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What do we actually mean by EU ‘competitiveness’? big-plus
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World What do we actually mean by EU ‘competitiveness’?

Thursday, 18 April 2024 05:24

In an increasingly hostile and geopolitically complex world where tensions between the US and China grow every day, enhancing competitiveness is fundamental for the future of the European Union. Th ...

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EU puts Sudan war and famine-risk back in spotlight big-plus
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World EU puts Sudan war and famine-risk back in spotlight

Thursday, 18 April 2024 05:24

The UN says only 1-in-10 of the hungriest people in Sudan are in areas they can reach and deliver aid (Photo: UNDP) The EU, spearheaded by Germany and France, are hoping to put the ...

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Price-cap could slash 60 percent of Russian LNG earnings: report big-plus
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World Price-cap could slash 60 percent of Russian LNG earnings: report

Thursday, 18 April 2024 05:24

Russia’s Arctic gas plan project has been plagued by delays (Photo: Manuel Ernst — NASA Earth Observatory) Despite efforts by the EU to cut off Russian gas supply following the 2022 ...

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Two Russian bankers left in EU limbo, despite court win big-plus
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World Two Russian bankers left in EU limbo, despite court win

Thursday, 18 April 2024 05:24

Russian banker Mikhail Fridman (Photo: LetterOne Group) Two Russian bankers have come closer to wriggling off the EU blacklist due to flimsy evidence, auguring badly for similar cou ...

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Armenia siding with EU and US after Russian betrayal big-plus
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World Armenia siding with EU and US after Russian betrayal

Thursday, 18 April 2024 05:24

Armenian prime minister Nikol Pashinyan(l) in Brussels on Friday (Photo: ec.europa.eu) Armenia, the EU, and US have made a show of closer ties in the wake of what Armenians see as R ...

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EU closing in on MEPs who took Russian money big-plus
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World EU closing in on MEPs who took Russian money

Thursday, 18 April 2024 05:24

European Parliament voting machines: MEPs planning to debate Russian interference on 10 April (Photo: European Parliament) Belgian, Czech, and Polish spies are chasing down MEPs who ...

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Dutch deportation threat faces thousands who fled Ukraine war big-plus
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World Dutch deportation threat faces thousands who fled Ukraine war

Thursday, 18 April 2024 05:24

The EU temporary protection scheme was first activated in March 2022, after the full invasion of Ukraine. Now, many non-Ukrainians who were temporarily residing in the country face deportation ...

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Moldova’s Constitutional Court Strikes Down Ban on Opposition Candidates big-plus
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World Moldova’s Constitutional Court Strikes Down Ban on Opposition Candidates

Thursday, 18 April 2024 05:24

Moldova’s Constitutional Court has overturned the government’s ban on opposition candidates, ruling it unconstitutional. The ban, which aimed to exclude individuals associated with ...

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EU unveils plan to create a European cross-border degree big-plus
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World EU unveils plan to create a European cross-border degree

Thursday, 18 April 2024 05:24

At least two universities from different EU countries would have to participate in the joint programme to issue the diploma, which is optional for both private and state universities (Photo: U ...

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Syrian mayor in Germany speaks out against AfD big-plus
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World Syrian mayor in Germany speaks out against AfD

Thursday, 18 April 2024 05:24

In 2015, Syrians could enter Turkey without a visa – although this changed within a matter of months after Ryyan Alshebl left his home country (Photo: Danny Callaghan) Ryyan Alshebl ...

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EU’s Gaza policy: boon for dictators, bad for democrats big-plus
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World EU’s Gaza policy: boon for dictators, bad for democrats

Thursday, 18 April 2024 05:24

EU leaders must snap out of their comfortable and self-soothing alternate reality. The EU’s collective failure to adhere to international law and its own human rights commitments in Gaza has plunge ...

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Paris ‘pressured’ Ukraine to stop shaming French firms in Russia big-plus
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World Paris ‘pressured’ Ukraine to stop shaming French firms in Russia

Thursday, 18 April 2024 05:24

French retailer Auchan has over 230 outlets in Russia (Photo: Lionel Allorge) France and China have allegedly put pressure on Ukraine to take down its online name-and-shame list of ...

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