2023-05-14 18:59:37
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6:35 p.m. : It’s 6:27 p.m., time to take stock of the news:
After a visit to Germany today, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected in Paris at the end of the day, learned France Télévisions from concordant sources.
Emmanuel Macron intends to pursue a policy of lower taxation of the middle classes, in order to better remunerate work, he said in an interview with the newspaper L’Opinion.
• Polling stations have been closed in Turkey since 4 p.m. The first results should come in the evening. Outgoing President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in power for twenty years, faces his social-democratic rival, Kemal Kiliçdaroglu,
•After being beaten by Rennes (4-0), Estac is officially relegated to Ligue 2.
17h36 : kyiv said on Sunday that it had resumed “more than 10 positions” Russian forces in the suburb of Bakhmout (east), epicenter of the fighting for several months and theater in recent days of a Ukrainian advance on the flanks of the Russian defenses. According to Deputy Defense Minister Ganna Maliar, “fierce fighting” continue within this devastated city.
16h40 : Here are some images of the trip of the Ukrainian president, in Aix-la-Chapelle, in Germany, to receive the Charlemagne prize.
(OLIVER BERG / DPA / DPA PICTURE-ALLIANCE / AFP)
(FEDERICO GAMBARINI / DPA-POOL / DPA PICTURE-ALLIANCE / AFP
16h36 : Volodymyr Zelensky also received the Charlemagne Prize this afternoon, a distinction rewarding a commitment to European unification, in Aix-la-Chapelle, Germany.
16h28 : This is the second visit of the Ukrainian head of state to Paris since the start of the Russian offensive in his country in February 2022. Emmanuel Macron had already received him on February 8 at the Elysée, alongside of German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
16h24 : Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected in Paris today, at the end of the day, learned France Télévisions from concordant sources.
15h59 : Before the kick-off of the match against Troyes, Stade Rennes paid tribute to journalist Arman Soldin, who grew up in Rennes and wore the Rouge et Noir colors as a teenager.
(Sebastien SALOM-GOMIS / AFP)
15h23 : The photo of Arman Soldin, videographer journalist of the agency, on the front of the AFP: killed this week on the front in #Ukraine
15h23 : Five days after the death of French journalist Arman Soldin near Bakhmout, his employer, Agence France-Presse, pays tribute to him on the facade of its Paris headquarters.
13h41 : Moscow announces the death of two Russian military officials on the front in Ukraine, without specifying where they fell. Such communication from the Russian military is particularly rare and reflects the intensification of fighting in recent days.
14h00 : Russian strikes in Ternopil hit “commercial enterprises and a religious organization” and left two injured, according to the city’s military administration. For its part, Moscow says it has touched “places for storing ammunition, weapons and military equipment received from Western countries” in Ternopil and Petropavlivka.
12h53 : The town of Ternopil, in the west of the country, was targeted by Russian strikes last night, according to local authorities, while the Ukrainian group Tvorchi, from the town, performed on the Eurovision stage .
12h47 : Without being satisfied with German promises, the Ukrainian president calls on Berlin to go further. He asks Chancellor Olaf Scholz to “support Ukraine” by delivering fighter planes to it, which Germany refuses for the moment.
(TOBIAS SCHWARZ / AFP)
12h44 : On a visit to Berlin, Volodymyr Zelensky hails the support provided by Germany, which he qualifies as “true friend” and D’“reliable ally” after the announcement of a new delivery of arms.
10h02 : “It’s a shame that most of the promised defense systems are old.”
This former Ukrainian ambassador to Germany is not entirely satisfied with the new delivery of arms promised by Berlin. “It is also disappointing to see that the German government continues to refuse (…) the delivery of combat aircraft, this taboo must be broken urgently”, he lets go.
09h57 : @Aachen : Good morning. It is indeed planned that he will go to Aix-la-Chapelle this afternoon, to be awarded by this town in western Germany the Charlemagne prize, rewarding a commitment in favor of the European unification. For now, he is meeting Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
11:16 a.m. : Hello FI. Do you know if Ukrainian President Zelensky will come to Aachen (Germany) today to receive the Charlemagne Prize which was awarded to him this year?
09h54 : At the start of his visit to Germany, the Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, was received by his German counterpart, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, at the latter’s residence, the Château de Bellevue.
(Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP – Bernd von Jutrczenka / AFP)
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