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On the 78th day of the conflict, the President and Prime Minister of Finland said they were in favor on Thursday of an "immediate" accession of the Nordic country to NATO, announcing a press conference on the decision of the Nordic country for Sunday .
If Sweden is also seriously considering joining NATO as soon as possible, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Finland's membership in the alliance would "definitely" be a threat to Russia: "The enlargement of NATO and the rapprochement of the Alliance to our borders does not make the world and our continent more stable and more secure", declared Dmitri Peskov to the press.
Fighting is intensifying between the Russian army and Ukrainian forces, particularly in the Kharkiv region, where a Ukrainian counterattack continues north of the city.
Thus, several towns and villages on the Russian border were taken over by kyiv.
At the same time, one person was killed and three others were injured about ten kilometers from the Russian-Ukrainian border, in the village of Solokhi, in Russian territory.
According to the governor of the Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, a house was partly destroyed by shelling from Ukraine.
While Ukraine presented its application for EU membership on February 28, a few days after the Russian invasion, the head of Ukrainian diplomacy Dmytro Kouleba asked on Thursday that a place be "reserved" for his country in the European Union.
"We hear very often that Ukraine belongs to the European family and now it is important to reserve this place" for the country in the European Union, he told German public television at the start of a visit. in the country.
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Legislative: nominations are increasing, Eric Zemmour candidate in the Var.
One month before the first round of the legislative elections, the announcements of nominations are multiplying in each camp, with nearly 569 candidates announced by the National Rally or 380 candidates invested by Nupes, stirred by the internal investigation launched by France rebellious concerning the three accusations of sexual violence against the journalist Taha Bouhafs, initially in the running in the Rhône before withdrawing his candidacy on Tuesday.
For his part, the leader of Reconquest!
Eric Zemmour announced this Thursday his candidacy for the legislative elections in the constituency of Saint-Tropez, in the Var department.
North Korea confined on the orders of Kim Jong Un.
While the country seemed, according to state media, spared by the Covid-19 pandemic for more than two years, the North Korean leader Kim Jong un has ordered nationwide "lockdown" measures after the country detected its first-ever case of Covid-19.
The head of state “called on all cities and counties in the country to carefully confine their territories and organize work and production after isolating each work unit, each production unit and each housing unit from each other. from others,” to block the spread of the “malicious virus,” the official KCNA news agency said.
Palestinian authorities pay tribute to journalist Shireen Abu Akleh.
His death sent shockwaves through.
Killed while covering an Israeli army operation in the occupied West Bank, wearing a bulletproof vest stamped "press", the star journalist of the Qatari television channel Al-Jazeera Shireen Abu Akleh received a tribute from the Palestinians, an official ceremony taking place this Thursday at the end of the morning at the headquarters of the Palestinian Authority, in the presence of President Mahmoud Abbas and representatives of the press, before his funeral on Friday in a church in Jerusalem.
Tension is rising between Mbappé and the FFF.
While the announcement on his future in club is long overdue, Kylian Mbappé continues his standoff with the French Football Federation concerning his image rights.
Thus, the player's lawyer decided to cancel this Thursday the meeting scheduled with the president of the FFF Noël Le Graët, while the player's participation in commercial operations with the sponsors of the Blues was to be at the heart of the discussions.
This follows in particular the words of the boss of French football on the sidelines of the final of the Coupe de France between Nantes and Nice (1-0).
The latter had notably declared: “If he (Kylian Mbappé) does not accept the operation, he will not have any money, that's all.
The players have 30% of what Fifa gives.
Lloris is a respectable man.
Varane, too, said to me: President, we don't want to change.
Perfect equality.
We're not talking about money.
“The player's lawyer replied dryly: “It is useless, because President Le Graët has already delivered his conclusions before discussing the subject.
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It was a campaign promise from President Macron.
According to the report of the Council of Ministers on Wednesday, the audiovisual license fee should disappear this year, as part of measures to support household purchasing power.
"The contribution to public broadcasting will be permanently abolished this year and the financing of public broadcasting will be ensured in compliance with the constitutional objective of pluralism and independence of the media", indicates the government. , in the transcription of a communication from the Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire during the Council of Ministers.
This fee, amounting to 138 euros, currently brings in more than three billion euros to the State.
