Bosnia’s state police forces’ attempt to arrest Serb separatist leader Milorad Dodik, wanted for violating constitutional order, was blocked by his armed police.
Category: 3. Europe
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Bosnian police fail to arrest Republika Srpska leader Milorad Dodik
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Trumps Diktatfrieden und Europas Antwort – POLITICO
– Finales Angebot: Wie Trump die Ukraine und Europa erneut vor den Kopf stößt, ob die Amerikaner wirklich aus Verhandlungen aussteigen und sich zurückziehen würden und wie Europas Alternativplan für einen Frieden aussieht, besprechen Gordon Repinski und Hans von der…
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Europe’s debt set to surge again in new era of uncertainty, IMF warns – POLITICO
It was a week when penguins, bonds, the new German coalition, Louisiana soybeans, fossil fuels, the EU’s Digital Markets Act, France’s creaking politics and American bourbon all became one news story. POLITICO explains what got us all…
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Italy harbors doubts about hitting 2 percent NATO target – POLITICO
As a result, the officials added, it is possible that Rome will be forced to eat into other budgets to drum up fresh funds for defense. It might also initially hit the 2 percent target and then gradually trim that amount to focus on the “maintenance” of its armed forces.
But the…
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European wines face alarming ‘forever chemical’ contamination, new study finds
BRUSSELS — Europe’s favorite bottle of red or white may come with an unwanted ingredient: toxic chemicals that don’t break down naturally.
A new investigation has found widespread contamination in European wines with trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) — a persistent byproduct of PFAS, the…
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European Commission blacklists lobby groups tied to Huawei – POLITICO
At least eight people have been charged by the Belgian prosecutor — including one of Huawei’s most senior executives in Europe — with active corruption, money laundering and criminal organization, after a series of police raids of premises in Belgium, France and Portugal.
Huawei is…
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Pope Francis, the isolated climate moralist – POLITICO
But such a clear moral position is rarely heard today from climate leaders and champions — many of whom praised Francis this week as a patron saint of their cause.
The pope’s words arrived at a high point for climate morality. The Paris Agreement, which came six months after the…
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Apple’s EU fight is transatlantic tension in a nutshell – POLITICO
Last year, the Commission hit Apple with a €1.8 billion fine for the same conduct that was penalized on Wednesday and, also last year, ordered the company to cough up €13 billion in unpaid Irish taxes after a long-running court case.
“There’s a philosophical difference between…
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Britain’s Tories brace for another electoral disaster – POLITICO
And while this puts Badenoch in touching distance of Labour, some in her party believe this is a disappointing effort considering the near-disastrous first six months in government for Starmer.
“She’s really struggling to find the right issues to attack the government on or to lead the…
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Democratic backsliding in Europe holds lessons for America – POLITICO
Anyone who has lived through a democracy’s collapse knows the score: Authoritarians often come to power off a wave of public anger. Their early popularity can delay resistance, making it feel risky or even anti-democratic — but that’s precisely when the real damage gets done.
The…
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