00:01Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy launched a new regional cooperation framework with seven neighboring countries on Friday in an effort to
00:10stoke regional investment.
00:12The initiative, dubbed the Carpathian 8 or C8, brings together Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Poland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Austria and
00:21Hungary, with the European Union also taking part.
00:24Zelenskyy identified transport and logistics, military mobility, critical minerals and trade and investment as priority areas of cooperation.
00:34The Carpathian macro-region is a natural European gateway for routes coming from the South Caucasus and Asia through the
00:43Black Sea.
00:45And these routes are active today and they will remain active in the future.
00:49According to summit organizers, some 90 joint projects requiring an estimated 9.4 billion euros in investment were pitched to
00:59investors during the summit.
01:05French President Emmanuel Macron has condemned what he calls Russia's intent to intimidate and to undermine efforts to support the
01:13Ukrainians.
01:14He also announced his intention to convene a G7 meeting devoted to energy issues.
01:19The French President was speaking after a confidential meeting at the Elysee with the main presidential candidates or their closest
01:26associates.
01:48On the fuel prices, Emmanuel Macron told the candidates that the rise in prices is not the result of government
01:55decisions.
01:56The blockages in the Strait of Hormuz and more recently in the Babel-Monded Strait have direct consequences, Macron wrote
02:03on the social media platform X.
02:11Sweden's parliamentary speaker tasked Social Democrats leader Magdalena Andersson on Friday with forming a government.
02:19It comes after her opposition alliance narrowly defeated the right-wing bloc in elections.
02:24And my message to him has been that I am responsible for that I am responsible for that I am
02:31responsible for that I am responsible for making a new government.
02:35A government that can improve the direction that the people who have voted for.
02:41A government that will take Sweden forward.
03:02Anderson is expected to look to build a government with three other alliance parties which together with the Social Democrats
03:10now hold a three-seat majority.
03:12If they can find an agreement, it would see Anderson take over as prime minister in the coming weeks.
03:18However, she will likely face tricky negotiations as key differences remain between the four parties.
03:31Luxembourg has deepened the deadlock over the EU's sanctioned list renewal, tying a French demand to delist Russian businessman Alisha
03:38Ousmanov to the case of Mikhail Friedman, who is suing the Grand Duché over his frozen assets.
03:44Last week, Paris joined Slovakia in demanding the removal of Ousmanov from the sanctions list pending renewal.
03:51Now Luxembourg says that if Ousmanov comes off the list, Friedman should too.
03:55Slovakia has long pushed to delist both Ousmanov and Friedman, oligarchs whom Brussels placed on the sanctions list for being
04:03close to the Kremlin.
04:04Both men denied the allegations.
04:06Earlier this week, it also emerged that France's request to delist Ousmanov was intended as a trait for the release
04:12of French citizens detained in Azerbaijan.
04:15Under EU rules, the list of the 1,600 sanctioned entities and individuals must be renewed with the unanimous support
04:23of the bloc's member states every six months.
04:25The deadline was set to expire on Tuesday, but was extended by one week to allow time for a diplomatic
04:31solution.
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