President Donald Trump’s decision to block sanctioned oil tankers off Venezuela’s coast is intensifying fears in Washington that the United States is drifting toward an undeclared war, as legal experts warn the tactic could provoke a military confrontation without congressional…
Category: 3. Europe
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Bank of Japan hikes interest rates: Is a global bond crisis looming?
The Bank of Japan lifted interest rates to their highest level in three decades, signalling further tightening ahead. The shift is reviving concerns over rising global bond yields and the risk of capital repatriation from Japanese investors.
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Misleading online claims oversimplify Bulgaria’s government crisis
Misleading claims online have skewed and simplified the causes of mass protests in Bulgaria to fit anti-EU narratives.
One post circulating on X, viewed more than 80,000 times, claims that Bulgaria’s “pro-EU government has just resigned” after mass protests, while also alleging the country’s…
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Barack Obama shares his favourite movies, music and books of 2025
Barack Obama’s years-long tradition of sharing lists of his favourite cultural highlights continues. Here’s what the former POTUS has been listening to, reading and watching in 2025…
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France to end year without budget as lawmakers fail to strike deal
PARIS — French lawmakers tasked with finding a compromise on the 2026 state budget failed to strike a compromise, all but ensuring France will enter the new year without having finalized its fiscal plans for the next 12 months.
Seven lawmakers from each of France’s two…
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Video. Bulgarian protests continue against corruption and unfair judiciary
Although the Bulgarian cabinet stepped down on 12 December, protesters in the capital and other cities remain in the streets. They are calling for an independent judiciary and an end to widespread corruption.
This movement gained…
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A moonshot for animal-free European health research – POLITICO
The EU stands on the threshold of such a moment: a €1 billion investment in a NAMs Moonshot Programme under Horizon Europe 2028-2034. Such a programme would represent a transformative, coordinated effort to accelerate the development, validation and adoption of more human-relevant research…
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EU Leaders Meet in Brussels as Farmers Protest Mercosur Deal and EU Agricultural Policy
As EU leaders gathered in Brussels yesterday for a crucial European Summit, the streets surrounding the EU institutions became the stage for a powerful demonstration of rural discontent. Thousands of farmers from across the European Union descended on the capital, bringing tractors, banners and…
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Commission publishes first draft of Code of Practice on marking and labelling of AI-generated content
The first draft of the Code of Practice on marking and labelling of AI-generated content was published on 17 Decembder in line with the timeline to finalise the code in June 2026.
Article 50 of the AI Act includes obligations for providers to mark AI-generated or manipulated content in a…
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Russia mocks von der Leyen as EU backs down on using frozen assets – POLITICO
“Voices of reason in the EU BLOCKED the ILLEGAL use of Russian reserves to fund Ukraine,” he added in a post on X. “Law and sanity win… for now.”
Grigory Karasin, chairman of the foreign affairs committee in the upper house of the Russian parliament, wrote on Telegram “for…
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