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Rumour has it only the sharpest students can tell the difference between the Council of the EU, the Council of Europe and today’s suspect, the European…
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Massive Attack join hundreds of musicians calling for Live Nation to drop operations in Israel
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Hundreds of musicians including Massive Attack and Brian Eno are calling for Live Nation, the world’s leading live entertainment company, to drop…
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Azerbaijan begins fuel exports to Armenia by rail for first time in decades
The delivery of 22 tanker cars carrying AI-95 petrol follows a November agreement between the two governments and represents a concrete step in normalising relations after reaching a peace agreement earlier this year.
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Electronic music added to French Intangible Cultural Heritage list
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Justice at last!
Following Berlin techno being added to the German list of intangible heritage in 2023, electronic music has finally made it onto the…
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EU adopts new measures against Russian shadow fleet ecosystem and Belarus
The Commission welcomes yesterday’s decision by EU member states to adopt supplementary sanctions against key components of the Russian shadow fleet value chain, as well as against Belarus.
These new measures aim at further increasing pressure on Russia and Belarus to reinforce and support…
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‘We need to give Ukraine the means to survive the war’, Luxembourg prime minister tells Euronews
“We need to give Ukraine the means to survive this war, borders cannot be changed by force,” Luxembourg Prime Minister Luc Frieden told Euronews’ flagship programme Europe Today.
European leaders are gathering in Brussels on Thursday and Friday to discuss the most urgent issues to be…
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Goodbye TV, hello streaming: The Oscars will move to YouTube in 2029
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It’s a seismic shift for one of television’s marquee events… The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced has announced that the Oscars…
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€3 billion EU COVID-19 Macro-Financial Assistance drives reforms and recovery in partner countries
The European Commission has concluded the ex-post evaluation of the EU’s exceptional €3 billion macro-financial assistance (MFA) package put in place in response to the very specific circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic. At the height of the crisis, the package provided critical support…
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EU Housing Plan is a 'turning point' for Europe’s housing crisis
Europe’s city leaders say the new European Affordable Housing Plan is a “solid foundation” to help city governments tackle the housing emergency, and for the first time clearly recognizes the EU’s role in addressing Europe’s spiralling housing crisis.
The plan, announced today…
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Please, do tuck in! The infinite (and calorific) world of Portuguese Christmas sweets
It’s best to start this article with a warning: you’ll probably put on weight just by reading the following lines and looking at the photos. It’s true that what’s really fattening is not what we eat between Christmas and New Year’s, but what we eat between New Year’s and Christmas…
However,…
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