Lithuania’s outgoing President Gitanas Nauseda was re-elected on Sunday following the second round of the presidential election, according to partial official results. His rival, Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte, conceded defeat.
A former center-right banker, he established himself as a pro-European statesman and a staunch defender of Ukraine during his first term.
Volodymyr Zelensky will be in Madrid this Monday where he will meet Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez at noon, the Spanish government announced on Sunday. King Felipe VI will also receive the Ukrainian president, the palace said. This is the Ukrainian leader’s first official visit to Spain since coming to power in 2019.
Hello everyone. Like every day, the editorial staff of 20 minutes is mobilized to give you all the information on the conflict. On the ground, the war continues to rage in northeastern Ukraine where Moscow’s forces launched a vast ground offensive on May 10. A Russian strike on Saturday on a DIY hypermarket in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second city, left at least 11 people dead. An attack described as “despicable” by the Ukrainian president.