Council and Parliament strike a deal to ban products made with forced labour big-plus
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Politics Council and Parliament strike a deal to ban products made with forced labour

Thursday, 16 May 2024 01:53

The European Council and the European Parliament have reached a provisional deal on the regulation prohibiting in the EU market products made with forced labour. The provisional agr ...

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A Fishy Business? big-plus
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Politics A Fishy Business?

Thursday, 16 May 2024 01:53

The value of the global tuna market is in excess of £34.6 billion. There are various methods of tuna fishing used globally. The main ones are pole and line, where tuna is fish ...

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Putting an end to manipulations on energy markets will bring the bills down big-plus
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Politics Putting an end to manipulations on energy markets will bring the bills down

Thursday, 16 May 2024 01:53

The Socialists and Democrats voted this week in favour of the revised Regulation on Wholesale Energy Market Integrity and Transparency (REMIT). The regulation adopted in plenary tod ...

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France says it may Send Troops to Ukraine to help stop Russia from winning the War big-plus
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Politics France says it may Send Troops to Ukraine to help stop Russia from winning the War

Thursday, 16 May 2024 01:53

French President Emmanuel Macron has openly discussed the potential deployment of European troops to Ukraine in an effort to aid Kyiv in its war against Russia. This consideration, though curre ...

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Jacob Rothschild Dies At Age 87 big-plus
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Politics Jacob Rothschild Dies At Age 87

Thursday, 16 May 2024 01:53

Lord Jacob Rothschild – the financier and member of the Rothschild banking family – has died at the age of 87, his family announced today. The British peer, who was also well-known in the arts ...

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Call for full transparency for political ads big-plus
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Politics Call for full transparency for political ads

Thursday, 16 May 2024 01:53

On Tuesday, 27 February, members of the European Parliament will adopt a regulation on transparency and targeting of political advertising, empowering voters to make informed decisi ...

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Iranian Opposition Leader: "Pioneer Women to Spearhead the Regime’s Overthrow" big-plus
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Politics Iranian Opposition Leader: "Pioneer Women to Spearhead the Regime’s Overthrow"

Thursday, 16 May 2024 01:53

At an international conference in Paris on Saturday, Iranian opposition leader Maryam Rajavi emphasized that resolving the crises in the Middle East hinges on “the overthrow of Iran ...

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EU finance ministers endorse ambitious strategy to build on strengths of EIB Group big-plus
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Politics EU finance ministers endorse ambitious strategy to build on strengths of EIB Group

Thursday, 16 May 2024 01:53

European Investment Bank President Nadia Calviño today shared with EU finance ministers an ambitious strategy to build on the strengths of the EIB Group, focus on eight core ...

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Britain’s Drug Busters Seize £450 Million Cocaine Haul destined for Europe big-plus
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Politics Britain’s Drug Busters Seize £450 Million Cocaine Haul destined for Europe

Thursday, 16 May 2024 01:53

The largest ever haul of class-A-drugs worth more than £450 million has been found in a shipment of bananas. Britain’s National Crime Agency (NCA) and Border Force seized 5. ...

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EU adopts 13th package of sanctions against Russia big-plus
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Politics EU adopts 13th package of sanctions against Russia

Thursday, 16 May 2024 01:53

The European Commission welcomes the Council’s adoption of a 13th package of sanctions against Russia. Two years since Russia brutally invaded Ukraine, EU’s support for Ukraine and ...

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EU auditors: rule-of-law budget protections only partial success big-plus
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Politics EU auditors: rule-of-law budget protections only partial success

Thursday, 16 May 2024 01:53

Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orbán — a member state facing rule-of-law related budgetary suspensions of around €22bn from Brussels (Photo: Council of the European Union) N ...

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EU’s €723bn Covid recovery fund saw growth, but doubts remain big-plus
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Politics EU’s €723bn Covid recovery fund saw growth, but doubts remain

Thursday, 16 May 2024 01:53

EU president Ursula von der Leyen announcing the EU Covid-19 recovery plan back in 2022. This year marked the halfway point review — funds must be spent by 2026 (Photo: European Commission) ...

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