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New EU envoy Markus Pieper quits before taking up post big-plus
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Interview New EU envoy Markus Pieper quits before taking up post

Monday, 29 April 2024 12:13

Markus Pieper was appointed on 31 January — despite claims that two female candidates were more qualified. He quit on Tuesday, the day he was supposed to take up the role (Photo: European Parl ...

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Brussels Dispatches: Foreign interference in the spotlight big-plus
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Interview Brussels Dispatches: Foreign interference in the spotlight

Monday, 29 April 2024 12:13

Eurobarometer figures published last December confirm European citizens’ distrust of the European Union (Photo: European Commission) Editor’s note: After reading this first edition ...

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MEPs set to rubber-stamp new restrictive phase of EU asylum big-plus
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Interview MEPs set to rubber-stamp new restrictive phase of EU asylum

Monday, 29 April 2024 12:13

New rules will allow EU states to deny people entry at the border in times of crisis (Photo: Telegram) The European Parliament on Wednesday (10 April) is set to rubber stamp a new i ...

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The Cadore Express train from Rome to Cortina d’Ampezzo makes its last winter run big-plus
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Interview The Cadore Express train from Rome to Cortina d’Ampezzo makes its last winter run

Monday, 29 April 2024 12:13

The last winter run of the Rome-Cortina train of FS Treni Turistici Italiani, a newly formed company of the Italian FS Group and part of its Passenger Hub, was a great success. ...

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Brits brace for the price of frictionless foods trade with EU big-plus
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Interview Brits brace for the price of frictionless foods trade with EU

Monday, 29 April 2024 12:13

Imports of meat and dairy products from the EU will be slapped with charges in April (Photo: Paul Gravestock) The decision by the UK government to slap importers of meat and dairy p ...

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Stalemate is no strategy: NATO faces the new reality big-plus
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Interview Stalemate is no strategy: NATO faces the new reality

Monday, 29 April 2024 12:13

As the band marched past NATO foreign ministers celebrating the alliance’s 75th anniversary, there was confidence that NATO itself will march on as well, repurposed by Russia’s inva ...

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How elite Russians get off the EU blacklist big-plus
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Interview How elite Russians get off the EU blacklist

Monday, 29 April 2024 12:13

Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov (l) was blacklisted immediately after the invasion of Ukraine in 2022 (Photo: ec.europa.eu) Just eight people have managed to get off the EU b ...

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2024: A Space Odyssey — why the galaxy needs regulating big-plus
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Interview 2024: A Space Odyssey — why the galaxy needs regulating

Monday, 29 April 2024 12:13

The European Space Agency is also looking to advance the space sustainability agenda (Photo: ESA–Stephane Corvaja, 2016) In a complex, changing, and increasingly contested space env ...

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Asian workers pay price for EU ship recycling big-plus
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Interview Asian workers pay price for EU ship recycling

Monday, 29 April 2024 12:13

Nine out of 10 European ships end their lives on Southeast Asian beaches recycled into scrap metals (Photo: Leigh Phillips) Nine out of 10 European ships end their lives on Southeas ...

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Transforming Your Living Room: A Glimpse into the Future of Entertainment Tech big-plus
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Interview Transforming Your Living Room: A Glimpse into the Future of Entertainment Tech

Monday, 29 April 2024 12:13

In this digital age, our living rooms have developed beyond mere relaxation areas; they now serve as dynamic arenas in which era seamlessly integrates with our amusement dreams — wr ...

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Swansea academics awarded €480,000 Horizon Europe grant to support new research and innovation project big-plus
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Interview Swansea academics awarded €480,000 Horizon Europe grant to support new research and innovation project

Monday, 29 April 2024 12:13

Researchers at Swansea University have received a new Horizon Europe grant to help implement the next generation of hazard and risk assessment of chemicals and novel materials, mini ...

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An UK-EU defence deal is back on agenda: what could it look like? big-plus
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Interview An UK-EU defence deal is back on agenda: what could it look like?

Monday, 29 April 2024 12:13

Russia’s ongoing war with Ukraine has left the EU and UK ‘in a new world’ on defence, admitted the British ambassador this week (Photo: nato.int) It’s easy to forget that an EU-UK t ...

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