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Le Centre culturel de Serbie accueille le collectif Les Risiens pour deux représentations exceptionnelles de la pièce La Trilogie de Belgrade, le vendredi 6 février et le mercredi 18 février 2026 à 19h. L'entrée est libre, sans réservation, dans la limite des places disponibles. Joué en langue française. Composée de quatre courtes fables, La Trilogie de Belgrade de Biljana Srbljanović suit une génération marquée par la guerre des années 1990 et le désir d'exil. Les personnages, installés (…)

- Agenda / Serbie, Région parisienne

Hong Kong democracy activist and media entrepreneur Jimmy Lai has been sentenced to 20 years in prison. The guilty verdict for "collusion with foreign forces" and "sedition" was already handed down in December. Now the court in the Chinese special administrative region has issued the sentence. Lai has already served two years, and will have to serve 18 more, the judges ruled.

Top skier Lindsey Vonn has crashed and suffered a serious injury in the women's downhill event at the Winter Olympics. The 41-year-old American decided to compete in Cortina d'Ampezzo despite a torn cruciate ligament and a partial prosthesis in her knee. Commentators discuss whether the criticism this decision triggered was justified.

Written by Annastiina Papunen.

Enhancing the EU’s competitiveness is a key priority for the European Council in the current legislative cycle. In a complex geopolitical environment, in which the international rules-based order is increasingly undermined and core alliances are questioned, it is essential for Europe to be able to stand firmly on its own feet. Strengthening the single market and the EU economic base is ‘an urgent strategic imperative’ in the words of European Council President António Costa, to improve the EU’s competitiveness and develop its strategic autonomy.

On 12 February 2026, EU leaders will meet for an informal leaders’ retreat – ‘a strategic brainstorming session’, according to President Costa – in Alden Biesen, Belgium, to discuss EU competitiveness. This meeting, which 19 EU leaders requested in a letter in October 2025, builds on previous discussions on the topic, notably 1) the informal meeting of 22 January 2026 on transatlantic relations and trade, 2) the strategic discussion on geoeconomy and competitiveness at the December 2025 European Council meeting, and 3) the October 2025 regular meeting on simplification and twin transition. Mario Draghi and Enrico Letta have been invited to join the retreat to share their visions and highlight developments since their groundbreaking reports. European Parliament President Roberta Metsola will also address the meeting; President Costa has met Parliament’s Conference of Presidents ahead of the retreat. No formal conclusions are expected from the strategic debate, but the reflections are likely to feed into the March 2026 European Council conclusions.

Read the complete briefing on ‘Outlook for the 12 February 2026 retreat: Work on competitiveness in the European Council‘ in the Think Tank pages of the European Parliament.

Ghislaine Maxwell schwieg bei einer Kongressanhörung eisern zu Epstein-Themen und berief sich auf ihr Schweigerecht. Auch Trump hält sich bedeckt. Das Schweigen wird zum politischen Pokerspiel, während Maxwell Berichten zufolge einen Antrag auf Begnadigung stellte.

Lindsey Vonns Comeback-Drama bei Olympia fasziniert die Welt. Arnold Schwarzenegger nutzt es für ein leidenschaftliches Plädoyer gegen Mittelmass. Er feiert Vonn für ihren Mut. Seine Freundin sei ein wahrer Champion, von dem sich alle eine Scheibe abschneiden sollten.

Lindsey Vonn liegt nach ihrem schweren Sturz in der Olympia-Abfahrt mit einem gebrochenen Unterschenkel in Treviso im Spital. Zehn Tage zuvor hatte sie sich in Crans-Montana das Kreuzband im linken Knie gerissen. Eine unangenehme Frage drängt sich deshalb auf.

Vom Hunger-Dasein in Mailand bis zu den Grammys in Los Angeles: Reality-TV-Gesicht Elia Berthoud lebt den kalifornischen Traum. Berthoud spricht im Interview mit Blick über sein Luxus-Loft und seine Geldsorgen.