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The six-hour U-turn that saw the EU vote for austerity big-plus
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Culture The six-hour U-turn that saw the EU vote for austerity

Tuesday, 16 April 2024 10:07

It is never too late to do the right thing and stop austerity 2.0. (Photo: Matt Tempest) "A week is a long time in politics," a British prime minister once quipped during his countr ...

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The Netherlands Named The World’s Biggest Cheese Lovers big-plus
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Culture The Netherlands Named The World’s Biggest Cheese Lovers

Tuesday, 16 April 2024 10:07

With a global cheese market that is still growing, cheese has long been a dietary staple for communities around the world. Though its exact origins are unknown, cheese has a history ...

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Deepfake dystopia — Russia’s disinformation in Spain and Italy big-plus
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Culture Deepfake dystopia — Russia’s disinformation in Spain and Italy

Tuesday, 16 April 2024 10:07

Real pictures are presented as fake reality. Results of a liar’s dividend and absence of debunking (Photo: Tirza van Dijk) "There is no need to die in this war. I advise you to live ...

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EU foreign policy chief criticizes EU Commission President von der Leyen for her ‘pro-Israel position’ big-plus
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Culture EU foreign policy chief criticizes EU Commission President von der Leyen for her ‘pro-Israel position’

Tuesday, 16 April 2024 10:07

‘’Von der Leyen’s trip to Israel, with such a completely pro-Israeli position, without representing anyone but herself in a matter of international politics, has carried a high geop ...

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New War Front May Open Up with Ukraine as Moldova’s Transnistria wants to Join Russia big-plus
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Culture New War Front May Open Up with Ukraine as Moldova’s Transnistria wants to Join Russia

Tuesday, 16 April 2024 10:07

The secessionist region of Transnistria, internationally recognized as part of Moldova, appears poised to inject new tension into Russia’s war in Ukraine. A congress of deputies from various lo ...

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Give 0.25% of GDP to arm Ukraine big-plus
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Culture Give 0.25% of GDP to arm Ukraine

Tuesday, 16 April 2024 10:07

“We must speed up the creation of the European defence pillar. We have seen the limits of Europe’s preparedness for wars and conflicts, and that’s why we need to upgrade our capacit ...

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What to Expect from Kazakhstan’s Chairmanship of Aral Sea Rescue Fund big-plus
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Culture What to Expect from Kazakhstan’s Chairmanship of Aral Sea Rescue Fund

Tuesday, 16 April 2024 10:07

Kazakhstan took over the chairmanship of the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (IFAS) this year. During its three-year presidency of the IFAS, Kazakhstan will determine the ...

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EU paid Russia €420-per-capita for fossil fuels since war began big-plus
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Culture EU paid Russia €420-per-capita for fossil fuels since war began

Tuesday, 16 April 2024 10:07

Crude oil sales have sustained the Russian war effort (Photo: Pexels — Bartosz Olżewski) Since the beginning of the Russian war in Ukraine a coalition of 38 countries, including the ...

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Ukraine refugees want to return home — but how? big-plus
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Culture Ukraine refugees want to return home — but how?

Tuesday, 16 April 2024 10:07

The majority of refugees are women and children — one-in-four Ukrainian women now living outside the country (Photo: European Commission) It is generally accepted that the longer re ...

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EU parliamentarians call for protection of Julian Assange from possible extradition to the USA big-plus
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Culture EU parliamentarians call for protection of Julian Assange from possible extradition to the USA

Tuesday, 16 April 2024 10:07

46 Members of the European Parliament today made a final appeal to the UK Home Secretary to protect Wikileaks founder Julian Assange and prevent his possible extradition to the Uni ...

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EU banks in Russia after Navalny: business as usual big-plus
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Culture EU banks in Russia after Navalny: business as usual

Tuesday, 16 April 2024 10:07

Alexei Navalny’s widow, Yulia, with EU foreign ministers in Brussels on Monday (Photo: consilium.europa.eu) EU banks still operating in Russia are squirming to show they’re abandoni ...

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Maritime safety: Council and Parliament strike a deal to ensure cleaner shipping in the EU big-plus
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Culture Maritime safety: Council and Parliament strike a deal to ensure cleaner shipping in the EU

Tuesday, 16 April 2024 10:07

To ensure safer and cleaner shipping in the EU, the Council presidency and European Parliament’s negotiators reached a provisional agreement on a revised directive on ship-source po ...

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