The price tag of COP28’s renewable energy pledge big-plus
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Opinion The price tag of COP28’s renewable energy pledge

Sunday, 19 May 2024 08:40

POLITICO crunched the numbers and found that while the renewable energy vow is within reach, hitting the energy efficiency goal will be harder. COP28 wrapped on Wednesday with officials tou ...

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Austria throws a curveball over EU Balkans enlargement big-plus
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Opinion Austria throws a curveball over EU Balkans enlargement

Sunday, 19 May 2024 08:40

Austria’s foreign minister Alexander Schallenberg: No other EU member state has done more than Austria to advocate offering the six Balkan countries full EU membership perspectives (Photo: Eur ...

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More than 4.2 million people under temporary protection big-plus
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Opinion More than 4.2 million people under temporary protection

Sunday, 19 May 2024 08:40

The main EU countries hosting beneficiaries of temporary protection from Ukraine were Germany (1,215,365 people; 28.7% of the total), Poland (960,620; 22.7%) and Czechia (364,450; 8 ...

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UN General Assembly passes resolution demanding humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza big-plus
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Opinion UN General Assembly passes resolution demanding humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza

Sunday, 19 May 2024 08:40

The resolution was passed with a three-quarters majority. The United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution late Tuesday demanding an immediate humanitarian cease-fire between Israel ...

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Hungary’s rule of law disputes with Brussels explained big-plus
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Opinion Hungary’s rule of law disputes with Brussels explained

Sunday, 19 May 2024 08:40

Can’t keep track of Budapest’s rule-of-law beef with the EU? Fear not, POLITICO’s got you covered. BRUSSELS — Hungary and its combative leader Viktor Orbán have long been a thorn in ...

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Against antisemitism: Belgian and European Jews need your solidarity big-plus
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Opinion Against antisemitism: Belgian and European Jews need your solidarity

Sunday, 19 May 2024 08:40

We cannot fight antisemitism alone. We shouldn’t have to. Ariel Muzicant is the president of the European Jewish Congress We are witnessing a period of intense animosity toward Jewish comm ...

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Orbán calls Ukraine ‘one of the most corrupt countries in the world’ big-plus
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Opinion Orbán calls Ukraine ‘one of the most corrupt countries in the world’

Sunday, 19 May 2024 08:40

Hungarian prime minister reiterates his strong opposition to opening EU accession talks with Kyiv. Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán stood firm in his staunch opposition to Ukrai ...

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Fears grow that fossil fuel firms will capture booming hydrogen industry big-plus
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Opinion Fears grow that fossil fuel firms will capture booming hydrogen industry

Sunday, 19 May 2024 08:40

Millions of tons of the gas are needed to help fight climate change and only one sector has the resources to make it happen. The EU is polishing off legislation to accelerate an emerging mu ...

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Russia launches new winter missile barrage at Kyiv big-plus
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Opinion Russia launches new winter missile barrage at Kyiv

Sunday, 19 May 2024 08:40

Ukraine’s capital comes under cruise missile fire for first time in nearly three months, says military chief. Russia bombarded Ukraine on Friday, firing cruise missiles at Kyiv for the fir ...

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Jailed Russian nationalist Igor Girkin fears being eliminated like Wagner’s Prigozhin big-plus
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Opinion Jailed Russian nationalist Igor Girkin fears being eliminated like Wagner’s Prigozhin

Sunday, 19 May 2024 08:40

Longshot presidential candidate’s ‘greatest fear’ is to end up like the mutinous warlord. The MH17 killer is now afraid of being killed himself. Igor Girkin, a pro-war Russian nationalist ...

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Nadia Calviño named EIB chief big-plus
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Opinion Nadia Calviño named EIB chief

Sunday, 19 May 2024 08:40

The Spanish finance minister won the race against EU competition czar Margrethe Vestager. BRUSSELS – Spain’s Finance Minister Nadia Calviño will become the next head of the European ...

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Azerbaijani president calls snap election for February 7 big-plus
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Opinion Azerbaijani president calls snap election for February 7

Sunday, 19 May 2024 08:40

President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has signed an order to hold an early presidential election in the country. The President ordered the Central Election Commission ...

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