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UKRAINE WAR
Moscow/Kiev.- Ukraine acknowledges that the advance of its troops in the counteroffensive in the east and south of the country is slow given that it is faced with Russian resistance and minefields, despite which it is certain that there will be more progress after having recovered more than 90 square kilometers of occupied territory in a week. (Text) (Photo) (Video)
Brussels – The NATO Defense Ministers meet with representatives of the transatlantic military industry to explore greater collaboration to continue supporting Ukraine, an appointment that the Spanish minister Margarita Robles will not attend, and they participate in a new meeting of the group of US-led Kiev support contact. (Text)
(The Spanish Defense Minister, Margarita Robles, intervenes in the Contact Group meeting (08.00 GMT), holds a bilateral meeting with the Swedish Defense Minister (10.00 GMT) and participates in the Atlantic Council (15.00 GMT)
Geneva – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addresses the Swiss Parliament by videoconference at a time of pressure in Switzerland to allow military aid to Ukraine, despite its traditional neutrality. (Text) (Photo) (Audio).
(Intervention scheduled at 08.00 GMT)
GREECE SHIPWRECK
Athens – The Greek rescue forces continue to search for hundreds of missing migrants after the fishing boat in which they were heading to Italy sank on Wednesday, in a shipwreck after which 79 bodies have been collected so far. (Text) (Photo) (Audio)
ECB RATES
Frankfurt (Germany) – The Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) holds its regular meeting on monetary policy, which is expected to result in a further increase in the interest rate of a quarter of a point, up to 4%, despite that the euro area will enter a recession in the first quarter of this year. (Text)(Photo) (Video) (Infographic)
(The ECB publishes its decisions at 12:15 GMT and the press conference begins at 12:45 GMT).
RUSSIA FORUM
Moscow.- The economy in the midst of sanctions against Russia and Moscow’s relations with allies in Latin America, Africa and Asia are the stars of the sessions of the 26th International Economic Forum in Saint Petersburg this Thursday, in which the West is for the second year the largely absent with exceptions such as Hungary. (Text)
06.00 GMT: economic panel, with the Russian Ministers of Economy and Finance. (Text)
09.00 GMT: the Executive Vice President of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez, participates in the panel dedicated to cooperation with the BRICS countries.
14.00 GMT: The Prime Minister of Cuba, the Executive Vice President of Venezuela and the Special Representative of the President of Nicaragua for Russia participate in a forum dedicated to relations between Russia and Latin America.
SUDAN REBELLION
Khartoum – Since fighting began in Sudan two months ago today between the army and the Rapid Support Forces (FAR) paramilitary group, hundreds of people have gone unaccounted for and their families have turned to social media, a crucial tool, to look for them. in this crisis. By Al Nur al Zaki. (Text) (Audio)
– Cairo – Only one respected truce of the more than ten agreed, more than a thousand civilians killed in the clashes and tens of thousands of displaced persons and refugees are some of the keys to the two months of fighting in Sudan. By Rosa Soto (Keys) (Text)
INDIA PAKISTAN CYCLONE
New Delhi – More than 100,000 people have been evacuated from the coast of Pakistan and India due to the arrival of cyclone Biparhoy, which is expected to make landfall with winds exceeding 180 kilometers per hour on Thursday evening some 150 kilometers southwest of the port of Jakhau, in the western Indian state of Gujarat. (Text) (Photo) (Audio) (Video).
EU GREEN DACT
Strasbourg (France) – The Environment Committee of the European Parliament votes on Thursday its position on the EU Nature Restoration Law, which aims to turn the EU into a sustainable and decarbonized economy by 2050, with the unknown what will be the strategy of the European People’s Party (EPP). (Text) (Video)
WEATHER REPORT
Washington – The World Bank publishes a climate report in which it questions public spending in sectors that do not help curb global warming and calls on governments to rethink the use of these resources. (Text)
RUSSIAN TRANSSEXUALS
Moscow.- Russian transsexuals are in danger. The Kremlin has introduced a law that will ban sex changes both in the operating room and on identity documents. For many trans the only way out is exile or, what is much worse, suicide. (Chronicle) (Text) (Photo) (Audio)
EU EQUALITY
Brussels, June 15 (EFE).- At the gates of a general election in which the PP has promised to repeal the trans law, the European Commissioner for Equality, Helena Dalli, affirms that she is going to do “everything possible to facilitate” this type of legislation in the EU, in an interview with EFE in which he also talks about racism in the “Vinicius case” and the fight against sexist violence. (Text) (File resources at www.lafototeca.com code: 21279245 and others)
INFORMATIVE AGENDA (GMT hours)
08.00h London – UNITED R. POLITICS – Final report of the parliamentary committee that investigated whether the former prime minister, Boris Johnson, Boris lied to parliament about “partygate” (parties in Downing Street during the pandemic), although he has already resigned from his position as parliamentarian (Text)
Berlin – GERMANY COLOMBIA – The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, begins an official visit to Berlin, where this Thursday he visits the Bundestag (lower house of the German Parliament), meets with members of the Federal Association of German Industry and gives a conference at the Friedrich-Ebert Foundation. (Text) (Photo) (Video).
Luxembourg.- EU EUROGROUP – Meeting of the ministers of Economy and Finance of the euro countries, who debate the creation of the digital euro and listen to the new economic recommendations of the IMF for the euro area. (Text) (Photo) (Video)
Paris.- UNESCO SCIENCE.- Presentation ceremony of the XXV L’Oréal-Unesco International Award to five women scientists, an award that aims to highlight the role of women in science and research. (Text) (Video)
(Interviews with the Brazilian chemist Suzana Nunes and the Venezuelan physicist Anamaría Font will also be sent) (Text) (Video)
Mexico City.- MEXICO EU.- The President of the European Commission, Ursula Von der Leyen, ends her Latin American tour in Mexico, where she will meet with the Mexican President, Andrés Manuel López Obrador. (Text) (Photo) (Video)
New Delhi.- INDIA PAKISTAN CYCLONE.- Cyclone Biparjoy makes landfall this Thursday between India and Pakistan, whose coasts have evacuated more than 100,000 people, with winds exceeding 180 kilometers per hour. (Text) (Photo) (Video)
Cairo/Khartoum.- SUDAN REBELLION.- Two months have passed since the outbreak of violence between the Sudanese Army and the paramilitary group Rapid Support Forces (Text)
2:00 p.m.- Moscow.- RUSSIA FORUM.- The Prime Minister of Cuba, the Executive Vice President of Venezuela, the special representative of the President of Nicaragua for Russia and representatives of business associations from Colombia and Paraguay, as well as the person in charge of Latin America of the Russian Foreign Ministry participate in a panel at the St. Petersburg Economic Forum dedicated to relations between Russia and Latin America. (Text) (Photo)
08:00h.- Geneva.- UKRAINE WAR.- The Ukrainian president, Volodímir Zelenski, intervenes by videoconference before the Swiss parliament, at a time of pressure in Switzerland to allow military aid to Ukraine, despite its traditional neutrality. (Text) (Photo)
Moscow.- RUSSIA ALGERIA.- Russian President Vladimir Putin receives his Algerian counterpart, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, in the Kremlin to promote strategic cooperation ties between the two countries. (Text) (Photo)
Miami (USA) – USA DEATH PENALTY – If nothing prevents it at the last minute, the state of Florida executes Duan Owen, sentenced to death for the murder of two women and, according to his lawyers, with serious mental problems that deserve to be declared invalid for that punishment. (Text)
Washington – USA HUMAN D. – The Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, publishes the Report on Trafficking in Persons 2023, prepared by the US Office to Surveillance and Combat Trafficking in Persons and in which the measures implemented by various countries. (Text)
Washington.- USA CINEMA.- The White House hosts the screening of the film “Flamin’ Hot”, directed by Eva Longoria, in an event in which the actress and director, as well as President Joe Biden, will take part. (Text)
Bogotá.- COLOMBIA CANNABIS.- The Colombian Senate debates the constitutional reform law for the decriminalization of cannabis for recreational use, which has the last debate in the Upper House this Thursday for its approval. Senate (Text) (Photo) (Video)
4:30 p.m.- New York.- CLIMATE CRISIS.- The UN Secretary General, António Guterres, speaks to the media about the climate crisis after meeting with representatives of civil society to prepare for the next climate summit. (Text) (Photo) (Video)
12:00 pm.- Brussels.- ISRAEL USA.- The Israeli Defense Minister, Yoav Gallant, will meet in Brussels with his US counterpart, Lloyd Austin, for talks that are expected to focus on Iran. (Text)
20:00h.- Montevideo.- URUGUAY D.HUMANOS.- Act of acknowledgment of international responsibility of Uruguay for human rights violations during the dictatorship (1973-1985) in compliance with the Judgment of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights (Text) (Video)
8:00 p.m.- Miami (USA).- HAYDÉE MILANÉS.- The Cuban singer Haydée Milanés, daughter of the late Pablo Milanés, speaks with EFE about her next concert, her father and the reasons why she decided to leave Cuba and settle in Miami just a few months ago (Text) (Photo)
12:30 p.m.- Havana.- CUBA IRAN.- Business Forum with companies from Iran and Cuba, which is held during the visit of the Iranian president, Ebrahim Raisi, to Havana (Text) (Photo) (Video)
12:00 pm.- New York.- USA. SPAIN.- The training ship Juan Sebastián Elcano of the Spanish Navy docks in the port of New York. (Multimedia)
New York.- USA MUSIC.- The Cuban singer and songwriter Gloria Estefan will become part of the Songwriters Hall of Fame, along with other iconic artists and producers, at a ceremony scheduled for June 15 in New York. (Text) (Photo) (Video)
11:30 a.m.- Paris.- FRANCE ETA.- The Paris Court of Appeal judges Egoitz Urrutikoetxea, son of the historic former leader of ETA Josu Ternera, accused of belonging to the terrorist organization in 2005.
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