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politics3 years ago

EU cancels event to prevent Ben Gvir from speaking

The European Union canceled part of its Europe Day event in Israel because National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir intended to represent the government and speak at the party. The EU embassy stated that they do not want to offer a platform to someone whose views contradict the values the European Union stands for. Ben-Gvir volunteered to be the cabinet minister who attends the event, and was not deterred from doing so by repeated complaints from the EU delegation to the Foreign Ministry.

Ukraine's Victory Day Date Change Sparks Tensions with Russia.
politics3 years ago

Ukraine's Victory Day Date Change Sparks Tensions with Russia.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that Ukraine will stop celebrating the defeat of Nazi Germany on May 9 and instead mark the event a day earlier on May 8, cementing a break with Ukraine's history as part of the Soviet Union. Russia celebrates the defeat of the Nazis on May 9, while May 8 is known as "Victory in Europe Day." Zelenskyy said that Ukraine, like other European nations, would instead adopt May 9 as "Europe Day," a celebration of the "peace and unity in Europe" after the war introduced by the Council of Europe in 1964.