The band from Madeira ran away with the public vote to book their berth to Berne in Switzerland for the Eurovision Song Contest in May.
Category: 3. Europe
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NAPA to represent Portugal at Eurovision Song Contest
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Greenland's Inuits reclaim identity as independence debate grows and another US VIP visit looms
During colonial rule, Denmark enforced assimilation policies, unofficially banning the Inuit language, forced sterilisations and removing children from their families to be placed in Danish homes. Policies which left Greenlanders bitter.
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Jeremy Clarkson taunts ‘idiot’ Elon Musk over Tesla vandalism – POLITICO
Musk, the largest political donor to U.S. President Donald Trump’s successful 2024 election campaign, has assumed a loosely defined government role in which he spearheads efforts within the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to cut the size of the American state.
This role, along…
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Turkish President Erdogan’s main rival Ekrem Imamoglu jailed
ReutersImamoglu was detained as he was about to register to run against President Erdogan The main rival to Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has been formally arrested and charged with corruption.
Ekrem Imamoglu, the mayor of Istanbul, is expected to be selected as the opposition Republican…
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Erdoğan seizes geopolitical moment to snuff out democratic opposition – POLITICO
“[U.S. President Donald] Trump’s anti-democratic actions at home have fueled a global climate where autocrats elsewhere feel empowered to further crush dissent,” she said.
Trump, who regularly calls for his political opponents to be locked up, is hardly likely to lecture Erdoğan,…
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Turkey lurches toward outright autocracy as Erdoğan’s main rival is jailed – POLITICO
“What was done to President Tayyip Erdoğan and to me in the past should not be done to Ekrem İmamoğlu either … We must not lose the rule of law and justice. Otherwise, Türkiye will lose,” Gül said.
In 1998, Erdoğan was convicted for inciting religious hatred and banned from…
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Canada’s prime minister announces snap election in April
New Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and his Conservative opponent kicked off their election campaigns on Sunday before the vote on April 28th.
New Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and his Conservative opponent kicked off their election campaigns on Sunday against…
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Snap election pits Canada against Trump
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney called a snap election on Sunday, saying he needs a mandate from Canadians to take on U.S. President Donald Trump.
“President Trump claims that Canada isn’t a real country. He wants to break us so America can own us. We will not let that happen,”…
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EU’s top diplomat to visit Israel to raise questions after Gaza returns to war
The European Union’s top diplomat on Sunday announced plans to visit Israel and raise questions about the return to war in the Gaza Strip.
The European Union’s foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas commented on the resumption of the war in Gaza on Sunday where, according…
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Pope Francis makes first appearance from Rome hospital
Pope Francis has appeared at his window of the Gemelli hospital in Rome and offered a blessing for the first time since being admitted on 14 February.
The 88-year-old pontiff was discharged minutes later and doctors say he will need at least two months of rest at the Vatican.
During the past five…
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