Quick Glance: North Macedonia's Path to EU Membership: Challenges and Progress
- North Macedonia has faced numerous obstacles on its journey towards EU membership.
- Greece lifting its veto allowed North Macedonia to join NATO in 2020.
- Including the Bulgarian minority in North Macedonia's constitution is a key demand for progress.
- Bulgaria's obstruction has hindered meaningful negotiations and discussions for EU accession.
Quick Glance: Report Urges EU to Accept New Members by 2030
- Accepting Kyiv would be a major turning point, as Ukraine, with over 40 million people, would become the EU's fifth largest member.
- The report calls for the EU to prepare for enlargement by 2030.
- Governments have acknowledged that further enlargement without proper institutional reforms would make it even harder, if not impossible, for the EU to make decisions.
- The report also proposes reducing Brussels' notorious bureaucracy by cutting the number of commissioners proposed by member states in the EU's executive.
German composer Richard Wagner, who was born #OnThisDay in 1813, is considered one of the key innovators of European music of the 19th century ... Show more
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A structure described as the largest 3D-printed building in Europe started taking shape in the southern German city of Heidelberg on May 5, 2023.
Did you know 130 million people worldwide speak the German language as a native language? Here's why...
Happy 52nd birthday, Oliver Riedel! As the bassist of , he has helped the German band pack stadiums and dominate charts worldwide ... Show more
#OnThisDay in 1834, the German inventor Gottlieb Daimler was born. He is known for his contributions to the development of the first practical gasoline-powered ... Show more
From tragedy to triumph: A German aid organization transformed the life of a 12-year-old Afghan boy who lost both hands in a bomb blast.
🧛🇩🇪 Did you know that the first vampire to ever grace the silver screen was not Dracula, but actually the German bloodsucker ... Show more
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#Lufthansa is flying high! After two years of massive losses due to the pandemic, German airline giant Lufthansa has reported an annual profit for 2022. ✈️
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German finance minister says no money to increase child benefits https://t.co/1qdgiEf7TR #TheCapitals
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Since 2019, the German-speaking community in Belgium has carried out a deliberative experiment involving citizens in ... Show more
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The suspension railway in the German city of #Wuppertal was inaugurated 122 years ago on this day. The fascinating footage from MoMA The Museum of Modern Art lets us glimpse into the ... Show more
Quick Glance: Baerbock directly addresses Lavrov: "Stop this war today!"
- At the G20 meeting of economic powers, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock urged Russia to end its aggression against Ukraine.
- She went on to say: "Because every family that loses a father, brother, mother, or child loses an entire world."
- G20 members have differing perspectives on the Ukraine conflict, according to Baerbock.
- "But what unites us all is that the Russian war has had no positive consequences anywhere in the world.""
ChatGPT, the advanced text generator, is being put to the test. In recent trials, it demonstrated strong results on the entry-level exam for U.S ... Show more
German writer Navid Kermani has called for continued support of the protests in Iran. The author made his remarks at the opening event of lit.COLOGNE ... Show more
Which Brothers Grimm fairy tales do you recognize? Bonus points for the German name!
(And yes, number 3 is quite hard )
Blood, death and violence: The classic German fairy tales collected and popularized by the Brothers Grimm are a lot darker than the modern-day ... Show more
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☎️📱 Did you know that Bell was not actually the inventor of the telephone? Several researchers, including German scientists Johann Philipp Reis ... Show more
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German Constitutional Court confirms generalised data retention illegal https://t.co/olr7Ue8ADO #accesstodata #Bundesverfassungsgericht #CJEU #datalaw
Quick Glance: Tbilisi Airport Problems - Air Force Airbus with Baerbock on Board Must Take Off
- They're taking a different route and will be back in Tbilisi in 20 minutes.
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KARL LAGERFELD died four years ago today. The German designer made a significant impact on the fashion world. He was the creative force behind several major fashion ... Show more
German composer Richard Wagner is considered one of the key innovators of European music of the 19th century. He revolutionized the world of theater and ... Show more
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Gerhard Richter is turning 91 today! The German painter is a driving force in the art world and has been named the world's most important living artist in the ... Show more