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Border guards hit Russians with FPV drones in Vovchansk axis
Fighters from the Hart border guard brigade engaged Russian military vehicles, communication antennas and dugouts in the Vovchansk direction. This was posted on Facebook by the State Border Guard Service, Ukrinform reports. “Fighters from the Falcon unit with the… Continue Reading
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Drone debris cause several fires in Kyiv
Local fires broke out in Kyiv as Russian drones were being downed overnight Sunday, November 3. That’s according to the municipal military administration, Ukrinform reports. “As a result of an attack by Russian kamikaze drones on Kyiv, their debris fell in the… Continue Reading
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Ukraine urges allies to stop ‘watching’ and act before North Korean troops reach front
On Thursday, the Biden administration said that around 8,000 North Korean soldiers are now in Russia’s Kursk region near the border with Ukraine and are preparing to support Russian forces in the coming days. ADVERTISEMENT President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged Ukraine’s allies to… Continue Reading
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Why is Wegovy weight loss drug’s £6bn Denmark town not booming?
BBC Students like Ali, Anna K, Anna and Marie (clockwise from top left) are divided about staying in the town Kalundborg, a town of just 16,000 people on the Danish coast about an hour’s drive from Copenhagen, is as close as you might get to a modern-day gold rush town. It’s the main production… Continue…
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Brussels is bursting out of its borders. That’s helping the rise of the right. – POLITICO
Speaking Dutch is central to this, van den Broeck believes. “Dutch is part of our DNA” as Flemish people, he said. Migration drives shifts “Brussels has always been a multilingual city because it’s centered at the border between the Roman- and the German-speaking territories,”… Continue Reading
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Christophe Hansen in hot seat for EU agriculture job — live updates – POLITICO
He’s a farmer’s son: Now he wants to be Europe’s farming commissioner. Christophe Hansen of Luxembourg was an early front-runner for the job thanks to the backing of his center-right European People’s Party, which campaigned as a champion of farmers in the European… Continue Reading
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Apostolos Tzitzikostas faces tough questions in bid for transport gig — live updates – POLITICO
Greece’s government has yet to close the case of a deadly February 2023 train crash that caused a political backlash over its handling of the case. Greek shipping tycoons also supplied much of the shadow fleet that Russia is using to ship its oil in violation of EU sanctions. Finally,… Continue Reading
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Maroš Šefčovič aims to prove trade chops — live updates – POLITICO
First up: Mr. Fix It. Maroš Šefčovič, a fixture in the European Commission since 2009, will be the first of Ursula von der Leyen’s second-term picks to face a grilling by European lawmakers. Von der Leyen has tapped the 58-year-old Slovak for the role of trade… Continue Reading
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Glenn Micallef quizzed on plan to boost youth and culture — live updates – POLITICO
The Commission candidate of the European Union’s smallest country is stepping up to the plate. In the lead-up to his hearing, Malta’s Glenn Micallef captured attention for all the wrong reasons: He’s young (35); he’s a man (and his country didn’t pitch a second… Continue Reading
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Border guards detain four men who tried to cross into Hungary illegally
Border guards with the Luzhanka department of the Mukachevo detachment have detained four men who tried to cross the border with Hungary illegally. This is according to the Ukrainian State Border Guard Service, Ukrinform reports. According to the border agency,… Continue Reading
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