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Polish President Andrzej Duda arrives at the Opening Session of the 4th Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Council of Europe at the Harpa Conference Center in Reykjavik, Iceland, 16 May 2023. EPA-EFE/Leszek Szymanski

"Freezing" the war in Ukraine is unacceptable, as it will become fertile ground for future conflicts. This was stated at a joint press conference in Tallinn by the leaders of Germany and the Baltic countries.

In other news, the European Parliament threatens to take away Hungary's EU presidency next year; Poland moves to set up controversial commission to investigate Russia lobbying; and Czech TV finally to get more money.

"No Bulgarian servicemen were sent to Ukraine". This was announced before the National Assembly by the Acting Minister of Defense Dimitar Stoyanov. This is how he answered a question from Kiril Petkov from "We Continue the Change".

Police have issued a ban on traveling fans ahead of the Greek Cup final later on Wednesday because of fears of violence, despite an order for the match to be played without supporters in the stadium.

League champion AEK Athens faces PAOK in the central city of Volos after the authorities took several months to find a venue.

BELGRADE - Serbia's European Integration Minister Tanja Miscevic met on Tuesday in Belgrade with a delegation of the Polish parliamentary committee on EU affairs, headed by Chairman Kacper Plazynski, to discuss Serbia's main reform challenges on the path to EU membership, bilateral cooperation with Poland and the country's support to the EU integration process.

This was stated by the Secretary of the Security Council of Russia Nikolai Patrushev at a meeting in the city of Syktyvkar in Russia.
He also said that an increase in radiation has already been recorded in Poland.
He also drew attention to the fact that US President Joseph Biden arrived in Hiroshima yesterday for the G7 summit.

Polish PM Mateusz Morawiecki surrounded by supporters from across Poland at party convention, 13 May 2023. Photo: BIRN

Ukraine said on Friday it had retaken swathes of ground near the frontline city of Bakhmut, as Russia insisted it had repelled an attack along a broad stretch of the front line.

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner mercenary group, who is spearheading Moscow's attack on Bakhmut, accused the Russian army of "fleeing" from around the eastern Ukraine city.

Twelve European countries objected in a letter to the European Commission against the concessions it made to Bulgaria and four other EU members for the import of Ukrainian food.