With some clear exceptions, there appears to be broad support among European governments to open negotiations on a 2040 emissions reduction target as soon as possible – but enthusiasm for the 90% cut favoured by the European Commission was less in evidence at an EU Council summit on…
Category: 3. Europe
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Wanted: Remote Australian town is offering €400k salary and a free rent to find a new doctor
Applications to work as the sole doctor in a town of 500 people in the Australian Outback close on Sunday.
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Dua Lipa wins legal battle as copyright lawsuit over ‘Levitating’ is dismissed
This victory marks Dua Lipa’s second successful defence against copyright claims over “Levitating”. However, one lawsuit is still pending.
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Trump’s giving Putin ‘far too much,’ says UK ally Nigel Farage – POLITICO
The comments are striking given Farage’s long support of the U.S. president. He attended Trump’s inauguration, has appeared at Trump rallies — and even received a fawning 60th birthday message from the top U.S. Republican.
But Farage faces his own domestic pressure over Ukraine, with…
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Decision on next EU privacy chief in deadlock
The mandate of the current European Data Protection Supervisor expired last December.
EU lawmakers and member states remain deadlocked over their choice of the next European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) – the privacy watchdog of the EU institutions – after…
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Salman Rushdie announces first fiction work since near-fatal stabbing
‘The Eleventh Hour’, which comprises a trio of novellas and two stories, marks the author’s return to fiction after an onstage assassination attempt in 2022 blinded him in one eye.
Author Salman Rushdie is set to release his first work of fiction since the attempt on…
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US egg shortage: Is Europe ready to help despite tariff tensions?
The US government is on a global egg hunt, seeking exports from countries in Europe and elsewhere to ease a severe domestic shortage.
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Top French court ruling paves way for Le Pen to be barred from presidential run – POLITICO
PARIS — France’s constitutional court ruled Friday that it is constitutional to remove an elected official from office as punishment for a crime before the individual has exhausted the appeals process.
While the case concerns a little-known former local representative…
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Ferrari raises prices for certain models in response to Trump’s auto tariffs
Ferrari announced that it would increase prices for certain models up to 10% in response to Trump’s 25% auto tariffs on European car imports. The company added that its 2025 profit margins face a potential 50 basis-point reduction risk.
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Erdoğan’s jailed rival says his lawyer has now been arrested – POLITICO
Istanbul’s jailed Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, the top rival to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, said his lawyer had also been arrested on false pretenses.
“There is no end to lies or slander … This time, my lawyer Mehmet Pehlivan was detained on fictitious…
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