The Civil Guard found between 30,000 and 45,000kg of the drug on a freighter headed to Libya.
Category: 3. Europe
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Spain seizes record amount of cocaine in Atlantic Ocean, authorities say
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Three Russian diplomats expelled from Austria over spying accusations
They gathered information using a “forest of antennas” installed on top of diplomatic buildings, the foreign minister says.
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Berlin faces missile gap after Trump’s troop cuts – POLITICO
Nico Lange, founder and director of the Institute for Risk Analysis and International Security, said the planned deployment was meant to address a long-standing imbalance in Europe’s deterrence posture.
The Iskanders based in Kaliningrad can reach “large parts of NATO territory,…
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Germany says Europe needs to learn from Ukraine’s drone warfare successes – POLITICO
Wadephul is not alone in calling for further investment in the kind of cutting-edge drones developed by Ukraine. During a large military exercise in Champagne last week, French President Emmanuel Macron similarly underscored drone technology’s importance for national defense.
Drones —…
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Rubio to meet Pope Leo, Italian ministers and likely Meloni in Rome – POLITICO
Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni confirmed she is likely to meet with Rubio, too. When reporters at the EU-Armenia summit in Yerevan asked her about whether she would sit down with the secretary of state during his Rome trip, she said: “I think so.” Her office did not respond to POLITICO’s…
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Commission blocks EU funding for Huawei solar tech – POLITICO
Inverters are a piece of technology that turns solar panels’ electricity into current that flows into the grid. Huawei is a market leader in the technology.
The EU has long been concerned about the threat posed by Chinese tech giant Huawei and its smaller rival ZTE in 5G networks, and is…
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UK seeks access to EU’s €5B tech scale-up fund – POLITICO
The EU created the European Innovation Council Fund in 2020 to take equity stakes in startups, with the Scaleup Europe Fund to follow before the summer, aiming to plug a funding gap that many European companies face.
That €5 billion fund is expected to make much larger investments than…
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Zelenskyy hints Ukrainian drones might rain on Putin’s Victory Day parade – POLITICO
“Russia has announced a May 9 parade in Moscow without military equipment,” he told leaders attending the European Political Community Summit in Yerevan, Armenia. “They cannot afford military equipment — and they fear drones may buzz over Red Square.”
“This is telling,”…
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A runaway tycoon and millions in crypto: Polish scandal stokes Tusk-Nawrocki fight – POLITICO
It’s also entangling the U.S. Zondacrypto sponsored last year’s Polish edition of the Conservative Political Action Conference, known as CPAC, where President Donald Trump’s former homeland security secretary, Kristi Noem, endorsed Nawrocki ahead of the Polish presidential…
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Suspected Hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship is no reason to ‘panic,’ WHO says – POLITICO
British news outlets have identified one of the ill patients as a 69-year-old U.K. national, citing South Africa’s Department of Health, while two of the three deaths have been identified as a Dutch couple, according to local media reports.
The cruise ship, which left Argentina three…
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