineRussia","leadin":"From Russia's deadly strike on a Donetsk residential block, to France's efforts to offset a potential Russian gas shut-off... six new developments from the conflict.","summary":"From Russia's deadly strike on a Donetsk residential block, to France's efforts to offset a potential Russian gas shut-off... six new developments from the conflict.","keySentence":null,"url":"ukraine-war-six-developments-in-the-conflict-with-russia-to-know-about-from-sunday","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"1. Claim and counter-claim as strikes continue in east and south \n\nThe Ukrainian army headquarters reported numerous Russian bombings but almost no ground assaults by Moscow's forces on Sunday, as on the previous day. \n\nRussian rockets hit the eastern Ukraine town of Chasiv Yar, destroying a five-storey apartment block and killing at least 15 people, Ukrainian officials said on Sunday. Read more here . \n\nKyiv said it had targeted two Russian \"command points\" and depots in the southern Chornobayevka region. Ukrainian forces also claimed responsibility for a strike on a Russian base in the occupied Kherson region, also in the south, without giving further details. \n\nIn Kharkiv, the country's second largest city, Governor Oleg Synegoubov reported on Telegram that further missile strikes hit an \"educational institution\" and a house, leaving one person injured. \n\nOther Russian strikes were reported near Siversk and Sloviansk in the east, as well as in the Mykolaiv region in the south. \n\n\"High-precision ground weapons hit a temporary deployment point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces artillery unit and an ammunition depot on the territory of the ceramic factory in the city of Sloviansk,\" the Russian military said.\u00a0 \n\n\"Up to 100 people\" were killed and \"more than 1,000 artillery shells for US-made M777 howitzers and about 700 rockets for Grad MLRS\" were destroyed, it added. The claims could not be verified. \n\nThe Moscow envoy of the separatist Luhansk Republic, Rodion Mirotchnik, said on Sunday morning on Telegram that in the Donetsk region an offensive had been \"launched against Siversk from the north\" and that the town of Grygorivka had been \"captured after fighting\". \n\n\"Our troops continue to carry out military operations to liberate Serebrianka\", another locality in the region, he added. (AFP) \n\n2. Russian grain blockade may have impacted Sri Lanka unrest\u00a0\u2014 Blinken \n\nRussia's restrictions on Ukrainian grain exports may have contributed to the unrest in Sri Lanka, according to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who expressed concern that they could trigger other crises. \n\n\"We see the impact of this Russian aggression showing up everywhere. It may have contributed to the situation in Sri Lanka. We are concerned about the implications around the world,\" Blinken told a news conference in Bangkok. \n\nRepeating a request he has made several times, Blinken called on Russia to let about 20 million tonnes of grain leave Ukraine, which Moscow invaded in February. \n\n\"We are seeing growing food insecurity around the world which has been greatly exacerbated by the Russian aggression against Ukraine,\" Blinken said. \n\nHe added that there was also an impact in Thailand where fertiliser prices had \"skyrocketed\" due to the blockade. \n\nSri Lanka has been caught up in the turmoil of serious unrest caused by severe shortages of food, medicine and fuel. The president has\u00a0agreed to resign after protesters stormed his official residence on Saturday. \n\nRussia has said it would allow Ukrainian ships loaded with foodstuffs to leave if the Ukrainian army cleared its ports, but this option has been rejected by Kyiv, which fears for the safety of its Black Sea coast. (AFP) \n\n3. German paper die Welt blocked in Russia \n\nThe website of German newspaper die Welt has been blocked in Russia, having been added to the growing list of sites banned by media watchdog Roskomnadzor, Russian agencies said on Sunday. \n\nThe blocking followed a request from the prosecutor's office, a source said. \n\nThe site could no longer be opened on phones and computers, AFP journalists in Russia noted. \n\nSince the start of the Russian offensive in Ukraine, the German newspaper had begun publishing content in Russian, while most independent information has been repressed in Russia. \n\nThe paper also employed Russian journalist Maria Ovsiannikova for a time, after she burst onto the set of a pro-Kremlin TV news programme holding up a sign against the Russian offensive in Ukraine. (AFP) \n\n4. Russia claims credit for Elena Rybakina's Wimbledon title \n\nThe Russian Tennis Federation was quick to claim Elena Rybakina as \u201cour product\u201d on her run to the women's title at Wimbledon. \n\nThey then praised her training programme in the country after she became champion while representing Kazakhstan. \n\n\u201cIt\u2019s the Russian school, after all. She played here with us for a long time, and then in Kazakhstan,\u201d Russian Tennis Federation president Shamil Tarpishchev told sports website Championat after Rybakina beat Ons Jabeur 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 on Saturday. \n\nThe 23-year-old Rybakina was born on Moscow and played in the Russian system until 2018, when financial issues led to her nationality switch. \n\nThere's been no official reaction from the Kremlin on Rybakina's Wimbledon success, but some commentators have claimed her victory as a Russian achievement and a symbolic snub to the All England Club, which banned players\u00a0from Russia and Belarus from Wimbledon because of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. \n\nSome Russian state media outlets emphasised Rybakina's roots in Moscow, with others opting to call her simply a \u201crepresentative of Kazakhstan\u201d. (AP) \n\n5. French energy industry turns to oil for fear of Russian gas shut-off \n\nFrance's energy-intensive companies are speeding up contingency plans and converting their gas boilers to run on oil as they seek to avoid disruption in the event any further reduction in Russian gas supplies leads to power outages. \n\nGathered over the weekend at a business and economics conference at Aix-en-Provence in southern France, several top executives said they were preparing for possible blackouts. \n\nRussia in June reduced flows through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, its main route for shipping gas into western Europe, to 40% of capacity. Politicians and industry are concerned there will be further supply constraints linked to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. \n\nAcross Europe, industry has been resorting to more polluting fuel than gas as it gives precedence to tackling the cost to the economy of business disruption and surging energy prices, rather than longer-term targets to switch to zero carbon fuel. \n\nFrench Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire told the top corporate executives attending the conference it would be irresponsible not to prepare for shortages. \n\n\"Let's prepare for a cut-off of Russian gas,\" he told them. \"Today it's the most likely scenario.\" \n\nFrance, relies on nuclear power for around 70% of its electricity, meaning it is far less directly dependendent on Russian gas than neighbouring Germany. \n\nHowever, the state-controlled electricity producer EDF is struggling to meet France's needs because of outages at its ageing power plants, increasing the strain on the rest of the energy sector. (Reuters) \n\n6. Canada to return Nord Stream pipeline turbines to Germany \n\nCanada has decided to return turbines for the Russian Nord Stream gas pipeline to Germany,\u00a0despite sanctions targeting Moscow. \n\nKyiv had called on Germany not to \"submit to blackmail by the Kremlin\". The turbines have been\u00a0undergoing maintenance in Siemens workshops near Montreal.\u00a0 \n\nThe Russian gas group Gazprom had invoked the repair work as the reason for a reduction in its deliveries to Germany via Nord Stream in mid-June. \n\n\"Canada will grant Siemens Canada a time-limited, revocable licence to return the repaired Nordstream 1 turbines to Germany, which will support Europe's ability to access reliable and affordable energy,\" said Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson. \n\nThe minister accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of wanting to \"sow division among allies\". \n\nCanada has also announced its intention to extend its economic sanctions against Russia to industrial manufacturing. \n\n\"The new sanctions will apply to land and pipeline transportation, as well as to the manufacture of metals and transportation, computer, electronic and electrical equipment, and machinery,\" said Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly. (AFP)","htmlText":"<h2>1. Claim and counter-claim as strikes continue in east and south<\/h2><p>The Ukrainian army headquarters reported numerous Russian bombings but almost no ground assaults by Moscow's forces on Sunday, as on the previous day.<\/p>\n<p>Russian rockets hit the eastern Ukraine town of Chasiv Yar, destroying a five-storey apartment block and killing at least 15 people, Ukrainian officials said on Sunday. <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2022//07//10//ukraine-war-six-dead-and-dozens-trapped-in-donetsk-flats-hit-by-russian-rockets/">Read more here<\/em><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Kyiv said it had targeted two Russian \"command points\" and depots in the southern Chornobayevka region. Ukrainian forces also claimed responsibility for a strike on a Russian base in the occupied Kherson region, also in the south, without giving further details.<\/p>\n<p>In Kharkiv, the country's second largest city, Governor Oleg Synegoubov reported on Telegram that further missile strikes hit an \"educational institution\" and a house, leaving one person injured.<\/p>\n<p>Other Russian strikes were reported near Siversk and Sloviansk in the east, as well as in the Mykolaiv region in the south.<\/p>\n<p>\"High-precision ground weapons hit a temporary deployment point of the Ukrainian Armed Forces artillery unit and an ammunition depot on the territory of the ceramic factory in the city of Sloviansk,\" the Russian military said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"Up to 100 people\" were killed and \"more than 1,000 artillery shells for US-made M777 howitzers and about 700 rockets for Grad MLRS\" were destroyed, it added. The claims could not be verified.<\/p>\n<p>The Moscow envoy of the separatist Luhansk Republic, Rodion Mirotchnik, said on Sunday morning on Telegram that in the Donetsk region an offensive had been \"launched against Siversk from the north\" and that the town of Grygorivka had been \"captured after fighting\".<\/p>\n<p>\"Our troops continue to carry out military operations to liberate Serebrianka\", another locality in the region, he added. (AFP)<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"6836678\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2022//07//10//ukraine-at-least-fifteen-killed-in-strike-on-apartment-building-in-chasiv-yar-town/">Ukraine: at least fifteen killed in strike on apartment building in Chasiv Yar town<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>2. Russian grain blockade may have impacted Sri Lanka unrest\u00a0\u2014 Blinken<\/h2><p>Russia's restrictions on Ukrainian grain exports may have contributed to the unrest in Sri Lanka, according to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who expressed concern that they could trigger other crises.<\/p>\n<p>\"We see the impact of this Russian aggression showing up everywhere. It may have contributed to the situation in Sri Lanka. We are concerned about the implications around the world,\" Blinken told a news conference in Bangkok.<\/p>\n<p>Repeating a request he has made several times, Blinken called on Russia to let about 20 million tonnes of grain leave Ukraine, which Moscow invaded in February.<\/p>\n<p>\"We are seeing growing food insecurity around the world which has been greatly exacerbated by the Russian aggression against Ukraine,\" Blinken said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that there was also an impact in Thailand where fertiliser prices had \"skyrocketed\" due to the blockade.<\/p>\n<p>Sri Lanka has been caught up in the turmoil of serious unrest caused by severe shortages of food, medicine and fuel. The president has\u00a0agreed to resign after protesters stormed his official residence on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Russia has said it would allow Ukrainian ships loaded with foodstuffs to leave if the Ukrainian army cleared its ports, but this option has been rejected by Kyiv, which fears for the safety of its Black Sea coast. (AFP)<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"6836628\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2022//07//10//ukraine-war-anxiety-grows-for-grain-farmers-as-harvest-begins-amid-russian-blockade/">Ukraine war: Anxiety grows for grain farmers as harvest begins amid Russian blockade<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>3. German paper die Welt blocked in Russia<\/h2><p>The website of German newspaper die Welt has been blocked in Russia, having been added to the growing list of sites banned by media watchdog Roskomnadzor, Russian agencies said on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>The blocking followed a request from the prosecutor's office, a source said.<\/p>\n<p>The site could no longer be opened on phones and computers, AFP journalists in Russia noted.<\/p>\n<p>Since the start of the Russian offensive in Ukraine, the German newspaper had begun publishing content in Russian, while most independent information has been repressed in Russia.<\/p>\n<p>The paper also employed Russian journalist Maria Ovsiannikova for a time, after she burst onto the set of a pro-Kremlin TV news programme holding up a sign against the Russian offensive in Ukraine. (AFP)<\/p>\n<h2>4. Russia claims credit for Elena Rybakina's Wimbledon title<\/h2><p>The Russian Tennis Federation was quick to claim Elena Rybakina as \u201cour product\u201d on her run to the women's title at Wimbledon.<\/p>\n<p>They then praised her training programme in the country after she became champion while representing Kazakhstan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s the Russian school, after all. She played here with us for a long time, and then in Kazakhstan,\u201d Russian Tennis Federation president Shamil Tarpishchev told sports website Championat after Rybakina beat Ons Jabeur 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old Rybakina was born on Moscow and played in the Russian system until 2018, when financial issues led to her nationality switch.<\/p>\n<p>There's been no official reaction from the Kremlin on Rybakina's Wimbledon success, but some commentators have claimed her victory as a Russian achievement and a symbolic snub to the All England Club, which banned players\u00a0from Russia and Belarus from Wimbledon because of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Some Russian state media outlets emphasised Rybakina's roots in Moscow, with others opting to call her simply a \u201crepresentative of Kazakhstan\u201d. (AP)<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"6834770\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2022//07//09//wimbledon-elena-rybakina-beats-ons-jabeur-in-three-sets-to-win-womens-title/">Wimbledon: Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan beats Ons Jabeur to win women's title<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>5. French energy industry turns to oil for fear of Russian gas shut-off<\/h2><p>France's energy-intensive companies are speeding up contingency plans and converting their gas boilers to run on oil as they seek to avoid disruption in the event any further reduction in Russian gas supplies leads to power outages.<\/p>\n<p>Gathered over the weekend at a business and economics conference at Aix-en-Provence in southern France, several top executives said they were preparing for possible blackouts.<\/p>\n<p>Russia in June reduced flows through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, its main route for shipping gas into western Europe, to 40% of capacity. Politicians and industry are concerned there will be further supply constraints linked to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Across Europe, industry has been resorting to more polluting fuel than gas as it gives precedence to tackling the cost to the economy of business disruption and surging energy prices, rather than longer-term targets to switch to zero carbon fuel.<\/p>\n<p>French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire told the top corporate executives attending the conference it would be irresponsible not to prepare for shortages.<\/p>\n<p>\"Let's prepare for a cut-off of Russian gas,\" he told them. \"Today it's the most likely scenario.\"<\/p>\n<p>France, relies on nuclear power for around 70% of its electricity, meaning it is far less directly dependendent on Russian gas than neighbouring Germany.<\/p>\n<p>However, the state-controlled electricity producer EDF is struggling to meet France's needs because of outages at its ageing power plants, increasing the strain on the rest of the energy sector. (Reuters)<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"6826280,6831896\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2022//07//07//which-eu-countries-have-been-totally-or-partially-cut-off-from-russian-gas/">Which EU countries have been totally or partially cut off from Russian gas?<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2022//07//08//bulgaria-and-greece-open-new-gas-pipeline-to-cut-reliance-on-russia/">Bulgaria and Greece open new gas pipeline to cut reliance on Russia<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>6. Canada to return Nord Stream pipeline turbines to Germany<\/h2><p>Canada has decided to return turbines for the Russian Nord Stream gas pipeline to Germany,\u00a0despite sanctions targeting Moscow.<\/p>\n<p>Kyiv had called on Germany not to \"submit to blackmail by the Kremlin\". The turbines have been\u00a0undergoing maintenance in Siemens workshops near Montreal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Russian gas group Gazprom had invoked the repair work as the reason for a reduction in its deliveries to Germany via Nord Stream in mid-June.<\/p>\n<p>\"Canada will grant Siemens Canada a time-limited, revocable licence to return the repaired Nordstream 1 turbines to Germany, which will support Europe's ability to access reliable and affordable energy,\" said Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson.<\/p>\n<p>The minister accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of wanting to \"sow division among allies\".<\/p>\n<p>Canada has also announced its intention to extend its economic sanctions against Russia to industrial manufacturing.<\/p>\n<p>\"The new sanctions will apply to land and pipeline transportation, as well as to the manufacture of metals and transportation, computer, electronic and electrical equipment, and machinery,\" said Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly. 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