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news of the day
This Wednesday, an inspection mission from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) arrived in the city of Zaporozhye, in southern Ukraine, en route to the nuclear power plant of the same name, occupied by the Russian troops.
The convoy of around 20 cars, half of which marked “UN” (UN), and an ambulance, entered the city early Wednesday afternoon. Zaporozhye is some 120 kilometers from this power plant, the largest in Europe.
The number of the day
9,1. The inflation rate in the euro zone hit a new high in August, at 9.1% year on year, Eurostat announced on Wednesday, as the war in Ukraine stokes a spike in energy and fuel prices. feed.
Inflation had reached 8.9% in July for the 19 countries sharing the single currency. These figures are the highest recorded by the European statistics office since the start of the publication of the indicator in January 1997.
sentence of the day
It is a mission that seeks to avoid a nuclear accident and to preserve this important nuclear power plant, the largest in Europe. »
The delegation of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) aspires to “avoid a nuclear accident” at the Ukrainian power plant in Zaporozhye, occupied by Russian troops, said its director Rafaelo Grossi, who arrived in the region.
The trend of the day
European Union foreign ministers on Wednesday decided to suspend the visa facilitation agreement with Russia, which will make it more difficult and time-consuming for Russian citizens to obtain visas, said the head of European diplomacy.
Josep Borrell said ministers meeting in Prague had agreed that relations with Moscow “cannot remain unchanged” and that the agreement should be “completely suspended”.