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"Britain is back here on the European stage" and will act as a "good faith party", the country's new minister for European Union relations told Euronews. "We are going to be a government that respects international law, a government that stands tall on the world stage," Nick-Thomas Symonds said. "And yes, in respect of the Windsor framework our commitment is to implementing that, and I'm not saying for a moment we're always going to agree, but we will always be a good faith party," he added. The minister spoke to Euronews from Blenheim Palace in southern England, where a summit of the European...
Euronews (English)
What’s in a name? France’s National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies – or INSEE – has revealed its ranking of the most popular first names given to children born over the past year. Louise, Gabriel, Ambre... Some are original, others more classic – especially with the rising trend of vintage names in France. Indeed, there’s a current tendency in France for more retro names, which are enjoying something of a revival. L'Officiel des prénoms reported earlier this year that a feminine name that was very popular in the 1910s was making a comeback: Madeleine. The retro trend also extends...
Euronews (English)
Britain’s new Labour Party government promised to calm the country’s febrile politics and ease its cost-of-living crisis as it set out its plans for “national renewal” at the grand State Opening of Parliament on Wednesday.
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The UK's Labour Party has set out its plans for Britain in the official State Opening of Parliament, overseen by King Charles III. In a speech written by government officials and delivered by King Charles III, the newly-installed government promised 'national renewal' and the easing of the country's cost-of-living crisis. Prime Minister Keir Starmer placed economic growth and the stabilisation of the UK's public finances at the centre of his legislative agenda, but warned change would require “determined, patient work and serious solutions”. He also says he won’t raise personal taxes and insis...
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Financial news and archaeology – these two things don’t come together all that often. In a rare instance of such a pairing, visitors to London can descend beneath the city’s financial centre to discover the ancient Roman temple of Mithras, found below the current site of Bloomberg’s European headquarters. Shedding fresh light on antiquity, the London Mithraeum Bloomberg SPACE regularly brings site-specific contemporary art commissions to the temple, encouraging artists to engage with and respond to the site’s rich archaeological history. Last week, Polish multidisciplinary artist Goshka Macuga...
Euronews (English)
The new statistics from the Official Charts Company and BPI detail a 3.2% increase in physical music sales in the first half of 2024, with 8,044,760 units sold in the UK. This marks the first time figures have risen since the streaming boom that began in 2004. Indeed, overall physical album sales have not registered a year-on-year increase since 2004, when there was a 2.6% uplift to 163.4 million units. At the same midway point in 2023, physical albums growth was still negative (-0.3%), while the 12-month result last year was down 1.1%. The vinyl boom has not yet put physical music into positi...
Euronews (English)
Last month, Brazilian artist Ilê Sartuzi stole a historic silver coin from London’s British Museum, replacing the coin with a replica and dropping the original into the museum’s donation box. According to The Art Newspaper, who broke the story on Monday (15 July), Sartuzi filmed the theft to create a seven-minute video entitled 'Sleight of Hand' for his MFA thesis exhibition at Goldsmiths, University of London. The brief heist of the 17th-century coin took over a year of planning, and more than one attempt – Sartuzi failed to steal the coin on 17 June, when he was caught by a volunteer guide, ...
Euronews (English)
The U.K. plans to appeal to several European Union member states to act against the so-called "shadow fleet," Bloomberg reported on July 15, citing undisclosed sources and obtained documents. An "unspecified number" of governments are expected to approve the plan on July 18, during a meeting of the European Political Community hosted by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in the U.K., according to a draft statement. The "shadow fleet" refers to aging and largely uninsured oil tankers that Russia uses to transport oil above the $60 per barrel price cap that the EU, the U.S., and the Group of Se...
Kyiv Independent (CA)
The U.K. plans to appeal to several European Union member states to act against the so-called "shadow fleet," Bloomberg reported on July 15, citing undisclosed sources and obtained documents. An "unspecified number" of governments are expected to approve the plan on July 18, during a meeting of the European Political Community hosted by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in the U.K., according to a draft statement. The "shadow fleet" refers to aging and largely uninsured oil tankers that Russia uses to transport oil above the $60 per barrel price cap that the EU, the U.S., and the Group of Se...
Kyiv Independent (UK)
The U.K. plans to appeal to several European Union member states to act against the so-called "shadow fleet," Bloomberg reported on July 15, citing undisclosed sources and obtained documents. An "unspecified number" of governments are expected to approve the plan on July 18, during a meeting of the European Political Community hosted by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer in the U.K., according to a draft statement. The "shadow fleet" refers to aging and largely uninsured oil tankers that Russia uses to transport oil above the $60 per barrel price cap that the EU, the U.S., and the Group of Se...
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