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French President Emmanuel Macron will make a three-day state visit to Germany, the first by a French president in 24 years, to demonstrate unity with Germany ahead of the EU elections and amid challenges such as the war in Ukraine.

The second round of presidential elections is underway in Lithuania. The rival of the current president, Gitanas Nausėda, is Ingrida Šimonite, who is currently the head of the government.

An explosive device was found at a power company's substation in Dnipropetrovs'k region, which required the intervention of police and explosives experts to defuse.

Russia attacked a crowded shopping mall in Kharkiv, killing and wounding civilians, prompting EU representative Joseph Borrell to strongly condemn the horrific attack and call for increased air defense support for Ukraine.

Greek Prime Minister Mitsotakis warned the new leadership of North Macedonia that Athens would block its path to EU membership if it did not fulfill the 2018 agreement to change the country's name to North Macedonia.

Before Russia's invasion, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy asked the US and EU to impose preventive sanctions on Russia, Putin, and the energy sector, but they refused, resulting in heavy human costs for Ukraine.

According to Ukrenergo, there are no plans to limit electricity consumption for residential and industrial consumers throughout the day tomorrow.

Russia's recent provocations on the EU and NATO borders in Estonia, Finland and Lithuania, such as the dismantling of Estonian border buoys, are part of its typical hybrid tactics of intimidation and bullying, and NATO must act decisively to protect these countries from Russian threats.

Hungary's Viktor Orban-led government is delaying EU legislation that would allow Ukraine to receive up to €2 billion in arms aid, dealing a blow to efforts to mobilize proceeds from frozen Russian assets.

Today, on May 25, many countries around the world are marking the Day of Missing Children. At the moment, more than two thousand children are officially missing in Ukraine.

President Zelenskyy met with the Marshal of the Polish Senate to discuss inter-parliamentary relations, the situation in Kharkiv, strengthening Ukraine's air defense, preparations for the Peace Summit, and Ukraine's negotiations with the EU.

OpenAI's efforts to reduce the number of false positives from ChatGPT are not enough to comply with EU data processing rules, as the artificial intelligence model can still produce biased or bogus results due to its probabilistic nature, according to a report by the EU's privacy watchdog.

The European Union is discussing sanctions against Iranian Defense Minister Mohammad-Reza Ashtiani for providing military support to groups in the Middle East and the Red Sea, as well as for supplying Russia with drones and missiles.

Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba met in Kyiv with Polish Senate Marshal Malgorzata Kidawa-Bląska to discuss the upcoming Global Summit, the International Crimean Platform, and Ukraine's defense needs.

On Saturday, May 25, from 20:00 to 22:00, hourly power outage schedules will be in effect for industrial and residential consumers across Ukraine due to the effects of hostile missile attacks on Ukrainian power plants, which have limited electricity production.

Ukraine has taken all four legislative steps required by the European Commission to actually start negotiations on EU accession, as stated by Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Ihor Zhovkva.

The EU emphasizes that the actions of Russian border guards on the Narva River are part of a broader pattern of provocative behavior and hybrid actions by Russia in the Baltic Sea region.

By winter, the European Union will increase its capacity to supply more electricity to Ukraine to compensate for the damage caused by the large-scale shelling.

This year, Ukraine expects to receive 16 billion euros from the EU under the Ukraine Facility program, 4. 5 billion dollars from the IMF, and almost 8 billion dollars from the United States.

France and Germany are concerned about increased Russian provocations at the border on the EU's borders with Estonia, Lithuania and Finland.

The Cabinet of Ministers has adopted a resolution obliging regional power distribution companies to ensure a uniform and fair sequence of power outages, giving priority to critical infrastructure, hospitals, military enterprises and enterprises performing mobilization tasks.

According to Moldovan Foreign Minister Mihai Popschiu, Moldova has become a target for Russia to test its new technologies of influence and interference, which can then be applied in other countries.

Ukraine expects that next week the Verkhovna Rada will approve the signed framework agreement with the EU for €50 billion in funding under the Ukraine program, which will bring €1. 89 billion to the budget.

The Government of Ukraine and the IMF mission discussed further joint steps to restore economic growth, implement reforms, implement the government's action program, confiscate frozen Russian assets, support business, increase military production, and obtain additional funding under the IMF EFF program of $2. 2 billion.

Farmers blocked a national road near Warsaw to protest the Green Deal and draw attention to the losses they have suffered due to the drought, demanding aid and a waiver of Green Deal rules.

The head of the European Union's diplomacy, Josep Borrell, said that the recognition of a Palestinian state is not a gift to Hamas, but rather the opposite.

President Zelenskyy imposes 10-year sanctions on 70 people, including Russian media and companies operating in Crimea.

Poland's prime minister and the Greek prime minister have asked the president of the European Commission to create a European air defense shield to protect the EU from future threats such as planes, missiles, and drones.

The U. S. Senate is preparing a bipartisan bill to impose sanctions on Georgian politicians responsible for the Foreign Agents Act, which impedes Georgia's Euro-Atlantic integration.

In 2023, Ukraine exported 45,800 tons of honey to the EU, becoming the second largest exporter of honey from outside the EU after China.