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Albania shuts down TikTok at least for a year

Sat, 12/21/2024 - 19:03

“We are going to chase this thug out of our neighbourhood for one year", Rama said.

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Meloni’s Italy-Albania deal faces another judicial set-back

Sat, 12/21/2024 - 16:24

“If these [Italian court rulings] are upheld by the EU Court of Justice in their underlying philosophy,” Meloni warned, they could “compromise the repatriation policies of all member states.”

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EU, Swiss hail ‘historic’ new deal resetting relations

Sat, 12/21/2024 - 08:32

Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen described the agreement as "historic" and vital given the geopolitical turmoil.

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Azerbaijan-brokered deal to keep gas flowing to EU via Ukraine fails

Sat, 12/21/2024 - 07:01

This development appears to end hopes that gas transiting via Ukraine could continue to flow after 31 December, when a long-term gas transit contract between Moscow and Kyiv ends.

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US Senate passes government funding bill, averts shutdown

Sat, 12/21/2024 - 06:26

Trump's demand to lift the debt ceiling was resoundingly rejected by the House -- including 38 Republicans. Previous fights over the debt ceiling have spooked financial markets.

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Italian deputy PM Salvini acquitted of migrant kidnapping charges

Sat, 12/21/2024 - 06:12

Salvini had tried to prevent the Spanish charity Open Arms from bringing 147 asylum seekers to Italy in the summer of 2019, when he was interior minister.

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Saudi man kills at least two after ramming into crowd at German Christmas market

Sat, 12/21/2024 - 06:02

Police said the attacker was a 50-year-old male doctor from Saudi Arabia with permanent residency in Germany, where he had lived for almost two decades.

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Slovak doctors’ avoid prison, Fico’s government avoids mass resignations, for now

Sat, 12/21/2024 - 02:28

Over 3,300 doctors resignations will be withdrawn. The immediate crisis is avoided, with the stability contingent on February’s parliamentary votes.

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Berlin remains calm after Musk endorses AfD

Fri, 12/20/2024 - 19:02

Alice Weidel, AfD's chancellor hopeful, was quick to pick up on Musk's endorsement.

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Trucking horrific animal welfare conditions across Europe [Advocacy Lab Content]

Fri, 12/20/2024 - 17:07

Animals stuck on a truck for months, an uneven application of EU animal welfare rules, and complex transport costs. Europe’s animal transport conundrums are getting a second look.

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The Brief – What to lean on in 2025

Fri, 12/20/2024 - 16:46
The challenges might outnumber the current solutions, but the EU may just get its act together in 2025.

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Does Europe really face an economic Trumpocalypse?

Fri, 12/20/2024 - 16:11

Analysts argue that the impact of Trump’s protectionist trade policies on Europe would likely not be catastrophic – although it would probably be bad.

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Commission clears NVIDIA’s Run:ai acquisition

Fri, 12/20/2024 - 12:03

While neither company is in the EU, the Commission still investigated the matter.

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Turkey, Hungary receive US sanction waiver for gas payments to Russia

Fri, 12/20/2024 - 10:45

After the US imposed new sanctions on Russia's Gazprombank in November, creating an obstacle for buyers of Russian gas, Turkey, Hungary and Slovakia asked for exemptions.

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Trump wants EU to buy more US oil and gas or face tariffs

Fri, 12/20/2024 - 10:25

Trump said Europe would pay a heavy price for having run a large trade surplus with the US for decades.

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Swiss ready to seal EU deal

Fri, 12/20/2024 - 08:35

Swiss media cited diplomatic sources saying that all the issues had been agreed, with the exception of how much Switzerland should pay into the EU's Cohesion Fund.

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AI training as legitimate interest, €10 billion for an EU Starlink

Fri, 12/20/2024 - 08:07

The weekly Tech wrap-up containing the Commission’s investigation into TikTok, an interoperability push on Apple, and Ryanair's GDPR complaints.

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Hungary grants asylum to Polish ex-official in corruption case

Fri, 12/20/2024 - 07:57

Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski called Budapest's decision to grant asylum a "hostile act" in a post on X.

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Dominique Pelicot jailed for 20 years in landmark French mass rape trial

Fri, 12/20/2024 - 07:24

Police believe 72 men had gone to the house to rape and abuse Gisèle, but they were not able to identify them all.

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Borissov no longer backs Ukraine security deal, expects incoming peace

Fri, 12/20/2024 - 07:16

In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Romania's PSD withdrawing from coalition talks despite coming first in the elections, Sánchez's PSOE filing an irregular financing claim against Vox, and so much more. 

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