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Like every day, the franceinfo evening news takes a tour of the news broadcast by European television channels. It’s Eurozapping on Thursday 18 May.
A freight train carrying grain derailed in Crimea, a region annexed by Russia in 2014. The accident followed a strong explosion, which the authorities preferred to avoid. Several trains have already derailed in Russia near the Ukrainian border. Moscow blames these acts of sabotage on Ukraine.Meanwhile, one of the last Kremlin critics still at large has appeared for discrediting the Russian military in a video posted on YouTube. Evguéni Roizman, former mayor of Yekaterinburg (Russia), risked five years in prison. Against all expectations, the court only required a fine. “JI’m not afraid of anything, no one can take away my right to say what I think“, did he declare.
Close legislative elections in Greece
The Greeks will choose a new government on Sunday, May 21. The legislative elections promise to be tight. The Pasok-Kinal Socialist Party hopes to create a surprise by ahead of the radical left and the conservatives. The favorite in the polls remains the right-wing outgoing Prime Minister, Kyriákos Mitsotákis. A campaign whose strong themes were the economy, the shortcomings of the State and the migration issue.
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