G7 Pledges Ukraine $50 Billion From Russian Assets

U.S. President Joe Biden announced Thursday that the Group of Seven (G7) western economies agreed to give an extra $50 billion in aid to war-torn Ukraine using frozen Russian state assets as fighting continues on the battlefields.

Hungary, NATO Reach Deal On Ukraine

Hungary’s prime minister said Wednesday he had agreed with the NATO military alliance chief that his nation won’t participate in the defense of Ukraine.

21 nations voting in Super Sunday EU elections (Worthy News Radio)

Voting was underway in most of the 27 European Union member states Sunday, the final and most significant day of European Parliament elections, amid concerns about the war in Ukraine, which seeks to join the EU, and issues such as migration. Polls ahead of what has been dubbed Super Sunday suggest far-right and moderate right-wing parties are due to make gains.

Italy Among Those Voting in EU Elections After Violence (Worthy News Radio)

Voting was underway Saturday in five European Union countries, including Italy, to choose 127 of the 720 seats in the European Parliament during concerns about the EU’s future. Saturday’s vote was day three of four days of European elections, marred by violence, such as an attack against the Danish prime minister. The voting will conclude Sunday when most voters of the 27 member states cast ballots. Observers on Saturday focused especially on Italy and Slovakia, which are still reeling from last month’s assassination attempt on their prime minister.

US President Apologizes For Delayed Military Support For Ukraine

U.S. President Joe Biden has, for the first time, publicly apologized to Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, for the months of delay in American military assistance that Kyiv said cost lives and allowed Russia to make gains on the battlefield.

EU Voting Continues After Anti-Islam Gains In Netherlands (Worthy News Radio)

The European Union’s parliamentary elections, the world’s largest voting exercise after India’s, entered their second day Friday. EU nations Ireland and the Czech Republic cast ballots for 35 seats in the European Parliament. Friday’s voting began in these two nations after the Netherlands kicked off the four-day ballot with an anti-Islam party in a tight race with leftist parties.

World Leaders Remember 80th Anniversary of D-Day

World leaders gathered Thursday in Normandy, France, for the 80th anniversary of the bloody D-Day landings that helped to end World War Two, realizing that Europe faces once again death and destruction in Ukraine.

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