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Climate Report confirms alarming trend as climate change impacts Europe big-plus
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Politics Climate Report confirms alarming trend as climate change impacts Europe

Monday, 29 April 2024 11:07

The 2024 EU State of the Climate Report, published jointly by the Copernicus Climate Change Service and the UN World Meteorological Organisation, showcases the continued alarming tr ...

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A new milestone in the fight against domestic violence in Kazakhstan big-plus
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Politics A new milestone in the fight against domestic violence in Kazakhstan

Monday, 29 April 2024 11:07

Protection from domestic violence is one of the most important tasks of a socially-oriented state. Such a phenomenon not only violates human rights but also impedes the development ...

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Global North turns against deforestation regulation big-plus
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Politics Global North turns against deforestation regulation

Monday, 29 April 2024 11:07

What do a bipartisan group of Republican and Democrat U.S. Senators, 20 EU Agriculture Ministers, and Europe’s largest farming organisations all have in common ...

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Why EU policy on tobacco control is not working big-plus
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Politics Why EU policy on tobacco control is not working

Monday, 29 April 2024 11:07

65% of smokers in the European Union believe that EU decision makers do not consider the impact to smokers when deciding rules and regulations on tobacco and nicotine-containing pro ...

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EU leaders mull ways to arrest bloc’s economic decline big-plus
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Politics EU leaders mull ways to arrest bloc’s economic decline

Monday, 29 April 2024 11:07

One of the big topics to be discussed during the summit will be how to make the Capital Markets Union a reality (Photo: European Union) With Europe is falling behind the US and losi ...

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EU leaders condemn Iran, urge Israeli restraint big-plus
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Politics EU leaders condemn Iran, urge Israeli restraint

Monday, 29 April 2024 11:07

Israeli Air Force jets — Israel has indicated it won’t strike back immediately after Iran’s overnight drone and missile attack (Photo: idf.il) Major Western nations have condemned I ...

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UK-EU deal on Gibraltar only ‘weeks away’ big-plus
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Politics UK-EU deal on Gibraltar only ‘weeks away’

Monday, 29 April 2024 11:07

A new post-Brexit settlement for Gibraltar is just weeks away, negotiators said following talks on Friday (Photo: Tony Evans) EU and UK negotiators said that a new post-Brexit settl ...

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Establishment of the International Centre for the Protection of Human Rights and Democracy in Moldova big-plus
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Politics Establishment of the International Centre for the Protection of Human Rights and Democracy in Moldova

Monday, 29 April 2024 11:07

A significant milestone in the field of human rights advocacy and democratic principles has been reached with the establishment of the International Centre for the Protection of Hum ...

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China’s high-quality development brings opportunities to the world big-plus
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Politics China’s high-quality development brings opportunities to the world

Monday, 29 April 2024 11:07

As two major forces, two major markets and two major civilisations in the world, China and the EU share extensive common interests. (Photo: European Union) China’s Two Sessions, whi ...

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’PieperGate’ crisis re-opens doubts on von der Leyen’s future big-plus
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Politics ’PieperGate’ crisis re-opens doubts on von der Leyen’s future

Monday, 29 April 2024 11:07

The 60-year-old German politician Markus Pieper, an ally of Ursula von der Leyen, will take up the €17,000-per-month post as EU envoy next week — despite accusations other candidates were bett ...

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How Russia’s elite profited from a NATO exercise -and triggered a spy scare big-plus
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Politics How Russia’s elite profited from a NATO exercise -and triggered a spy scare

Monday, 29 April 2024 11:07

Russian-owned holiday cabins were rented for military use during the recent Nordic Response NATO exercise. Norwegian television channel TV2 has reported that at least two Russian po ...

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EU losing China tech-race, as Beijing prepares to host German CEOs big-plus
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Politics EU losing China tech-race, as Beijing prepares to host German CEOs

Monday, 29 April 2024 11:07

‘We have seen how one-sided dependencies can be used against us,’ said EU competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager (Photo: ec.europa.eu) China’s clean-tech hegemony poses a threa ...

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