“And I think this was the wrong start. In which country would we accept that? Someone creating really a brutal pressure on a court? We would say, no, you need to discuss this at the political level. My goal was to bring this back to Strasbourg and to address this at the political…
Category: 3. Europe
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Trump announces a pause on US escorts of ships in Strait of Hormuz
A newly launched U.S. effort to escort commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz is now on hold, President Donald Trump said Tuesday.
The president announced in a social media post that the escorts will be “paused for a short period” while the U.S. and its allies pursue an agreement…
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Finding soldier Tom: Solving family mystery of WW2 Soviet prisoner of war
He was saved by a Jersey family after escaping a Nazi labour camp, but after the war he disappeared in the Soviet Union.
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Real estate titan compares ‘tax the rich’ slogan to racial slurs
NEW YORK — Real estate magnate Steve Roth is standing strong with fellow billionaire Ken Griffin in his spat with Mayor Zohran Mamdani.
Instead of being singled out and scorned in viral videos, Roth, CEO of Vornado Realty Trust, thinks the ultra-rich should be “praised and thanked” and…
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Rubio says Vatican trip not aimed at assuaging tensions with Pope Leo
Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday dismissed the possibility that his upcoming trip to the Vatican is focused on smoothing over relations between the Trump administration and Pope Leo XIV.
The State Department announced Monday that Rubio would be meeting with the pope and Italian Prime…
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Mission is to preach peace, says Pope in response to Trump attacks
“He wasn’t on any list to be Pope, and was only put there by the Church because he was an American, and they thought that would be the best way to deal with President Donald Trump,” Trump wrote on social media. “If I wasn’t in the White House, Leo wouldn’t be in the Vatican.”
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EU pressure builds on Anthropic over Mythos hacking risks – POLITICO
For Pierrakakis, who is also Greece’s finance minister, the geopolitical situation is making the task more difficult: “The challenge here is that technologies like AI necessitate international governance frameworks at a moment where multilateralism is challenged,” he said in the same…
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Trump to visit Greece, hopefully this summer, says envoy – POLITICO
Guilfoyle, a former prosecutor and Fox News host who was once married to California Governor Gavin Newsom and was later engaged to Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., made the statement while speaking to journalists from Greece’s national public broadcaster (ERT) during a visit to its…
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Security-Update: Europas Optionen nach Trumps Rückzug – mit Wolfgang Ischinger – POLITICO
Security-Update: Europas Optionen nach Trumps Rückzug – mit Wolfgang Ischinger – POLITICO
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French opposition slams Macron’s nominee for central bank top job – POLITICO
“He’s a good-for-nothing who should have resigned from public service after the scandal over the inaccurate public budget forecasts,” Tanguy told POLITICO in a text message, arguing that Moulin should be held responsible for France’s budget troubles as he served at the finance…
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