“If the Biennale began to select not works but affiliations, not visions but passports, it would cease to be what it has always been: the place where the world meets,” Buttafuoco announced, then left the press conference before anyone could ask questions.
Category: 3. Europe
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Poland could host US troops Trump pulled from Germany, Nawrocki says
Polish President Karol Nawrocki said Wednesday that Poland is ready to host American troops withdrawn from Germany and that he would personally lobby Donald Trump to send them east.
The offer comes as the Pentagon prepares to pull around 5,000 troops from Germany over the next year, with…
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Belgian PM slaps down Trump’s ambassador over ‘nonsense’ antisemitism jab
Belgium’s Prime Minister Bart De Wever has pushed back forcefully against criticism from U.S. Ambassador to Belgium Bill White, who accused the country of being antisemitic.
White had reacted strongly to an Antwerp prosecutor’s recommendation that two Jewish men be prosecuted following an…
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Hantavirus-hit cruise ship leaves Cape Verde after three evacuated
A British man is among three evacuees sent to the Netherlands after displaying symptoms while aboard the MV Hondius.
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Two Portuguese police chiefs detained as abuse scandal escalates, reports say
The case first emerged last year, involving allegations of torture, rape and abuse of power.
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Rubio’s Rome challenge: Managing an ally, appealing to a pope – POLITICO
And Crosetto said at an event during Italy’s Armed Forces Day that “in a world that has gone crazy … it is our duty to ensure that Italy can defend itself,” validating Trump’s longstanding demand that NATO allies should do — and spend — more to defend themselves.
Meloni will…
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EU must go beyond ‘binary yes or no ban’ on social media, top official says – POLITICO
Harris-Hess referenced a ministerial meeting in Nicosia last week, where EU capitals aligned on an EU-wide restriction, as an indication of the political momentum.
Whatever form a ban takes, if it is decided, it is necessary to discuss “What is the environment we want to see for those…
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Britain’s local elections are haunted by the Middle East – POLITICO
“Lots of people feel very strongly, both about their local services as they should do and feel equally strongly about the fact that there’s a reprehensible genocide happening,” he said.
The extra scrutiny facing the Greens in recent days does appear to be having an impact — and not…
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French professor investigated for awarding himself fake prize
“The gold medal for philology is a pure creation of Mr Florent Montaclair, who awarded it to himself via the intervention of this learned society, which he himself had evidently created, and this university, which only exists on an internet site,” said Lallois.
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Die Höcke-Show – POLITICO
Das Interview mit Björn Höcke im Podcast „ungeskriptet by Ben“ erreicht Millionen. Aber kritische Nachfragen fehlen. Pauline von Pezold und Frederik Schindler über die Stellen, an denen man hätte einhaken müssen: von Höckes familiärer Prägung durch Propaganda von…
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