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Far-right figures and other social media users are sharing a clip which they wrongly claim shows a new European-developed brand of “anti-rape”…
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German parliament to approve €2.6B in fresh military kit – POLITICO
For Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s government, it’s another step toward making the Bundeswehr a war-ready force while giving German manufacturers a steadier pipeline of long-term orders.
Some of the biggest checks are being written for drones.
MPs will clear about €68 million for…
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Várhelyi not ‘deaf or blind’ to pharma's concerns over Wastewater Directive
Health commissioner says he will do ‘everything in his power’ to correct unfair burden embedded in the legislation.
Speaking at the opening of a new EGIS plant, in Kőbánya, Budapest, the EU’s Health Commissioner Olivér Várhelyi said that he hoped that the Biotech Act would be…
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Germany’s coalition staves off crisis with deals on pensions, combustion engine ban – POLITICO
“Sometimes the image that people paint — saying that everything is stuck and so on — doesn’t match what I experienced yesterday,” said Lars Klingbeil, the leader of the center-left Social Democratic Party (SPD), which governs in coalition with Merz’s conservative alliance. “We…
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EU to loosen ‘strict’ state aid rules to boost affordable housing supply, Commissioner says
The EU’s housing commissioner told Euronews that the European Commission will address the housing crisis by considering investments, energy, social, and internal market policies, as well as state aid rules.
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Measles cases rose 47% in Europe and Central Asia last year amid global surge in outbreaks, WHO says
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Measles cases surged by 47 per cent in Europe and Central Asia last year, due largely to falling vaccination rates, according to a new report from the…
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France to start intercepting small boats in the Channel after pressure from UK
Andrew Harding,Paris correspondentand
Jennifer McKiernan,Political reporter
Getty ImagesUp until now French police would rarely intervene to stop crossings, due to the perceived risk to officers and civilians France has agreed to start intercepting small boats in the Channel, following months of…
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Trump vows to ‘permanently pause’ migration from ‘Third World countries’ – POLITICO
Trump made the announcement on his Truth Social platform after a gunman opened fire near the White House on Wednesday, killing a National Guard member and wounding one of her colleagues.
Authorities identified the suspected shooter as 29-year-old Rahmanullah Lakanwal, an Afghan…
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Convict corrupt officials if you want to join the EU – POLITICO
He was speaking in response to questions over an alleged plot to skim around $100 million from Ukraine’s energy sector, as a probe widens to include senior figures close to Zelenskyy and in his government.
“There has to be, in every candidate country, a robust system for dealing with…
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