olena: ukraine's eu exception -- eu process is a complex undertaking.aine received a fast-track eu candidacy status and it was also seen by many as a goal that would take years to achieve. yet ukraine received -- ukraine received the status after it submitted its formal application. although eu membership is an ambitious undertaking, ukraine has been paying the highest price for the european values for freedom and democracy. it has been proving again and again since 2014 that it is ready to fight and die for these values. speaking about the merit-based approach and about fairness, it is fair because ukraine has been making significant progress on the reform track. it has been complying with seven conditions of the european commission that have been put forward. moreover last month ukraine past another package of legislation to bring it closer to the you. and it needs to fast-track the procedure. but it is the political will that needs to be there. and the obstacles to ukraine's membership in the eu are largely political and the countries behind them, hu

running an eu economy. are just too many different political national interests. there are national interests, as you know very well. but at the end, i am confident that an agreement will be reached on this. why are you confident? i am confident because i'm speaking every day, or every couple of days, with finance ministers, and i see that the distance among them is reducing. but first of all, i'm seeing that they are all aware of the need to reach an agreement, which is the point. the point is that to have more realistic rules means that you will have more enforceable rules. and at the same time, that you can have rules encouraging growth. this is the deal that we need. but what's wrong with...? because we had very ambitious rules. they were not implemented, not enforced, and the debt continued to grow. and we had low growth. and that looks like a systemic problem. and there's other problems, too, which, again, you have to take some responsibility for as economy commissioner. for example, the idea was, pos

nonetheless, you want to be an eu member state and the eu is intent on economically isolating russia.we are. you know, from the very day one, we are imposing all the sanctions towards russia in the same way as the eu is doing. let me also remind you that over the last ten years, montenegro has been fully aligning its foreign security policy with the one of the eu. ah. well, that's an interesting point, too. fully aligning. fully aligning? because montenegro, of all countries in europe, has been absolutely enthusiastic about tying itself to china's belt and road initiative. i mean, you, in your most signature public investment of recent years, took a billion—dollars—worth of chinese investment, with the chinese building your extravagant highway that only runs for a1km, but cost a billion dollars. why are you making those strategic choices? right. well, you know, that's a question for the previous government. and, you know, ithink one of the flaws of the previous government was going into big, massive construction projects without a clear public procurement, you know, tendering and ever

how is the eu doing? in order to do that, let's first start by looking at eu's top economies. at first glance, these look to be impressive numbers, especially germany's output, but as a the saying goes, looks can be very deceiving. why deceiving? let's go back to the... 2008 world financial crisis, in order for europe to deal with the problem, like the us, it had to exercise monetary stimulus, it called it the asset purchase program or app for short. in december 2008, the european council agreed on an eu-wide economic stimulus of around 200 billion euros, as revealed here in the economic recovery packages in eu member states report, even though that figure coutioned some of the losses from the... financial crisis, it soon became apparent that the eu needed to continue its stimulus because the eu economies were not rebounding as quickly as the eu had anticipated. the stimulus figures were astounding. the app or asset purchase program had become the european central bank signature policy. the eu was buying bonds from commercial banks at the pace of 60 billion euros a month. the

how different is the eu's viewpoint compared to eu members?seph borel talking about humanitarian crisis, but what is president macron and 0laf scholz think, whether they diverge? the and olaf scholz think, whether they diverue? ., , and olaf scholz think, whether they diverue? ., ., ., , ., diverge? the vast ma'ority of eu countns * diverge? the vast ma'ority of eu countries, including _ diverge? the vast majority of eu countries, including the - diverge? the vast majority of eu countries, including the two - diverge? the vast majority of eu countries, including the two you | countries, including the two you mentioned earlier, are going to be stressing the issue of international humanitarian law and international law being adhered to, as they acknowledge israel's right to respond militarily to the brutal hamas terrorist attacks over the weekend. this is something joseph borrell mentioned when he spoke from moscow. he went as far to say that some of israel's actions in the gaza strip have been contrary to international law, which is quite stron

the eu's plan to deliver 1 million shells by march of next year is only 30% fulfilled. suspicion: the rivne military committee forgot to declare assets worth uah 46 million, the dbbr reports. according to the investigation, the official, who is suspected of being a subordinate, turned out to be the owner house in the resort area of ​​bukovel, a cottage hotel was built on the neighboring plot, and also a 316-square-meter cottage with a billiards table and a pond. three apartments with an area of ​​almost 200 square meters and two garages were also found. according to the documents, the property belongs to the aunt of the official. the official's involvement in real estate is confirmed by his phone conversations and correspondence. the man made decisions about the construction, negotiated the value of certain objects during the purchase, agreed on the execution of documents for false persons. the difference between, between the value of revealed real estate and the official's officially confirmed earnings amount to over uah 46.6 million. the head of the rivne regional tsk

it is a kind of driver of the eu that forces it to make reforms, because whenever we hear that the eu a new approach to expansion is being worked out, but it sounds, we are now watching how things are going literally yesterday, yes, the defense was announced about all this, and there are the countries of the european union in this alliance, that is, ukraine really, as the president says, can become such a defense, the hub of all this, therefore , taking into account, they say, many such nuances, everything after all, the eu is just as interested in us as we are in them, a beautiful thesis for a word, let 's talk about the terms, if you don't mind, here is a literally fresh statement from the new representative of the european union in ukraine, from kateryna materynova, katarina. maternovy, provided the current pace of reforms is maintained, ukraine can join the european union in 2030, as this is a realistic term, exactly what mrs. kateryna said. mr. oleksandr, for you, this date, whether it scares or reassures , we can hope that, for example, the introduction will happen sooner, or 20

you have to bait within - the eu about the israel - how mass the eu about the israel — how mass —— first been on the back foot since then. this is the first time since the 27th eu leaders are setting a random person discussing this with it was important they get some kind of a united front on this because the eu has been divided, there have been mixed messages coming from within eu leadership and member states. we expect leaders will have been briefed by some of their colleagues who have been to israel in recent days, french president micron, the chancellor of austria, these are the kinds of discussions they leaders have been having in the past few hours. —— macron. we have seen visits, notjust israel but also meeting the egypt president for example. how crucial are these countries in terms of de—escalating this ongoing crisis? the eu has limited power in foreign policy, not a huge foreign—policy player but it does have weight, what it says. just like the un. it is a huge terror of palestinian aid for example so it matters in that sense. the outreach earth countries, that has divided peo

current eu law won't allow them to travel to other eu countries.hat makes this a hard border for the migrants. but the volunteers themselves are not prepared to accept that. the problem is not europe - it's the europeans who cannot comprehend that it's better to give these people something to get by on than to put up with the ones who steal - the traffickers. they're the ones who cause strife. the migrants have a right to come here. lots of eu funding goes to help breaking down the borders in the french-italian alps. exhibition director roberto bianco invokes human rights and the lessons and legacy of the 20th century's wars and mass expulsions. at one time, when people saw a stranger here, they'd open the doors to their homes to help and hide and protect them. through their example, these people showed how we could restore some kind of balance after such a complicated history. a rumor is going around among the migrants in ventimiglia about local people somewhere up in the mountains who know all the secret routes, and sometimes show travelers the w

current eu law won't allow them to travel to other eu countries.hat makes this a hard border for the migrants. but the volunteers themselves are not prepared to accept that. the problem is not europe - it's the europeans who cannot comprehend that it's better to give these people something to get by on than to put up with the ones who steal - the traffickers. they're the ones who cause strife. the migrants have a right to come here. lots of eu funding goes to help breaking down the borders in the french-italian alps. exhibition director roberto bianco invokes human rights and the lessons and legacy of the 20th century's wars and mass expulsions. at one time, when people saw a stranger here, they'd open the doors to their homes to help and hide and protect them. through their example, these people showed how we could restore some kind of balance after such a complicated history. a rumor is going around among the migrants in ventimiglia about local people somewhere up in the mountains who know all the secret routes, and sometimes show travelers the w

helping to support the eu economy.ite the disruption despite the disruption of russia against ukraine. >> the growth is 1.2%. these aren't great numbers historically. we avoided recession, but we are far away from pre-pandemic trend. the imf report flags longer term productivity and competitive challenges within the eu. i want to close the conversation asking about the relationship with china. what about the eu relationship with the u.s.? i have spoken to many companies. a lot of european-based companies say they find the appeal of the inflation reduction act very inenticing t business in america. is europe falling behind? >> first of all, those are not very strong growth rates. the fact it comes in a situation where we are facing crisis after crisis with covid-19 pandemic and just as eu was emerging from covid-19 pandemic, russia started its aggression against ukraine creating a new economic problem. we had to deal with a context which was especially challenging for the eu. this is a war on our door step. nevertheless

james: richer, you are also in an eu capital. does the emotion she talks about explain the fact that early white house statements seem to lack any of the usual calls for proportionate response or exercise of restraint? >> yes, i think that is the case. and -- take for example our minister of foreign affairs yesterday who was being interviewed yesterday on the radio and he felt able to say that israel was acting in self-defense. so when he was questioned about israel's threats to starve gaza and all of its population of water, energy, and food, he could use terminology like self-defense. obviously, i challenge that very strongly and said this is not self-defense. you would be punishing 2.2 million people, to bombard with massive artillery strikes the most densely populated residential area in the world for war crimes. those who were speaking on behalf of palestinians were you pushed on the defensive. i think the u.s. and israel feel emboldened to act with greater impunity than they might otherwise feel. we seeing that with the exp

is it reasonable to assume that after such statements the eu is on the verge of a split and does theunion need to be reformed, considering the war in ukraine. let's talk. higher education in ukraine is on the verge of global changes. the government offers the parliament to think about optimizing the system of higher education. for example, to allow students studying under a contract to independently regulate the term of study, the correspondence form is also in question, it can simply be canceled. we will ask educational managers about all possible innovations in the successful broadcast. you are welcome to subscribe to radio liberty's youtube channel. also, if you haven't subscribed yet, subscribe. also, share this video with your friends, then it's important verified information will be able to be seen by as many people as possible, well, in the comments, if , for example, you are watching us from the khmelnytskyi region, write what the situation is in your city or village. in slovakia , the government of robert fico was approved, politicians were in key positions. who oppose the p

the council of eu foreign ministers met in kiev today.the part of europe, this is a kind of gesture after the us state department confirmed the freeze. long-term assistance to ukraine, it was simply not included in the budget, however, the action of brussels support is symbolic, and nothing more over zelsky, who endlessly begs for money is increasingly mocked in the west, and elon musk’s joke provoked a political crisis. about changing moods, alexander khristtenko. the unexpected visit of eu ministers to kiev began predictably with the laying of flowers at the memorial to the dead, although the europeans were in no mood at all before the ceremony ... they kissed the head of the belgian foreign ministry hadjoy labibb, hugged the portuguese minister joao croveño, and colleagues from bulgaria simply shook hands with in response to her remark, for some reason he sighed heavily. the minister of foreign affairs of ukraine, kuleba , huddled close to barel on cameras everywhere, and then, without hesitation, even admitted his desire to be surroun

the eu summit failed to agree on a program budget assistance to ukraine.ropean council, charles michel, at a press conference following a meeting of eu leaders. meanwhile, he emphasized that brussels is going to continue to support kiev, but did not explain in what specific volumes europe will provide assistance. ukraine is our priority. ukraine will remain a priority. we are committed to providing financial support to ukraine. we had a discussion of the relevant amendments to the budget. we are determined to continue military assistance from both the european union and individual eu countries, on a bilateral basis. we were also able to discuss the issue of frozen russian assets. most eu countries share the intention to take decisive steps in this area. i invited the leaders and representatives of the european commission to put forward their initiatives so that we can do this in the short term. europeans also do not want to lag behind the tectonic shifts of world politics, they are haunted not only by our global eurasia project, but also by the chinese one

the council of eu foreign ministers met in kiev today.he part of europe, this is a kind of gesture after the us state department confirmed the freeze of long-term assistance to ukraine. it was simply not included in the budget. however, the action of brussels. the support is symbolic and nothing more. zelsky, who endlessly begs for money, is increasingly mocked in the west, and ilan musk’s joke provoked a political crisis, about a change of mood, alexander khristtenko. the unexpected visit of eu ministers to kiev began predictably, with the laying of flowers at the memorial to the victims, although the europeans were in a mood before the ceremony not mournful at all. barel kissed the head of mid-belgium hadjoylab, hugged a colleague from bulgaria, simply shook hands in response to her remark, for some reason he sighed heavily. the minister of foreign affairs of ukraine, kuleba , huddled close to barel on cameras everywhere, and then, without hesitation , even admitted his desire to be surrounded, as long as it was european. i want to be s

the eu foreign policy chief also. reacted to a stop gack funding bill passed by the us congress that excludes any new aid for ukraine. and to tell the truth, we were surprised by the fact that the last minute agreement has taken a decision we have to regret deeply. but the news lawers to reconsider their to ommit financial support for ukraine. the stop cake budget bill was passed to halt a federal government shut down. the us has been a leading or has been leading a coalition of western states arming ukraine since the beginning of its war with russia in february 2022. it has provided ukraine with tens of billions of dollars of military aid so far. russia has repeatedly warned that the influx of western weapons will only prolong war and add to the suffering of ukrainian people. paolo rafone is the secretary general of the cp foundation join us from brussels and we also have john stepling author and commentator who joins us from inderoy norway. welcome to you both paul let me first start with you. so interesting situation it seems like has evolved here where you have uh the eu pledging

yes, tanjo, at the eu summit in brussels, prime minister...rbán said that he wants the offer of 50 billion in aid for ukraine to be more substantiated before he can agree to it. he was supported by the prime minister of slovakia, robert fice. the latter stated that there is corruption in ukraine, and he doubts that we need help. so the question arises: is n't a new dividing line forming in europe, precisely because of orbán and fitza, did anyone support it. in general their rhetoric of the summit? fortunately, all the other 25 leaders of states, members of the european union categorically did not support orban tizo, although indeed, if efan the terrible used to be like that, the bad boy of europe was only viktor orban, who blocked all normal pro-ukrainian and even pro-european initiatives at the level of the european council and at the level of the european union, now fito has joined it, there are already two of them, but even on the sidelines of the summit, diplomats and european officials spoke two theses: firstly, slovakia is not such a big

a new growth plan to the western balkans by the eu.enior eu officials met with leaders of albania, bosnia, kosovo and serbia in the albanian capital as part of annual integration talks called the berlin process. having been promised e.u. membership years ago, the process has been slow may be due to a lack of reform on their part. the eu promised an investment plan of up to 30 billion euros for the region and has so far triggered around half of that amount. >> we want to give access to the european single market, access to companies in the european single market, but for that, we need reforms in the western balkans and those willing to reform, those willing to compete get funding for investment from the european union. our doors are open and let's work on this growth plan. yuka: we end business in the united states where the united autoworkers strike continues with no end in sight. more than 34,000 workers are out on strike which began on the 15th of september. last week, workers at ford's largest and most profitable plant joined the wa

apparently social welfare systems in the eu are broken. hurting the eu's economy, this as huge. sums are spent on the war in ukraine, unlike eu decision makers, it seems a growing number of citizens want peace talks. the solution is there, the solution is not to rearmed europe, if france of belgium had the war and ukraine had this huge money, are are we thinking that they gonna give us this money? i don't believe so. meanwhile, the cash keeps flowing out of the eu and into ukraine. since things escalated in february last year, the eu has spent 83 billion euro on arming ukraine, propping up the government in kiev and housing ukrainian refugees. some legislators claim it's a war the eu simply cannot afford or win. the european central bank has now increased interest rates 10 times in a row. the strategy aimed at reducing inflation is being questioned. inflation is the enemy of the poor and those... low incomes, but equally, high interest rates causes recessions, and recessions bring about unemployment. analysts point out that those driving t

. >>> and eu's metsola needs u.s.s an ally. >> it needs support for ukraine and there is no denial that we need the transatlantic allies.c biden will continue on the track in order to live up to the commitments made. >>> and investors brace for september's non-farm payroll data with hopes a weaker reading to push the fed to the end of its hiking cycle. >>> good morning. good morning, julianna. this is our last show together for a while because i'm off next week. there is so much going on. the imf meetings are interesting to take stock at what is happening with the growth economy and when they publish the data next week. it is an opportunity to assess how far we have come and what the imf is saying with the challenges ahead and the structure themes facing the economy. the theme this year is high debt and low-income countries. i'm moderating a panel on debt with the imf and world bank to talk about what low-income countries can do to profile the high debt and financing needs in the environment of much higher interest ra

meanwhile, the cash keeps flowing out of the eu and into ukraine. since things escalated in february last year, the eu has spent 83 billion euro on arming ukraine, propping up the government in. and housing ukrainian refugees. some legislators claim it's a war the eu simply cannot afford or win. the european central bank has now increased interest rates 10 times in a row. the strategy aimed at reducing inflation is being questioned. inflation is the enemy of the poor and those in low incomes, but equally, high interest rates causes recessions and recessions bring about unemployment. analysts point out. that those driving the eu's economic and foreign policies are well able to afford the consequences, unlike the average person. jerome hues press tv, brussels. at the r for your latest here on press tv, everyone, thanks for tuning in and goodbye for now. the us said it was going to reconstruct afghanistan and restore security to the country, but after two decades, wherever you look in the country, you only see death and destruction. many us officials h

perhaps as ou what influence can eu have? perhaps as you pointed _ what influence can eu have?ere _ what influence can eu have? perhaps as you pointed out, there are - what influence can eu have? perhaps as you pointed out, there are three i as you pointed out, there are three parties, the first is getting the hostages out, the second is getting more humanitarian aid into gaza and the third is avoiding further escalation of this conflict because of the risk of a broader regional spillage. in terms of influence, the eu doesn't have an enormous amount, so the us perhaps doesn't have a huge amount ultimately, a lot depends on what israel's political calculations are domestically, but europe can affect those calculations, i think. europe can affect those calculations, ithink. by europe can affect those calculations, i think. by for calculations, ithink. by for example calculations, i think. by for example making israel think twice and if the us calculation, but perhaps it is also worth highlighting that the eu's messaging is not only aimed at israel and this country is near to the

our existence is equal to the existence of the eu. the question of enlargement does not become such, you know, a cornerstone, so that everyone is already used to the fact that we are moving on, the status of the candidate country was granted in june, which is also incredible. the achievement of all ukrainian diplomacy , as well as the indomitable ukrainians, including the defense forces, because we see the correlation of the progress on the liberation of the territories together with the stability and growth of support not only in the military sense, we are approaching, autumn-winter heating season, it is very important that critical infrastructure facilities are more protected. than it was last year, you remember the interesting statements that eu charitable funds and partners in the world bought all the existing generators in the subcontinent, it was really so, and now we understand that the regions that entered the hybrid educational process, the regions , which continue to help interlopers and have gained a larger population on th

let's talk quickly about the eu.ns where the eu said, "look, you're going to have to work on all of these seven before we can give a green light to formal accession negotiations, ukraine negotiating a long—term entry to the eu. as i understand it from the summer, the message was you had only got approval for two of those seven areas of reform. so unless something changes dramatically in the next few weeks, you aren't going to be getting formal eu negotiations. well, since that time, things have changed dramatically and we will definitely be able to surprise our partners just in a couple of weeks when european commission will release its report on the enlargement, and this well, since that time, things have changed dramatically and we will definitely be able to surprise our partners just in a couple of weeks when european commission will release its report on the enlargement, and this would give us the way to think how the accession talks might be started. it would be far beyond only two elements completed, and basica

eu leaders are there for a two-day| eu leaders are there for a two—day summit.nt of humanitarian corridors and pauses to give vital aid into gaza. we have been hearing from the president of the european commission ahead of the meeting talking about roth the war in gaza and what is happening in ukraine. we in gaza and what is happening in ukraine. ~ ., ukraine. we are meeting with the euro ean ukraine. we are meeting with the european council _ ukraine. we are meeting with the european council in _ ukraine. we are meeting with the european council in times - ukraine. we are meeting with the european council in times of- ukraine. we are meeting with the| european council in times of great upheaval. we see the russian war in ukraine is raging, we see that the horrible terroristic attacks by hamas on israel, are now also harming the palestinian people and whisk to destabilise the region. migrants are fished to search for a better life by war and conflict, and come to our shores in greater numbers. with all these challenges, the european union needs to act and react

he is sure that eu countries need to find a way to provide more aid to ukraine.ore , the topic of frozen assets was on the agenda. of russia, that is, we are talking about frozen state funds of the russian federation and assets of oligarchs. what was agreed upon and was it decided what this method of transferring frozen russian assets to ukraine would be? and, yes, actually, it was discussed both at closed and open meetings parts of the meeting of the leaders of the european union, the president of the european commission, ursela fondern, also spoke about it. currently , we are talking about the use of frozen russian. frozen russian money that is in european banks, but it is a lot, it is almost 300 million dollars, and at the moment it is going, it is about two possible directions of its use, it is the use of interest from these funds, which are accrued by the banks, and the actual transfer of these funds to the benefit of ukraine , so far the european union has made great progress in the topic of the use of interest from of russian funds in european banks, and t

the eu here is part of the problem. the eu is part of the problem. the eu is part of the problem.is ridiculous schengen zone, which is the doing away of nafion zone, which is the doing away of nation states across europe, which is the ultimate aim. of course they don't mind migration, they the powers that be in brussels because it dilutes the importance of a nafion dilutes the importance of a nation state promoting their their their political ideologies much easier if people don't have a culture and an historic affinity to the regions they occupy. the eu is part of the problem. the only way , the only problem. the only way, the only way this migration assault on europe and the united kingdom is going to stop is if we all police our borders and we enforce border control. and the problem starts with meloni in italy . it starts with greece and italy. it starts with greece and the western balkans . they have the western balkans. they have to get their navies trained, coastguard trained to intercept. >> meloni is on board with that, though. >> she's not. no i'm afraid she's all rhetoric

representatives of all. countries that are part of the eu gathered today in the ukrainian capital toiscuss, including the ukrainian peace formula. on the agenda, the leader's proposal was also announced earlier. josep borel's diplomacy to assume long-term financial obligations to ukraine regarding the provision of military aid. in fact, borel already described this meeting as a high-level political debate in the ukrainian ministry of foreign affairs, a meeting of ministers the european union in kyiv was called a historic moment. the head of the relevant department , dmytro kuleba, noted that the meeting of the council of the european union is taking place for the first time outside the current borders of the eu, but literally, in its future. borders the meeting of the ministers of the european union in the ukrainian capital was monitored by my colleague roksola bochai, she is in direct contact with us. roxalana, hello, tell me what else interesting you heard today? hello dasha, well, i will probably start with the speech of volodymyr zelenskyi, the president of ukraine, at the meetin

so today eu leaders will be very keen to show a united front.call for humanitarian pauses in the fighting so that the eu can work with regional partners on the ground and help deliver food, water, fuel and medical care. they also hope that humanitarian pauses will create safe conditions for the release of more than 200 hostages that are being held by hamas, many of whom are european nationals from germany, austria, portugal and france. but the issue is that those divisions within the eu remain, with some countries like germany, austria and the czech republic with a very strong pro—israel stance. other countries like spain and portugal are more attuned with the palestinian cause. and is there a quiet understanding that if a decision is taken to call with one voice for a humanitarian pause this may be largely symbolic because it comes after another attempt yesterday at the un security council to agree either on a pause, as a united nations suggested, or a ceasefire as the russians suggested, and neither was approved ? i think that is a really good

no one obliges hungary to be a member of the eu.se. the situation with orban directly concerns ukraine and from now on, it seems to have become even more dangerous, the so-called orban-2, as he is called in the western press, i.e. the new pro-russian prime minister of slovakia, robert fico, has become the main lifeline of the hungarian leader in the eu, in the fico cup and orban is also putin's main hope. because they can, for example, block eu aid to ukraine. two voices are no longer one, and turbulence in the eu is not the only challenge affecting the war in ukraine. erdogan prepared the ground for a possible military intervention of turkey in the israeli regional conflict. he warns the israelis and us that there will be a full scale war. this tweet by the former pentagon official, published on saturday, is considered by experts to be a condensation of headlights. however, the war between hamas and israel is gaining momentum. jerusalem announced the beginning of a new one. phases of hostilities, and raids on the territory of gaza

an unknown result and not very attractive to ukraine, so we must be stronger, and in relation to the eu i think we must concentrate first of all on nato, why, because we need security, first of all, without security, there is no economy , what timeframe are you talking about, well, now for no, now the first priority, what zelensky is doing right now is signing a guarantee from the side. malta, a yermak is flying there, there will be a conversation, precisely about guarantees, this, this is the key now, we must be extremely pragmatic, you see this world as built, you know that, there is shurara, values ​​and so on, no one for whom doesn't want to plow, everyone loves only themselves, makes friends for money or out of necessity, yes, that's why we have them now the priority is security guarantees, we call it, although it is just help, yes , signing by the maximum number of parties , where britain, scandinavia, which values ​​us more, by the way, than germany, must also be present, because they closer to russia, that’s how they understand, here’s the swede, here’s the swedes they should be

we understandably can tell exactly when ukraine will become a member of the eu. but we need to show everyone we are taking step-by-step and we are getting there. >> that is very clear. you for joining us in outlining that with such clarity. thank you. armenia says the last busload of armenian refugees has left the territory. more than 100,000 people have left the area. >> after days of traffic jams, the russian refugees have nearly run out. the area is reportedly deserted after more than 100 -- 100,000 armenians fled just a few days, fearful of a future under azerbaijan's rule. quick tens of thousands have arrived in the armenian border town. it was very difficult. there was a lot of traffic, it was hard to get here. >> my brother has children and grandchildren. it was very difficult. armenia, country of 2.8 one million faces major challenges in accommodating this influx of arrivals. the refugee agency is calling for urgent international assistance. >> people arrived exhausted having left all of their belongings and homes behind. people are under urgent need. >>

eu, you have the uk, you have, you know, and so on, and they they all acknowledge that what has been happening for decades is against international law, and particularly what's happening right now, in terms of turning off all the supplies to the gaza strip, blocking off any exits and then bombing the hell out of gaza, i mean of course it's blatant contravention of international law, but they acknowledge it, but they absolutely do nothing, and it's it's really curious, it's incredible because we hear so much about eu values, you know, the rule of law. has to be maintained across the world and they put themselves this sanctimonious pedestal trying to make out that they they are better than everybody else and if everybody follows our democratic values and our way of doing things then we can all live in peace when exactly the opposite is happening they continue to to help israel with massive trade agreements um they continue to you saw the united states sending huge aircraft carrier to to the region you know there's no end of support for right for israel, there's no end of support for uk

romania is ranked among the eu's worst member states for waste recycling. a lot of of garbage and recyclable material is thrown together before it even arrives at the landfill. this violates the standards of the european union, which has given money to romania for proper waste management. this includes the construction of a modern landfill in klooj-napoca. but our reporter discovered that millions in eu funding has failed to clean up the problem. a romanian landfill site, full of unsorted waste -- financed with money from the european union. this was supposed to be a modern, environmentally friendly waste dump to replace the older, illegal landfill site near the city of cluj-napoca, that had been an eyesore for decades. the new landfill opened after much delay. but not much seems to have improved. unsorted garbage is still dumped here, nothing is recycled - a harmful practice, that's illegal in the eu. we want to find out what went wrong here. in a residential area, we look at the start of the waste chain. the first impression is positive: there are differe

some legislators claim it's a war the eu simply cannot afford or win. the european central bank has now increased interest rates 10 times. a row, the strategy, aimed at reducing inflation is being questioned, inflation is the enemy of the poor and those in low incomes, but equally, high interest rates causes recessions and recessions bring about unemployment. analysts point out that those driving the eu's economic and foreign policies are well able to afford the consequences, unlike the average person. jerome hues press tv, brussels. that's what for your latest here on press tv everyone, thank you for tuning in and goodbye for now. hossain and ibrahim are standing on the ruins of the house overlooking the school in the northern gaza strip town of bade hannun. the israelis rounded them up and killed 16 of them where they stood, mostly children and wounded more than 55 others. the children were playing in the street, some were playing on the swings. we were. surprised by the explosion, but when we turned round, we saw the children had become shreds of fle

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the eu is considering allocating eur 50 billion in aid to ukraine. for several years, the european commission had previously proposed to do this, and now in december the eu leaders must agree. and the new prime minister of slovakia, robert fico, has already stated that he wants guarantees that the money will not be wasted and wants a part of this package to go to renewing the infrastructure on slovakia's border with ukraine. such a statement fizo spread his office then as for help. spoke at the summit in brussels, and the prime minister of hungary, viktor orbán, said that he wants more justification for such financial support, that is, hungary, which previously blocked aid to ukraine, is joined by slovakia, which expresses reservations in this way, about ukraine, the leaders of the countries spoke under the time of the summit in brussels, it was a two-day summit, yesterday was devoted to the war in the middle east, the war between israel and hamas, the situation in the gaza sector, it is important to take into account that this was the first meeting.

meanwhile, the cash keeps flowing out of the eu and into ukraine. things escalated in february last year, the eu has spent 83 billion euro on arming ukraine, propping up the government in kiev, and housing ukrainian refugees. some legislators claim it's a war the eu simply cannot afford or win. the european central bank has now increased interest rates 10 times in a row. the strategy aimed at reducing inflation is being questioned. inflation is the enemy of the poor and those in low incomes, but equally, high interest rates causes recessions and recessions bring about unemployment. analysts point out that those driving the eu's economic and foreign. are well able to afford the consequences unlike the average person's press tv brussels and that's it for your latest here on press tv everyone thank you for tuning in and goodbye for now. take your pig of current affairs. says: iran and west asia are news factories. for in-depth look at what's happening in and in relation to iran, iran today is your show. spotlight is exactly what it says, beaming a ligh

according to them, the eu's arms stockpiles are being depleted literally on an industrial scale.however, at a recent meeting with to the foreign ministers, the head of european diplomacy, josep barel, again promised unwavering support for kiev. we will discuss this with the acting permanent representative of russia to the european union , kiril logvinov, he is in direct contact with the studio. kirillo mikhailovich, thank you for finding time for us, and as i understand it, all these statements by european officials, joseppe barella, the ministerial meeting in kiev, it was like that, was supposed to demonstrate support, so powerful from brussels, but as i understand it, that some specific after all, no decisions were made, or even any conclusions were made, or is that not so? aleksanovich, good afternoon. well, indeed, this group trip of the foreign ministers of the european union member countries to kiev on october 2, it initially did not imply the adoption of any specific decisions, but first of all, due to its format, it was an informal meeting, that is, according to by and la

the eu is getting closer .for the first time in history, the heads of foreign affairs of the european union gathered outside the union in kyiv to see if this will speed up ukraine's accession to the eu. ukrainian cotton against russian missiles, due to a successful drone attack in smolensk , production of the x-59 was suspended. the world is tired of war, is it really so, or is it another myth that is being spread by russia. propaganda , we will talk about this and other things for the next hour our guests will be the diplomat and politician roman bezsmertny and igor lapin, a veteran of the russian-ukrainian war specially appointed , however, before starting our conversation, let's look at the attack by drones on the smolensk air base, as a result of the strike, the process of manufacturing kh-59 missiles of various modifications was disrupted. we are looking at those missiles with which the russians fire at civilian objects in ukraine. to include, and today a meeting was held in kyiv, heads of foreign affairs

eu growth along with it, but italy's economic indicators are showing a more dire scenario for the country, especially when it comes to manufacturing sector, for example. hi, i'm kavid, welcome to economic divide. some of the highlights of this program: italy's economic crisis, factory layoffs is for one. then you have manufacturing contraction, which has led to a manufacturing recession, as of april 2023. obviously not a good sign for that country, at least. in that particular sector, it's pointing to a recession. then you have economic contraction 24, production has dropped, you have unformance relative to other eu members, which is italy not doing that well, which is pointing to a recession overall, not some manufactoring, and then we're going to uh give you some um news about the eu economy as a whole uh as to why it's not doing that well, you have a money supply decrease, you have lending and deposits of declined and you have record italy's economy is in crisis, according to the latest data, the country's gdp shrank by 0.4% in the second quarter of 2023, when compared with the first q