“In order to prevent such barbaric actions by the Kyiv regime from continuing, the special military operation is being conducted,” Dmitry Peskov said, using the Russian description for the full-scale invasion of Ukraine that Putin ordered on 24 February 2022.
Category: 3. Europe
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Solar contract given to firm run by brother of DESNZ top official – POLITICO
GBE — which is funded by DESNZ and of which Ed Miliband, in his role as energy secretary, is the sole shareholder — has a budget of £8.3 billion to spend on clean power projects, including nuclear.
Amelio Enterprises was bought by the renewables company Good Energy Group — headed…
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Wildlife to replace historical figures on banknotes – and you get a say
The public will help choose which animals and birds will appear on the Bank of England’s new notes.
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UK bans Iran-linked march to ‘prevent serious public disorder’ – POLITICO
It is the first time the Met Police has used its powers to ban protest marches since 2012.
Met Police Assistant Commissioner Ade Adelekan said in a statement the planned march “raises unique risks and challenges” which include “high numbers of protestors and counter protestors…
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BioNTech co-founders leave to focus on next-generation mRNA innovation
The co-founders of BioNTech, married couple, Professors Ugur Sahin and Özlem Türec, today (10 March) announced plans to step down from BioNTech leadership roles and establish an independent company to develop next-generation mRNA innovations with disruptive potential. Sahin and Türeci will…
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Cybersecurity threats are mitigated in the new proposal by the European Union in response to new cyber complexities
The proposal: a renewed opportunity
While geopolitical tensions continue to dominate headlines, a quieter but more consequential shift is unfolding across the European Union’s (EU) digital landscape. In January 2026, the EU introduced proposed revisions to its Cybersecurity Act, aiming to…
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Goodbye Winston Churchill, hello beavers on English banknotes – POLITICO
The bank said it will hold a second public consultation in the summer to gather views on the kind of nature that people would like to see featured on the notes, with a shortlist to be drawn up by a panel of wildlife experts. England is home to a range of wildlife, including foxes, badgers,…
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The White House isn’t panicking about oil prices. That may change in a few weeks.
The Trump administration believes it can withstand a brief spike in oil prices — for as many as four weeks, as one person close to the White House suggested — before the political hit does lasting damage.
Administration officials’ confidence was bolstered Tuesday when oil dropped to $80…
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Large parts of Dresden evacuated after 250kg WW2 bomb found
The city’s biggest ever evacuation comes after the British flying bomb was discovered near a collapsed bridge.
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Report warns of 'worryingly thin' antimicrobial treatments pipeline
Amsterdam-based NGO Access To Medicine Foundation (AMF) has published the fourth edition of its Antimicrobial Resistance Benchmark report. Chief Executive Officer, Jayasree K. Iyer, says that there are some positive signs with recent regulatory approvals for three antibiotics with innovative…
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