At the “Powering the Future” forum in Tashkent, Uzbekistan unveiled 42 renewable, storage, and grid projects, with international partners supporting a nationwide energy transformation.
Category: 3. Europe
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Uzbekistan launches €9.46 billion green energy push, covering nation’s power needs
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Which European countries have mandatory or voluntary military service
Patrick Jacksonand
Emma Brancatisano
ReutersRecruits on live-fire exercises in Ahlen, Germany, last month Some of Europe’s biggest Nato members are moving to strengthen their professional armies through voluntary national service schemes.
Large conscripted armies were a feature of Nato states during…
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Irish police investigating drone activity during Ukrainian president’s visit
Jessica LawrenceBBC News NI
PA Media/Liam McBurneyUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, alongside his wife Olena Zelenska, arrived in Dublin on Monday An Garda Síochána (Irish police force) has launched an investigation after drones were detected in Irish skies on the night the Ukrainian…
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Europe exhales as Brussels finally moves on fining Musk’s X – POLITICO
Friday’s decision “sends an important signal that the Commission is determined to enforce the DSA,” said Karsten Wildberger, Germany’s digital minister, during a meeting of EU ministers in Brussels. Polish Digital Minister Dariusz Standerski applauded it as a sign of “strong…
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Podcast: Brussels in shock over fraud probe into former EU foreign affairs chief
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For the fifth episode of our podcast, “Brussels, my love?”, we are joined by Irish author and professor Donnacha Ó Beacháin, Swedish correspondent with…
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Germany votes to bring in voluntary military service programme for 18-year-olds
Germany’s parliament, the Bundestag, has voted to introduce voluntary military service, in a move aimed at boosting national defences after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
It marks a significant shift in Germany’s approach to its military and follows Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s push to…
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'I don't want to be part of this war machine': Young Germans protest against military service plans
Germany is introducing voluntary military service to boost national defences after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
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Eurostar on track to link Germany and UK. But, when will direct trains launch?
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Eurostar’s ambitious plans to launch a series of direct rail connections between Germany and the UK are one step closer to becoming a reality.
Earlier…
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German coalition passes disputed pension package, ending rift – POLITICO
“This is not the end of our pension policy,” Merz said in a statement after the vote. “It’s only the beginning.”
Earlier this week, Germany’s far-left Die Linke (The Left) party announced its lawmakers would abstain from the vote, effectively ensuring its passage by reducing…
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Europe’s pro-Trump hotspots: Which countries stand out?
He called her “beautiful”, and she didn’t appear to mind. Perhaps neither did the Italians.
It’s not a secret that Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and US President Donald Trump enjoy a fairly close relationship, as far as European leaders go.
That might also explain why Italy emerged as one of…
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