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Erion Veliaj: Ten months behind bars and the slow unravelling of Albania’s justice system big-plus
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Business Erion Veliaj: Ten months behind bars and the slow unravelling of Albania’s justice system

Wednesday, 17 December 2025 06:12

Two respected international law firms, New York’s Kasowitz Benson Torres and London’s Mishcon de Reya, have published two separate reports (one in June, an updated version in Octobe ...

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EU agrees to permanently stop Russian gas imports and phase out Russian oil big-plus
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Opinion EU agrees to permanently stop Russian gas imports and phase out Russian oil

Wednesday, 17 December 2025 06:12

Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said: “Today, we enter the era of Europe’s full energy independence from Russia. REPowerEU has delivered. It shielded us from the worst e ...

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Moscow Court Ruling Puts Italian Engineering Group MAIRE Under Pressure big-plus
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Sport Moscow Court Ruling Puts Italian Engineering Group MAIRE Under Pressure

Wednesday, 17 December 2025 06:12

The ruling, roughly equal to half of MAIRE’s current market value, marks a sharp escalation in a dispute over the halted construction of an ammonia–urea plant in the northwestern ...

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Is it time to rethink how schools handle smartphones? big-plus
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Business Is it time to rethink how schools handle smartphones?

Wednesday, 17 December 2025 06:12

Across the world, concern is growing about the wellbeing of children, especially in relation to smartphones, social media, and online safety. This has led to a wave of new policy ...

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Finalists announced for top cultural award big-plus
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Culture Finalists announced for top cultural award

Wednesday, 17 December 2025 06:12

The finalists are: · prodigy of Italian haute couture Noell Maggini; · British singer-songwriter with a regular presence at the Maxim Gorki Theater Riah Knight: ...

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EU watchdog calls for ‘better balance’ in law making big-plus
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Opinion EU watchdog calls for ‘better balance’ in law making

Wednesday, 17 December 2025 06:12

Taken together the shortcomings amounted to maladministration, says the official. The findings are based on three separate complaint-based inquiries that examined the extent to ...

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Experts and MEPs express concerns for the revised Tobacco Excise Directive (TED) big-plus
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Health Experts and MEPs express concerns for the revised Tobacco Excise Directive (TED)

Wednesday, 17 December 2025 06:12

The objective of the hearing was to gather information and discuss tobacco taxation policies in line with the recent proposals from the European Commission. MEPs discussed the pot ...

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Sudan’s crisis and the looming migration pressure on Europe big-plus
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Culture Sudan’s crisis and the looming migration pressure on Europe

Wednesday, 17 December 2025 06:12

Humanitarian emergency Over half of Sudan’s population—more than 30 million people—now depends on humanitarian aid. Acute food insecurity has tripled since fighting erupted, wit ...

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The challenges facing waste collection big-plus
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Health The challenges facing waste collection

Wednesday, 17 December 2025 06:12

Instead, it is said, they still rely too heavily on landfill because of financial constraints and weaknesses in their waste management plans. This is according to a report publi ...

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Kurdish village once targeted by chemical weapons rebuilds through solar power led Bby Idris Nechrivan Barzani’s Rwanga Foundation big-plus
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Politics Kurdish village once targeted by chemical weapons rebuilds through solar power led Bby Idris Nechrivan Barzani’s Rwanga Foundation

Wednesday, 17 December 2025 06:12

For decades, European governments have spoken of accountability, post-conflict justice and reconstruction in Iraq. Yet much of the practical support for communities like Sheikh Wa ...

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EU ‘must be united in strengthening its position on the global stage’ big-plus
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Interview EU ‘must be united in strengthening its position on the global stage’

Wednesday, 17 December 2025 06:12

It has been told the EU “must be united in strengthening its global standing.” That is the message from BusinessEurope to the upcoming Cyprus EU Presidency. The current holder ...

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UK PM calls for end to the ‘slaughter’ in Sudan big-plus
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Interview UK PM calls for end to the ‘slaughter’ in Sudan

Wednesday, 17 December 2025 06:12

His comments are timely as, this evening (25 November) at the EU parliament plenary in Strasbourg, MEPs and Commissioner Hadja Lahbib will debate the Sudan war and what a parliame ...

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