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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

Wednesday, 15 May 2024 07:41

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

Wednesday, 15 May 2024 07:41

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’

Wednesday, 15 May 2024 07:41

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

Wednesday, 15 May 2024 07:41

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

Wednesday, 15 May 2024 07:41

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

Wednesday, 15 May 2024 07:41

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

Wednesday, 15 May 2024 07:41

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

Wednesday, 15 May 2024 07:41

‘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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Ukraine’s farmers slam EU import controls on food products big-plus
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Politics Ukraine’s farmers slam EU import controls on food products

Wednesday, 15 May 2024 07:41

Poland, Hungary, and Slovakia still have illegal, unilateral, bans on Ukrainian grain imports (Photo: grrrrl) After weeks of intense negotiations, a consensus has been reached on im ...

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How the Red Sea crisis is impacting Central and Eastern Europe’s trade big-plus
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Politics How the Red Sea crisis is impacting Central and Eastern Europe’s trade

Wednesday, 15 May 2024 07:41

Since November, attacks on container vessels in the Red Sea have seriously disturbed one of the most used trade routes globally. The Iran-backed Houthis have launched more than 40 a ...

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EU navies in Red Sea escorted some 70 ships big-plus
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Politics EU navies in Red Sea escorted some 70 ships

Wednesday, 15 May 2024 07:41

EU has focused on a "high-risk area" near the Bab al-Mandab strait in the Red Sea (Photo: obt.inpe.br) EU frigates have helped 68 merchant vessels get through the Houthis’ Red Sea b ...

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Progressive leaders in Berlin say they’re united against the far right big-plus
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Politics Progressive leaders in Berlin say they’re united against the far right

Wednesday, 15 May 2024 07:41

During a high-level meeting in Berlin today, leaders from the S&D Group and the SPD met to discuss the challenges ahead of the upcoming EU elections in June a ...

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