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Croatia populist president re-elected in landslide

Mon, 2025-01-13 06:41

Zoran Milanović took more than 74% of the vote and Dragan Primorac, backed by the centre-right HDZ party that governs Croatia, almost 26%.

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Aviation’s growth could blow its carbon budget by 2026

Mon, 2025-01-13 06:15

The Commission must halt airport expansion, slash corporate travel in half and raises taxes to reduce demand, a new report says.

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Meta’s drop of fact-checking hard to brand as illegal

Mon, 2025-01-13 06:00

Nothing in the DSA text explicitly says using community notes, either alone or in place of fact-checking, is illegal.

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As Trump looms, Europe fears getting ghosted on Ukraine

Mon, 2025-01-13 06:00

A key worry among EU diplomats is a scenario where Trump would be inclined to hold bilateral talks with Russia's Putin over the Europeans' heads.

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How Austria’s new leader could test the EU and what Brussels can do to push back

Mon, 2025-01-13 06:00

Host Giada Santana interviews Euractiv's Editor-in-Chief Matthew Karnitschnig to unpack Austria’s political shift and implications for Europe.

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Weidel elected as far-right chancellor candidate at low-energy party conference

Sun, 2025-01-12 20:43

The party leadership rushed to join their new top candidate for a photo on stage before disappearing almost as quickly right after.

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Scholz delivers his political eulogy

Sun, 2025-01-12 15:07

Resignation reigns as Germany’s Social Democrats rubberstamp Scholz‘s candidacy for a moon-shot second term.

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Russia blocks Ukrainian bid to chair international renewables forum

Sun, 2025-01-12 12:05

"Spasiba (thank you)," said a Russian representative, stressing that his country is a "responsible participant" in global renewables cooperation.

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Why Trump’s Greenland gambit hurts the West’s case on Ukraine

Sun, 2025-01-12 10:15

One country will particularly be watching Trump’s territorial claims very closely: Russia.

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Azerbaijan halts gas deliveries to Serbia, Bulgaria

Sun, 2025-01-12 07:42

Supplies were interrupted because of "an issue" at the Alpha platform at the offshore Shah Deniz gas field in the Caspian Sea.

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Ukrainian special forces capture two North Korean soldiers in Kursk

Sun, 2025-01-12 07:16

The Security Dervice of Ukraine said the questioning of the North Koreans was being done in Korean with the help of South Korea's intelligence agency.

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Zuckerberg calls on US to defend tech companies against European ‘censorship’

Sat, 2025-01-11 15:03

He complained on the world's biggest podcast that in the last 10 years "people started pushing for ideological base censorship."

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Alleged pro-Russian interference hangs over Croatian election

Sat, 2025-01-11 10:00

Known for his populist rhetoric, Zoran Milanović is seen by some as a credible counterweight to the ruling centre-right HDZ party.

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Croatian elections cheat sheet

Sat, 2025-01-11 09:30

Zoran Milanović, dubbed the 'Croatian Trump' by some, is the clear favourite to retain the presidency.

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Greenlandic PM: We don’t want to be Danes, we don’t want to be Americans

Sat, 2025-01-11 08:44

He said the people of Greenland will decide their own future, making clear that keeping he status quo is not an option. 

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Thousands rally against Slovakia seeking closer Russia ties

Sat, 2025-01-11 06:42

Thousands massed in a central square in Bratislava on Friday, chanting "We are Europe", "We are ashamed of Fico" and "We will not give up on Slovakia".

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US hits Russian oil with toughest sanctions yet in bid to give Ukraine, Trump leverage

Sat, 2025-01-11 06:27

The US Treasury imposed sanctions on Gazprom Neft and Surgutneftegas as well as 183 vessels that have shipped Russian oil, many of which are in the so-called 'shadow fleet'.

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Slovak opposition incensed by Fico’s Moscow scrutiny ‘farce’

Fri, 2025-01-10 18:01

Fico dodged MPs' questions about his meeting with Vladimir Putin in Moscow.

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The Brief – The von der Leyen shocker

Fri, 2025-01-10 17:52

Her well-documented obsession with message control is out of control.

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Can Greenland’s Viking history teach us anything about the EU economy?

Fri, 2025-01-10 17:10

The collapse of the island's Norse settler society serves as a stark warning about Europe's potential trajectory.

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