Trump says he will bring in large US companies to fix Venezuela’s oil infrastructure, despite growing calls to end fossil fuels.
Category: 3. Europe
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A ‘fossil-fuelled war': Trump’s plans to ‘exploit’ Venezuela’s oil reserves sparks climate backlash
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Free civic space in France, Italy and Germany under increasing threat, new study finds
These three countries, which are home to almost half of the EU’s population, are now in the same category as Hungary for restrictions on civic space.
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Flight delayed or cancelled by winter weather? Here are your rights to rebooking and refunds
The first weekend of 2026 has already seen air travel in Europe hampered by wintry weather.
In the Netherlands, snow and strong winds have seen almost 1,200 flights cancelled at Amsterdam Schiphol airport since Saturday.
The European hub warned that passengers travelling on Monday “may…
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Ukrainian spy chief resigns, replaced by special ops veteran – POLITICO
Fighters of the Special Operations Center “A” of the SBU conduct unique special operations to destroy military facilities in the deep rear of Russia — airfields, weapons warehouses and arsenals, oil refineries, and factories producing bombs and drones, and other significant targets….
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All 116 injured in Swiss ski resort fire identified
All 116 people injured in a bar fire at a Swiss ski resort have now been identified, officials have said.
Forty people were killed when a fire tore through a busy venue in Crans-Montana on New Year’s Eve, with victims’ age ranging from 14 to 39 years old.
While the dead had all previously been…
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UK backs Danish PM as Trump threatens Greenland – POLITICO
Pushed explicitly on Frederiksen’s warning that the U.S. has no right to take over the territory, Starmer said: “I stand with her, and she’s right about the future of Greenland.”
The PM also responded “yes” to the BBC when asked if he would join the Danes in saying “hands off…
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Making peatlands a green economy in Ireland's Midlands
Emissions from dried peat are a major issue in the Irish Midlands. The Peatlands for Prosperity project is pioneering paludiculture, transforming carbon-producing land into a sustainable source of economic opportunity.
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Left-wing group claims responsibility for sabotage causing Berlin blackout – POLITICO
“In the greed for energy, the earth is being depleted, sucked dry, burned, ravaged, burned down, raped, destroyed,” the group, which is listed by Berlin’s intelligence services as a left-wing extremist organization, said in the letter.
“The aim of the action is to cause…
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EU Commission examining concerns over childlike sexual images generated by Elon Musk’s Grok
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The European Commission has announced it is looking into cases of sexually suggestive and explicit images of young girls generated by Grok, the AI…
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Why does Trump want Greenland so badly, and what could it mean for Europe?
After the US raid on Venezuela that resulted in the arrest of President Nicolás Maduro, Trump repeated his intentions to annex Greenland for the US, as Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen issued her strongest rebuke to date, saying his calls to claim the island must stop.
Greenland is a…
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