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Czech President Petr Pavel officially received new ambassadors from Spain, India, Zambia, and Ukraine, and Vasyl Zvarych was appointed as Ukraine's new ambassador to the Czech Republic.
The French national team defeated Belgium 1-0 in the European Championship playoffs and reached the quarterfinals.
Spain defeated Georgia 4-1 to reach the quarterfinals of Euro 2024, winning all three group matches with a total score of 5-0.
Today, the fourth Friday of June, is the International Rosé Day. The French region of Provence is considered to be the birthplace of rosé wine, where it was first produced in the fourteenth century.
Spain and Ukraine have launched a pilot project to develop Ukrainian railways in line with EU standards. Spain is providing financial support, companies, expertise and ready-made solutions for modernization.
The pairs for the Euro 2024 Round of 16 and the full playoff bracket have been announced. The matches will take place from June 29 to July 2, the quarterfinals on July 5-6, the semifinals on July 9-10, and the final on July 14 in Berlin.
Spain has provided Ukraine with tanks, artillery shells, anti-drone systems and other weapons as part of a new military aid package.
Serbian Prime Minister Milos Vucevic has admitted that he sold ammunition to Western countries that can transfer it to Ukraine, but notes that this is not a Serbian contribution to one of the warring parties.
Armenia recognizes the state of Palestine and joins countries that support the two-state principle as the only way to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and establish peace and stability in the Middle East.
Hong Kong recorded the hottest summer solstice in the last 40 years - 34°C. Meteorologists warn of a hotter-than-usual summer due to climate change and a series of periods of extreme heat.
Spanish police have arrested five people, including one Spanish citizen, two Russians and two Ukrainians, involved in a criminal group that has been sexually exploiting Ukrainian and Belarusian refugee women in the city of Almeria since 2020, luring them with false job promises and forcing them into prostitution.
Spain beat Italy 1-0 in the group stage of Euro 2024 and reached the playoffs.
According to official UN statistics, about 6. 5 million Ukrainians have received temporary protection status abroad since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion.
The summer solstice is an annual astronomical event when the sun is at its maximum altitude above the horizon, and the tilt of the Earth's rotation axis towards the sun becomes most important.
Ukrainian diving team Ksenia Bailo and Marko Barsukov won a bronze medal in the synchronized mixed pairs tower diving event at the European Aquatics Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.
The European Union plans to issue a warning to France for violating rules on deficit and debt, which could result in fines and complicate election campaigns two weeks before parliamentary elections.
Ksenia Bailo and Marko Barsukov won a bronze medal in the mixed pairs synchronized diving from the 10-meter tower at the 2024 European Aquatics Championships in Belgrade.
The Tour de France cycling race will start from Barcelona in 2026, and this will be the third time in its more than a century of history that it will start in Spain.
Many regions of China are experiencing extreme weather conditions: high temperature warnings have been issued in the northern regions, and heavy flooding due to heavy rains in the southern provinces.
Iraq and Jordan withdrew their signatures from the joint communiqué of the Global Peace Summit, bringing the document aimed at achieving peace in Ukraine to 78 countries.
Spanish President Pedro Sanchez said during the Global Peace Summit that all resources have been mobilized to prevent a nuclear catastrophe due to Russia's war against Ukraine.
Head of Odesa Regional State Administration Oleh Kiper met with Spanish Ambassador Ricardo Lopez-Aranda Jagu to discuss potential Spanish assistance in rehabilitation and recreation of children from Odesa, support for the medical sector and rehabilitation of civilians and military, restoration of the region's energy infrastructure, and intensification of interregional cooperation.
The countries participating in the contact group have allocated more than $98 billion in security assistance to Ukraine and are moving at full speed to provide Ukraine with what it desperately needs, and this must continue, and new solutions must be found, especially for Ukraine's air defense challenges, the Pentagon chief said.
Billions of insects, mostly flies, migrate through the Pyrenees mountain pass between France and Spain every year, playing an important role as pollinators, pest controllers, and nutrient transporters.
On June 12, everyone can join an event dedicated to the queen of flowers and celebrate Red Rose Day, which originated in the United States but has become popular all over the world.
At an Oregon Rodeo, a bull broke loose and jumped into the stands, injuring several people before being caught.
An Austrian Airlines Airbus A320 flying from Majorca to Vienna was seriously damaged by hail, which broke the windshield and nose of the plane. This forced the pilots to land blindly in Vienna.
France offered to form a" coalition of instructors " to send to Ukraine, but the initiative was opposed by the United States, Germany, Italy and Spain due to concerns about the risks of escalation and further involvement of the West in the war.
In 2023, according to the quota system of the occupation regime, Russian exporters exported at least 34,000 tons of grain worth 6. 2 million euros from the occupied Kherson region of Ukraine.
This year, applications for participation in the national selection of Ukraine for the children's song contest "Eurovision-2024" are accepted according to simplified rules that allow artists to present covers and video presentations without requiring an original song.