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Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez takes the oath of office during a ceremony at Zarzuela Palace in Madrid, Spain November 17, 2023. Calvino, who is the frontrunner for the top job at the European Investment Bank scheduled to be announced at the end of the year, will also keep her position as first deputy prime minister, Sanchez said in a televised statement. Given the anticipated difficulty of passing laws with a minority government, Budget Minister Maria Jesus Montero will be promoted to be one of four deputy prime ministers. His four deputy prime ministers are all female. Junior coalition partner Sumar got five portfolios, keeping its share of power within the cabinet.

Persons: Pedro Sanchez, Andres Ballesteros, Nadia Calvino, Calvino, Sanchez, Teresa Ribera, Maria Jesus Montero, Jose Manuel Albares, Yolanda Diaz, Sumar, Felix Bolanos, Ana Redondo, Irene Montero, Ione Belarra, Belen Carreno, Inti, Aislinn Laing, Toby Chopra, Charlie Devereux, Ed Osmond, William Maclean Organizations: Spain's, Rights, Socialist, European Investment Bank, European, Energy, Labour, Socialists, Junior, Thomson Locations: Zarzuela, Madrid, Spain, Rights MADRID, Maria Jesus Montero ,, Sumar

Sanchez's confirmation as premier would end four months of uncertainty since an election in July produced no outright winner. Authorities said 15 people were arrested in a 2,000-person protest on Wednesday night outside the Socialist Party headquarters in Madrid following clashes with police. Feijoo, who accused Sanchez of undermining the rule of law on Wednesday called for mass protests on Saturday Nov 18. Sanchez argued on Wednesday that an amnesty would help to defuse tensions in Catalonia. Reporting by Belen Carreño and Emma Pinedo; Writing by Charlie Devereux; Editing by Sharon SingletonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Pedro Sanchez applauds, amnesties, Catalonia's, Sanchez, Pedro Sanchez, Alberto Nunez Feijoo, Jorge Pueyo, Sumar, Patxi Lopez, Feijoo, Miriam Nogueras, Nogueras, Belen Carreño, Emma Pinedo, Charlie Devereux, Sharon Singleton Organizations: Spain's, Socialist, People's Party, Sanchez's Socialist Party, PSOE, ERC, Socialists, Authorities, Socialist Party, Thomson Locations: MADRID, Spain, Catalonia, Basque Country, Galicia, Madrid, Socialist

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 9 (Reuters) - OpenAI's announcement on artificial intelligence "apps" do not spell the death knell for nascent startups building AI products, two OpenAI investors said at a Reuters NEXT conference on Thursday. Investors are still hunting for new AI products that could help consumers interact better with the technology and address deep tech issues such as brain computer interface, they said. We're in an intermediary step in a decades-long revolution," Konstantine Buhler, partner at Sequoia Capital, told the conference. Avery Klemmer, investor at Thrive Capital, which recently increased its investment in OpenAI, also said she sees opportunities for the rise of consumer applications beside ChatGPT. Despite recent frenzied investments into the technology by companies and venture capital firms, analysts and investors say development of AI products is still in the early stages.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Konstantine Buhler, Avery Klemmer, ChatGPT, Klemmer, Jill Chase, Krystal Hu, Sayantani Ghosh, Deepa Babington Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters NEXT, Sequoia Capital, Sequoia, Microsoft, Thomson Locations: OpenAI, New York

Just holding the deal together through a full four-year parliamentary term will be a tough challenge, many predict. "The next legislative term will be very tough for the PSOE, it is likely it won't finish the whole term," said Catalan political analyst Joan Esculies. Spaniards have also been called to show their ire in town square demonstrations across the country on Sunday. For Andoni Ortuzar, the Basque Nationalist Party leader who also struck a deal with the Socialists on Friday, whether the government could hold would be a test of Spain's plurality. "We are different - we consider ourselves a different nation - and the question is whether we can live together comfortably," he said.

Persons: Sanchez, Pedro Sanchez, Francisco Franco, Junts, Carles Puigdemont, Joan Esculies, Alberto Nunez Feijoo, Andoni Ortuzar, Susana Vera, Emiliano Garcia, Puigdemont, Lluis Orriols, Ortuzar, Belen Carreno, Joan Faus, Emma Pinedo, Aislinn Laing, Alex Richardson Organizations: Deal, Spain's Socialists, Socialist, PSOE, People's Party, Socialists, Basque Nationalist Party, REUTERS, Catalan Socialist, Carlos III University, Thomson Locations: MADRID, BARCELONA, Catalan, Belgium, Catalonia, Spain, Madrid, Castilla, La Mancha, Spanish, Catalunya

☆ LSEG chief Schwimmer: IPOs to return 'when the environment stabilises'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Vidya Ranganathan | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) CEO David Schwimmer speaks during the Reuters NEXT Newsmaker event in New York City, New York, U.S., December 1, 2022. "IPOs will come back, when the environment stabilises and improves," Schwimmer told Reuters in an interview in Singapore. "The reforms that the FCA is putting through, they're moving relatively quickly, but the markets move quickly too. LSEG bought Refinitiv for $27 billion in early 2021, turning the exchange into a major market data company overnight to challenge rival Bloomberg. Schwimmer said the roll0out of the new partnership product in 2024 will make it easy for customers to use LSEG data in a cloud environment.

Persons: David Schwimmer, Brendan McDermid, Schwimmer, LSEG, Vidya Ranganathan, Lawrence White, Sharon Singleton, Tomasz Janowski Organizations: London Stock Exchange Group, Reuters, REUTERS, Rights, European Union, Amsterdam, London, EU, Bloomberg, Thomson Reuters, Reuters News, Investors, Microsoft, Thomson Locations: New York City , New York, U.S, Rights SINGAPORE, London, New York, Singapore, Ukraine, Gaza, LSEG

REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 9 (Reuters) - OpenAI's announcement on artificial intelligence "apps" do not spell the death knell for nascent startups building AI products, two OpenAI investors said at a Reuters NEXT conference on Thursday. Investors are still hunting for new AI products that could help consumers interact better with the technology and address deep tech issues such as brain computer interface, they said. We're in an intermediary step in a decades-long revolution," Konstantine Buhler, partner at Sequoia Capital, told the conference. Avery Klemmer, partner at Thrive Capital, which recently increased its investment in OpenAI, also said she sees opportunities for the rise of consumer applications beside ChatGPT. Despite recent frenzied investments into the technology by companies and venture capital firms, analysts and investors say development of AI products is still in the early stages.

The company logo of China International Capital Corporation Ltd (CICC), China’s first joint venture investment bank, is displayed at a news conference on the company's annual results in Hong Kong, China March 30, 2016. China is Brazil's largest trading partner, however Chinese investments in Brazil fell 78% in 2022, the Brazil-China Business Council (CEBC) said in August. "We believe that more Chinese investment will be willing to ... invest into the Latin America region, especially in Brazil," said Lin. "I don't remember when politics got so involved in daily business," Lin said, reflecting on her 21 years in business. However, there were still Chinese companies listing here, said Lin and China's securities regulator China Securities Regulatory Commission had pre-approved 20 Chinese ADRs.

Persons: China’s, Bobby Yip, Lindsay Lin, Lin, CICC, acquirer, Biden, Didi Global, we're, ” Lin, Megan Davies, Echo Wang, Diane Craft Organizations: China International Capital Corporation, REUTERS, Securities, China International Capital Corp, HK, Reuters NEXT, China Business Council, Monetary Fund, China Securities Regulatory Commission, Reuters, reuters, Thomson Locations: Hong Kong, China, Brazil, New York, America, Latin America, U.S, China's

Brazil's central bank Governor Roberto Campos Neto, speaks at the ReutersNEXT Newsmaker event in New York City, New York, U.S., November 9, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Acquire Licensing RightsNEW YORK, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Brazil's central bank chief Roberto Campos Neto on Thursday said any change to the country's fiscal target would raise concerns, following comments by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva casting doubt on the government's vow to erase a budget deficit. Since then, Finance Minister Fernando Haddad has broadly reaffirmed Brazil's commitment to "fiscal balance," but lawmakers involved in next year's budget bill are hinting heavily that they aim to loosen the zero-deficit target. In Thursday's interview, Campos Neto highlighted that Brazil has approved important reforms since the COVID pandemic, including an overhaul on consumption taxes, which passed the Senate on Wednesday, but acknowledged the uncertainty on fiscal policy. "And that influences a lot of the variables that are important for us when you make decisions in monetary policy," he reinforced.

Persons: Roberto Campos Neto, Brendan McDermid, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Campos Neto, Lula, Fernando Haddad, Rodrigo Campos, Dan Burns, Marcela Ayres, Mark Porter, Brad Haynes, Nick Macfie Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters NEXT, Finance, Thomson Locations: New York City , New York, U.S, New York, Brazil

☆ Your world in 10 minutes: Israel's tactics in Gaza
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

The UN Secretary-General tells the Reuters NEXT conference Gaza's death toll shows there’s something wrong with Israel’s military tactics. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says dogs should rule the world, not humans. Wall Street gauges the likelihood of a “soft landing” and Hollywood actors go back to work. Visit the Thomson Reuters Privacy Statement for information on our privacy and data protection practices. You may also visit megaphone.fm/adchoices to opt out of targeted advertising.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Zelenskiy, Moynihan Organizations: Apple, Google, Reuters, UN, Reuters NEXT, Hollywood, Thomson Locations: Gaza

☆ Reuters NEXT Treasury's Adeyemo says 'far better' to see Russia buying tankers than tanks
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Andrea Shalal | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

NEW YORK, Nov 9 (Reuters) - U.S. Deputy Secretary Wally Adeyemo on Thursday said the Group of Seven-led coalition that imposed a price cap on Russian oil last December was shifting its focus from reducing Russian revenues to raising Moscow's cost of shipping its oil. "From my standpoint, them buying these tankers and spending money on tankers was far better than spending money on tanks," he said. It also means that enforcing the price cap will have limited impact on Russian revenues. G7 countries and Australia imposed sanctions in December 2022 that prohibit shippers or insurers domiciled in member countries from offering services to facilitate Russian oil exports when the price is above $60 a barrel. He gave no further details on what steps could be taken to increase Russia's costs.

Persons: Wally Adeyemo, Adeyemo, Andrea Shalal, Deepa Babington Organizations: Reuters NEXT, Reuters, Thomson Locations: New York, Ukraine, Russia, refiners, China, India, Australia, Western

☆ Generative AI still mostly experimental, say executives
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Katie Paul | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

NEW YORK, Nov 9 (Reuters) - One year after the debut of ChatGPT created a global sensation, leaders of business, government and civil society said at the Reuters NEXT conference in New York that generative AI technology is still mostly in an experimental stage, with limited exceptions. Aguirre cited self-driving cars as an example of a technology struggling to make the transition to full deployment. “I’ve observed many generative AI applications that are in production while other customers are just beginning their journey.”One way generative AI was already being deployed widely, highlighted by speakers across industries, was to write computer code. Gary Marcus, a professor at New York University, said generative AI was error-prone in coding just like in other areas, but that the problem was less of a hindrance in the tech sector because programmers knew how to troubleshoot it. Companies should move slowly and deliberately when integrating the technology into uses where accuracy matters, executives emphasized.

Persons: ChatGPT, What's, Anthony Aguirre, Aguirre, Sherry Marcus, I’ve, Lili Cheng, Copilot, Cheng, Gary Marcus, Marcus, Cisco's Vijoy Pandey, Pandey, Katie Paul, David Gregorio Our Organizations: Reuters NEXT, Life Institute, Microsoft Corporate, Reuters, New York University, Thomson Locations: New York

☆ Santander's Botin targets auto finance, renewables in U.S. banking push
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Alessandra Galloni | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

"Our strategy is very focused on playing to our strengths," she said in an interview at the Reuters NEXT conference in New York. As part of efforts to grow the unit, the Spanish bank is hiring staff from the stricken Credit Suisse. "All we are saying is, in terms of taxes, in terms of transparency, let's have the same," Botin said. "I'd love to compete with Apple as long as we are competing on same terms," she said. Santander is investing in its payments business PagoNxt as one of five key business areas, competing with the likes of Apple Pay.

Persons: Ana Botin, Alessandra Galloni, Brendan McDermid, Botin, Lananh Nguyen, Saeed Azhar, Lawrence White, Mark Porter, Lisa Shumaker Organizations: Banco Santander, Reuters NEXT, Santander, Suisse, Reuters, REUTERS, Apple Inc, Apple, Apple Pay, reuters, Thomson Locations: U.S, New York, Spanish, Santander, New York City , New York

FILE PHOTO: The Goldman Sachs company logo is on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., July 13, 2021. Companies, including banks, are grappling with the potential advantages which generative AI can provide their businesses, but also how to manage the challenges the new technology creates. Rival Morgan Stanley (MS.N) is rolling out a generative AI bot that helps financial advisers find research or sift through thousands of forms. The fact that generative AI can offer responses to financial questions also means that, for those providing advice professionally, they need to do more to earn the fees they charge clients. Generative AI has drawn huge interest from investors, aiming to back those companies at the forefront of the technological innovation.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, Brendan McDermid, George Lee, Lee, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase, Saeed Azhar, David French, Daniel Wallis Organizations: New York Stock Exchange, REUTERS, Street, Reuters NEXT, Companies, OpenAI, JPMorgan, Reuters, reuters, Thomson Locations: New York City, U.S, New York, ChatGPT, Silicon

☆ Ukraine wants frozen Russian assets for war damage, not just interest
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Pavel Polityuk | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

KYIV, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Ukraine told Western allies on Thursday that giving it the interest accrued from frozen Russian assets would not be enough to compensate for damage sustained by the war and that it hoped to receive the assets in full. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said last month the Commission was working on a proposal to pool some of the profits derived from frozen Russian state assets to help Ukraine and its post-war reconstruction. She said the value of frozen Russian sovereign assets was around 211 billion euros ($223 billion), noting the bloc had decided that Russia must pay for Ukraine's reconstruction. Iryna Mudra, Ukraine's deputy justice minister, told Reuters Kyiv's partners were considering introducing a tax on income or investment of frozen Russian assets, an idea she said Kyiv welcomed but saw as insufficient. If we use only interest from all (this) frozen money, we can close about a half of this gap."

Persons: Russia's, Ursula von der Leyen, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Pavel Polityuk, Mark Potter Organizations: Western, Reuters, Reuters NEXT, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Russia, Kyiv, Ukrainian

☆ US Treasury's Adeyemo Sees More Actions Against Hamas in Coming Days, Weeks
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Nov. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +3 min

"We're going to see actions taken by our allies and partners," Adeyemo said. Since the Palestinian militant group's deadly Oct. 7 attack on Israel, Washington has imposed two rounds of sanctions on Hamas. Nelson "pledged continued engagement with those who have taken proactive steps to investigate, identify, and disrupt Hamas-related activity," the Treasury said. Such transactions combining pools of assets or delaying transaction processing can hide the beneficial ownership of crypto assets, Adeyemo said. (Reporting by Andea Shalal in New York and Daphne Psaledakis in Washington; Writing by David Lawder, Editing by Howard Goller)

Persons: Andrea Shalal, Daphne Psaledakis NEW, Wally Adeyemo, Adeyemo, Brian Nelson, Nelson, doesn't, Andea Shalal, Daphne Psaledakis, David Lawder, Howard Goller Organizations: WASHINGTON, ., Reuters NEXT, Treasury, Terrorism, Financial Intelligence, FOCUS, USA Locations: Israel, Washington, Europe, New York

[1/2] A woman shops for groceries at El Progreso Market in the Mount Pleasant neighborhood of Washington, D.C., U.S., August 19, 2022. The U.S. banking sector was in turmoil in the spring as Silicon Valley Bank abruptly collapsed after grappling with large amounts of unrealized losses spurred by rapidly rising interest rates. She said reinflation was a risk, especially if banks do not correctly anticipate interest rate moves and adjust their portfolios appropriately. That led to unrealized losses across the sector coming under closer scrutiny. Global banking and securities regulators are also still grappling with the fallout from the collapse of Credit Suisse Group (CSGC.UL).

Persons: Sarah Silbiger, Ana Arsov, Arsov, reinflation, ” Arsov, Tim Wennes, Paul Servais, Paritosh Bansal Tatiana Bautzer, Megan Davies, Lisa Shumaker, David Gregorio Our Organizations: El Progreso Market, Washington , D.C, REUTERS, Reuters, Banco Santander, Global, Credit Suisse Group, UBS, Jean, International Organization of Securities Commissions, Financial, Swiss, Thomson Locations: Mount Pleasant, Washington ,, U.S, SVB

A sign is pictured outside a Google office near the company's headquarters in Mountain View, California, U.S., May 8, 2019. Among the opportunities is the company's plan to liven its timer-setting, command-fulfilling Google Assistant with Bard's human-directed suggestions. Connecting these products, first via mobile devices in the coming months, will introduce AI to more people, said Krawczyk. Google Search traffic fell 0.4%, the analysts' note said. The surge reminded Krawczyk of what Google Search faced upon news of pop star Michael Jackson's death in 2009, he said.

Persons: Paresh Dave, Bard, Jack Krawczyk, OpenAI, ChatGPT, Krawczyk, Michael Jackson's, Jeffrey Dastin, Daniel Wallis Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters NEXT, Google, YouTube, Bank of America, Gmail, Thomson Locations: Mountain View , California, U.S, New York, ChatGPT

"It's pretty simple - you can't make a big business decision today without a geopolitical perspective," Orszag said in an interview at the Reuters NEXT conference in New York. Lazard has a geopolitical advisory unit that analyzes world events and their potential impact on clients' businesses. Orszag set an ambitious goal of doubling the investment bank's revenue by 2030. Some investment banks have laid off thousands of employees and cut other costs after several quarters of lethargic dealmaking. [1/5]Peter Orszag, CEO of Lazard, speaks with Reuters journalist Lananh Nguyen during the ReutersNEXT Newsmaker event in New York City, New York, U.S., November 9, 2023.

Persons: Peter Orszag, Orszag, Lazard, lethargic, Lananh Nguyen, Brendan McDermid, dealmaking, Brian Moynihan, Obama, We're, Leela de Kretser, Mark Porter, Emelia Organizations: Reuters NEXT, Wall, Reuters, REUTERS, Bank of America, reuters, Thomson Locations: China, Ukraine, New York, New York City , New York, U.S

NEW YORK, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Bank of America (BAC.N) CEO Brian Moynihan said on Wednesday he expects a soft landing in which the U.S. economy avoids a recession even as consumer spending and commercial borrowing slow. "Our research team is the best in the business and they have moved to the soft landing category. They have a slowdown in the economy in the middle of next year," Moynihan said in a wide-ranging interview at the Reuters NEXT conference. For months, Moynihan has cited healthy consumer finances and spending as indications that the U.S. economy could avoid recession. In the so-called soft landing scenario, economic growth slows, but remains positive.

Persons: Brian Moynihan, Moynihan, Lananh Nguyen, Brendan McDermid, Morgan Stanley, James Gorman, Ted Pick, Tatiana Bautzer, Chizu Nomiyama, David Gregorio, Edward Tobin Organizations: Bank of America, Reuters NEXT, Reserve, Federal, Reuters, REUTERS, Bank of, Wall, reuters, Thomson Locations: U.S, New York City , New York

☆ Goldman Sachs sees 'less robust' dealmaking in medium term
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: 1 min

A street sign for Wall Street is seen in the financial district in New York, U.S., November 8, 2021. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNEW YORK, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs (GS.N) does not expect a meaningful pickup in mergers and acquisitions activity in the medium term due to current macroeconomic conditions that have weighed on private equity dealmaking, an executive said on Wednesday. "For the medium term, the dealmaking environment will indeed be a little bit less robust," Jim Esposito, co-head of Goldman's global banking and markets division, said in an interview at the Reuters NEXT conference in New York. Reporting by Lananh Nguyen in New York Editing by Chris ReeseOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Brendan McDermid, Goldman Sachs, Jim Esposito, Lananh Nguyen, Chris Reese Organizations: Wall, REUTERS, Reuters NEXT, Thomson Locations: New York, U.S

☆ US banking executives talk soft landing, capital rules
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/2] Bank of America Chairman and CEO Brian Moynihan speaks at the ReutersNEXT Newsmaker event in New York City, New York, U.S., November 8, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Acquire Licensing RightsNov 8 (Reuters) - Top U.S. banking executives on Wednesday allayed fears of a recession, with Bank of America (BAC.N) CEO Brian Moynihan reiterating his expectation of a soft landing for the economy. Here are some excerpts from their interviews at the Reuters NEXT conference in New York:BRIAN MOYNIHAN, CEO AT BANK OF AMERICASOFT LANDING EXPECTATIONS"Our research team is the best in the business. They have moved to the soft landing category. ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND GOVERNANCE (ESG) ISSUES"On a given day, we are criticized for being a large lender to energy companies.

Persons: Brian Moynihan, Brendan McDermid, BRIAN MOYNIHAN, HOLLY O'NEILL, JIM ESPOSITO, GOLDMAN SACHS, Niket Nishant, Manya Saini, Lananh Nguyen, Saeed Azhar, David Gregorio Our Organizations: Bank of America, REUTERS, U.S, Reuters NEXT, OF, GOLDMAN, Reuters, reuters, Thomson Locations: New York City , New York, U.S, New York

[1/2] Artificial Intelligence words are seen in this illustration taken March 31, 2023. Companies are increasingly using AI to make decisions including about pricing, which could lead to discriminatory outcomes, experts warned at the conference. “We should not underestimate how powerful these models are now and how rapidly they are going to get more powerful,” he said. Developing ever-more powerful AI will also risk eliminating jobs to a point where it may be impossible for humans to simply learn new skills and enter other industries. “Once that happens, I fear that it's not going to be so easy to go back to AI being a tool and AI as something that empowers people.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, ” Gary Marcus, Marcus, Marta Tellado, Anthony Aguirre, ”, –, Anna Tong, Lisa Shumaker Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters NEXT, New York University, Companies, Consumer, Life Institute, Reuters, reuters, Thomson Locations: New York, San Francisco

☆ Ukraine can still deliver battlefield results this year, Zelenskiy says
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Alessandra Galloni | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

NEW YORK, Nov 8 (Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday Ukraine would still try to deliver battlefield results by the end of the year and that he remained sure Kyiv would eventually have success in the war despite difficulties at the front. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy visits an artillery training centre, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, at an undisclosed location in Ukraine November 3, 2023. 'VERY IMPORTANT SIGNAL'He spoke in the interview hours after the European Union's executive published a report on Ukraine's progress towards membership, recommending the trade bloc's members agree to launch accession talks once conditions are met. He called for funds to be taken Russian assets that were frozen after the invasion and poured into the rebuilding of Ukraine. We need joint decision to hold these money which are frozen now and take these money for renovation."

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Zelenskiy, Donald Trump, Russia's, Olena Harmash, Yuliia, Tom Balmforth, Alison Williams Organizations: Ukraine, Reuters NEXT, U.S, Republican, Presidential Press Service, REUTERS, country's, Union, Reuters, reuters, Thomson Locations: New York, Ukrainian, Kherson, Dnipro, Ukraine's, Ukraine, U.S, Gaza

☆ Ukrainian president Zelenskiy's interview comments
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy addresses a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group ahead of a two-day NATO Defense Ministers Council at the alliance headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, October 11, 2023. Olivier Matthys/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 8 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy spoke at the Reuters NEXT conference in New York in an interview by video link on Wednesday. Of course, we need it to become member of the EU, but we do it for us, we need it." We don’t need to surprise everybody in the world, we need this for ourselves." WAR ENDING"Why do you think the country in war, the country which has been attacked, should be ready for compromise?

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Olivier Matthys, Yuliia Dysa, Alison Williams Organizations: Ukraine Defense Contact, NATO Defense, Reuters NEXT, Reuters, reuters, Thomson Locations: Ukraine, Brussels, Belgium, New York

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