Category: 3. Europe
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Meta needs to analyse risks if it drops fact checkers in EU too: Commission
NGOs expressed worries about the move announced yesterday by Meta. Continue Reading
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Trump's Greenland and NATO comments spark defence stocks rally
European defence stocks rallied on Wednesday after President-elect Donald Trump reaffirmed his stance on increasing NATO spending and highlighted Greenland’s strategic importance during a press conference at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday. Continue Reading
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Shell cuts LNG outlook, with more write-offs due for 2024 year end
Oil and gas giant Shell has reduced its estimates for liquefied natural gas (LNG) production for the last quarter of 2024, with significant well write-offs for upstream exploration and integrated gas also expected. Continue Reading
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Inflation eases in Sweden as hopes of rate cut from Riksbank grow
Analysts are now hopeful that the Swedish central bank will lower its key policy rate later this month, following five interest rate cuts last year. Continue Reading
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Ukraine in grip of third winter of escalating Russian attacks
In a scheduled update mandated by the Council in Geneva, Nada Al-Nashif said that these attacks had led to the deaths of 574 civilians – an increase of 30 per cent over the previous year. She noted that Russian bombardment had also damaged key infrastructure such as water, heating and… Continue Reading
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Ukraine in grip of third winter of escalating Russian attacks
In a scheduled update mandated by the Council in Geneva, Nada Al-Nashif said that these attacks had led to the deaths of 574 civilians – an increase of 30 per cent over the previous year. She noted that Russian bombardment had also damaged key infrastructure such as water, heating and… Continue Reading
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US says Sudan’s RSF is committing genocide and sanctions its leader
The Biden administration has sanctioned the RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo as well as businesses owned by the group in the UAE. ADVERTISEMENT The US has accused the Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of committing genocide in the country’s civil war and imposed… Continue Reading
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France, Germany, Poland plan show-of-unity trip to US after Trump’s inauguration – POLITICO
French, German and Polish foreign ministers have planned a trip to Washington D.C. shortly after the United States’ President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20, three European Union diplomats told POLITICO. The idea of ministers from three major EU countries… Continue Reading
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What is the ETA? UK rolls out new travel requirements for millions of non-European visitors
The UK’s Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) will soon apply to millions of international visitors. Continue Reading
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Small Italian town bans residents from getting sick to raise attention to healthcare shortages
The declaration comes amid severe workforce shortages in the region and across Italy. Continue Reading