With nitrogen dioxide and particulate matter contaminating the air near ports and airports, affected regions are being urged to step up their monitoring efforts.
Category: 3. Europe
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Air quality near airports and ports needs to improve fast, EU environment agency says
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Italy’s Senate delays vote on consent in sexual violence law until 2026
Italy’s Senate will not vote on legislation introducing the concept of consent into sexual violence law before February 2026, derailing a bill that had received unanimous approval in the Chamber of Deputies just one week ago.
Giulia Bongiorno, president of the Senate Justice Commission, told…
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Putin warns EU ‘theft’ of frozen assets will trigger retaliatory measures – POLITICO
“It’s clear that this will have a negative impact on the international finance system,” Putin underlined. “The trust in the eurozone will decline, will fall abruptly.”
Putin warned Europe will go through “an uneasy [economic] test,” given that Europe’s largest economy, Germany, “is in…
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UAE avoids blame for Sudan war atrocities in EU Parliament text – POLITICO
Human rights NGOs, independent media and Sudanese officials have said Abu Dhabi has fueled the conflict by transferring weapons to the RSF as it battles the Sudanese Armed Forces, which are supported by Egypt, for control of the country.
The UAE denies supporting the RSF or interfering…
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Finalists announced for top cultural award
The European Roma Institute for Arts and Culture (ERIAC) has announced the names of five finalists for its €10,000 biennial Tajsa Roma Cultural Heritage Prize Award taking place on Saturday (29 November), at the historic Romanian Athenaeum in Bucharest, Romania.
The finalists…
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Pope Leo visits Turkey and warns humanity at stake from high level of conflict
Aleem MaqboolReligion editor, travelling with Pope Leo XIV
Anadolu via Getty ImagesPope Leo (C) was welcomed to Ankara by Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan Pope Leo XIV has warned that the world should not give into “a heightened level of conflict on the global level”, at the start of his…
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Exploring Tokyo with VTuber Sakura Miko and Chef Haruyuki Yamashita
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VTuber Sakura Miko, brings a fresh perspective to Tokyo, guides us through Asakusa’s historic streets and the vast grounds of Sensō-ji Temple.
She…
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Merkel says it’s ‘fake news’ she blamed Poland, Baltics for Russia’s war on Ukraine – POLITICO
Asked whether she meant to blame the outbreak of the war on Poland or the Baltic states, Merkel replied: “No. We all failed — I, everyone else — we all failed to prevent this war, including in our talks with the Americans.”
In an October interview with Hungarian media outlet…
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Cost of housing per square metre hits all-time high in Portugal
The price of housing per square metre has surpassed €2,000 in Portugal for the first time ever, according to data released by the National Statistics Institute (INE). The Lisbon region remains the most expensive in the country.
The figures refer to October 2025, when the median bank…
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UK ‘not in favor’ of dimming the sun – POLITICO
Stardust has recently raised $60 million in finance from venture capital investors, mostly based in Silicon Valley and Britain. It is the largest ever investment in the field.
The emergence of a well-funded, private sector actor moving aggressively toward planet cooling capability has…
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