The announcement from RÚV comes a week after four other countries announced they were pulling out of next year’s Eurovision in protest against Israel’s participation.
Category: 3. Europe
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Iceland to boycott 2026 Eurovision over Israel's participation, broadcaster RÚV says
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Trump talks Ukraine peace deal with Macron, Merz and Starmer
President Donald Trump held a conference call with French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Wednesday to discuss the war in Ukraine, a White House official said, as the U.S. president continues to push for an end to the…
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European Commission to open up energy infrastructure law to speed up grid permits
The European Commission announced on Wednesday that it will review the European Union’s law on trans-European energy networks as part of a plan to revamp the bloc’s obsolete electricity grid and speed up permits for infrastructure, storage and renewables integration.
The EU executive conceded…
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European ministers back ECHR plan to tackle illegal migration
Paul Seddon,Political reporterand
Dominic Casciani,Home and Legal Correspondent
Getty ImagesEuropean countries including the UK have agreed to negotiate a new approach to the continent’s main human rights treaty, in a bid to make it easier to deport illegal migrants.
It follows a meeting of justice…
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Britain’s Brexit point man says no to rejoining EU customs union – POLITICO
Britain’s most senior foreign minister, Yvette Cooper, on Wednesday backed a hard cap on the number of people coming in under a youth mobility scheme. She told POLITICO in a separate interview that such a scheme needs to be “balanced.”
“The UK-EU relationship is really important…
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Fact check: Is the European Parliament forcing member states to accept irregular migration?
A post gaining traction on X alleges that the European Parliament has endorsed a new “Migration and Asylum Pact”, supposedly forcing every EU member state to accept irregular migrants or face hefty fines.
However, this is inaccurate. The European Parliament has not approved any such…
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Video. Archaeologists uncover intact section of ancient Jerusalem wall from Hanukkah era
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Archaeologists have uncovered the longest intact section of Jerusalem’s ancient Hasmonean wall, likely linked to events following the Hanukkah story. The structure…
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Chemical in dark chocolate may help slow ageing, new study finds
Theobromine, a chemical found in dark chocolate, may have anti-ageing properties, a new study has found.
The study, published on Wednesday in the journal Aging, found that theobromine – a common plant compound that comes from cocoa beans – could slow biological ageing.
“Our study finds…
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Pharma sector slams Commission after Wastewater Directive excluded from Environment Omnibus
The Commission presented its Environmental Omnibus package today (10 December), aimed at simplifying EU environmental legislation across several areas, including permitting, emissions standards, hazardous-waste treatment, extended producer responsibility (EPR), and the use of geospatial data.
One…
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Sophie Kinsella, author of best-selling ‘Shopaholic’ novels, dies aged 55
British author Sophie Kinsella, whose bubbly rom-com “Confessions of a Shopaholic” sparked a best-selling series, has died.
She was 55 and had been diagnosed with brain cancer.
In a statement on her Instagram account, her family said that “she died peacefully, with her final days filled…
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