Two record-breaking intrepid Belgian sailors have revealed their next nautical target. Quentin Debois, the first Belgian to set a record for a solo Atlantic crossing, aims to qualify for the 2028 Vendée Globe as skipper. His sailing chum, Denis Van Weynbergh, the first Belgian…
Category: 3. Europe
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Message to Kemi Badenoch: ‘Make a splash by thinking out-of-the-box on UK-Europe relationship’
It is difficult to see how the Europe question will not resurface once Labour has decided to politely thank Sir Keir Starmer for his work in making Labour re-electable after the lost Corbyn years but look for a new leader and prime minister who is a professional politician not a…
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Kazakhstan cuts water use by 874 mln m³ through new technologies
- Kazakhstan is expanding the use of water-saving technologies in agriculture, industry, and urban infrastructure in line with instructions from President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Qazinform News Agency reports, citing the Ministry of Water Resources and Irrigation.
In his…
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Europe’s peripheral and maritime regions ‘combine many territorial assets’, meeting told
Europe’s energy transition must strengthen territorial cohesion rather than deepen existing disparities.
That is the message from the e Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions (CPMR), the body that represents more than 100 regional authorities from 21 countries across…
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How Donald Trump helped make Spain’s prime minister a ‘rockstar’
MADRID — When Europe’s leaders hold their periodic gatherings in Brussels, Pedro Sánchez isn’t often at the center of media attention.
As a rule, when Spain’s 54-year-old prime minister strides down the red carpet below the giant glass oval structure in which the EU’s heads of…
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Britain’s banks demand a seat at the Brexit negotiating table
Britain’s banks want to muscle in on Keir Starmer’s Brexit “reset” with the EU.
After years of being stuck on the sidelines, the City of London’s biggest players are pushing for financial services to finally be given a seat at the negotiating table.
“To date, financial services…
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Prosecute Orbán’s inner circle over ‘stolen’ billions, Hungary’s anti-corruption watchdog says
BRUSSELS — Top officials in the government of former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán should be investigated over billions of euros in missing EU funds, the country’s anti-corruption watchdog told POLITICO.
The call to retrieve the missing money comes as Orbán’s successor, Péter…
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Zelensky's close European allies set out five conditions for peace talks
The Ukrainian president’s meeting with his staunchest European allies came as US President Donald Trump’s focus shifts to the war with Iran.
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Kosovo PM’s party on track to win third election in 18 months
Prime Minister Albin Kurti’s left-wing Vetëvendosje party was on course to win Kosovo’s snap election Sunday night for its third electoral triumph since early last year, preliminary results showed.
With more than 95 percent of ballots counted, Vetëvendosje was on 43 percent support…
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Pro-EU ruling party leads Armenia parliamentary election, exit polls show
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan’s ruling party was comfortably ahead in the country’s parliamentary election on Sunday, according to early exit poll data.
The prime minister’s Civil Contract party had 56.7 percent of the vote, with the main opposition Strong Armenia party receiving…
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