The International Olympic Committee will not send invitations to Russia and Belarus for the 2024 Paris Olympics on July 26, 2023, due to sanctions imposed in connection with Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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The invitations to the 203 eligible NOCs will be sent on 26 July 2023. For the reasons given, this will exclude the NOCs of Russia and Belarus.
The IOC announced on July 13 that it will not extend a formal invitation for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris to the national teams of Russia and Belarus
The draft law on military programming allocates €413 billion for spending between 2024 and 2030
The vote was 244 in favor and 37 against in the National Assembly
The bill was also approved by the Senate with 313 votes in favor and 17 against
This represents the most substantial increase in military spending in the past 50 years
The budget exceeds the previous plan of €295 billion for 2019-2025 by more than a third
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