France’s largest air traffic control union sat out July’s strikes, prompting fears of greater disruption this time.
Category: 3. Europe
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France’s largest air traffic control union plans 24-hour strike in September
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'Broad support' to send European military instructors to Ukraine after a ceasefire, says Kallas
The EU’s top diplomat argues that extending EUMAM’s mandate to train Ukrainian soldiers at home could be a security guarantee.
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Zelenskiy, Europeans to Speak With Trump on Security Gurantees Next Week
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he and the European leaders will “connect” next week with Donald Trump to discuss security guarantees for Ukraine.
Speaking to reporters in Kyiv on Friday, Zelenskiy said the call will take place during one…
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France and Germany vow to deepen ties on green rules, power links in energy ‘reset’
France and Germany on Friday agreed to better integrate their energy markets and find common ground on EU green laws as part of a sweeping bilateral reset following years of bitter feuding over energy policy.
The EU’s two biggest economies gave their political backing to a new cross-border…
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Outraged by Russian strike on central Kyiv, European defense leaders pledge to increase pressure on Putin
Emergency responders search for victims from a Russian strike on an apartment block in eastern Kyiv on Thursday. (Ed Ram/For The Washington Post) BRUSSELS — European defense ministers pledged Friday to ramp up support for Ukraine and increase…
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Denmark is in the midst of a ‘very unusual’ flu outbreak. A music festival is the culprit
Influenza typically causes outbreaks in the winter months in Denmark.
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Europe Has Willed Itself to Power in Ukraine
In the beginning, for post-Cold War Europe, was Dayton, Ohio. The breakup of Yugoslavia had generated Europe’s first geopolitical crisis since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Many European countries had a vested interest in…
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Paris and Berlin to discuss French nukes’ role in Europe – POLITICO
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on the campaign trail he was open to the idea — a major about-face for Germany, as Berlin had repeatedly refused similar offers in past decades.
Under France’s nuclear doctrine, there is a “European dimension” to the country’s so-called…
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Boat capsizes off Mauritania killing at least 69 passengers
At least 69 people have died and many more are missing after a boat capsized off the coast of Mauritania, coastguards in the north-west African country have said.
Seventeen people have been rescued and a search is continuing for other passengers who were aboard the dugout canoe that was heading…
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Inflation in France, Spain and Italy was lower than expected in August, data shows
Inflation remained subdued in three of the four biggest economies in the European Union, fuelling hopes that the European Central Bank will not see the necessity to change the key interest rates in September.
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