France, home to the world’s biggest bike race, is littered with mountain ranges – from the Vosges through the Alps and down to the Pyrenees. So it must be home to Europe’s toughest climbs, right?
Wrong – none of the toughest cycling…
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Don’t mention the Green Deal! EPP scrubs wording from Parliament water report – POLITICO
EPP lawmaker Esther Herranz García, who represented her party in the agriculture committee negotiations on the report, told POLITICO in a written statement that the effect the Green Deal had “had on productivity and abandonment of farms makes us think that new times have come.”
“It is…
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Putin’s New Hermit Kingdom | Foreign Affairs
Since he returned to office in January, U.S. President Donald Trump’s aggressive outreach to Russia has marked a stark shift in U.S. foreign policy. Ending years of isolation of the Kremlin, the Trump administration has offered numerous…
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How Ukraine lost hundreds of millions on arms deals gone wrong
Desperate to source munitions, Kyiv paid foreign brokers for weapons and shells that were sometimes unusable or never arrived
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Europe warned to change fast or become a ‘shock absorber’ of US-China trade war
But they have been warned that the bloc must reform quickly or become a “shock absorber” of tectonic upheavals in global trade imbalances.
The climbdown in superpower tensions following high-wire talks in Geneva last weekend has led to a…Continue Reading
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Zelensky holds talks with FIFA president
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has held a conversation with FIFA President Gianni Infantino and renowned Ukrainian footballer Andriy Shevchenko.
Zelensky shared the news on Telegram, according to Ukrinform.
“I spoke with FIFA President Gianni Infantino and…
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So lief der Start der Regierung Merz – mit Veit Medick – POLITICO
Friedrich Merz ist zehn Tage Kanzler – Zeit für eine Zwischenbilanz. Gemeinsam mit Veit Medick vom Stern analysiert Gordon Repinski: Was hat Merz rhetorisch gut gemacht, wo droht der Rückfall in Scholz’sche Ankündigungen? Außenpolitisch setzt er erste Akzente – vom…
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China’s defence chief forges Europe ties in Paris, Berlin plus UN peace pledge
In the first visit to Europe by a Chinese defence minister in more than four years, Dong Jun said Beijing would intensify security exchanges with European countries and boost its role in United Nations peacekeeping operations.Dong’s visit to…
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EU may approve new sanctions against Russia on May 20 – Merz
A new package of EU sanctions against Russia could be approved at the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Brussels on May 20.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said this in a post on social media platform X, according to Ukrinform.
“The new sanctions package is…
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