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Poland, Baltics call for EU defence line on border with Russia, Belarus
BRUSSELS - Poland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia called on Wednesday for the European Union to build a defence line along the bloc's...
Jun 27, 20242 min read
Global reaction to armed forces mobilizing in Bolivia
LA PAZ -Bolivian armed forces took over the central square in La Paz on Wednesday and an armored vehicle rammed the entrance to the...
Jun 27, 20243 min read
In French Alps, Macron's party struggles to hold conservative heartland
ANNECY, France - Paul Guigue, an entrepreneur from the French Alps, twice voted for Emmanuel Macron's party but now plans to cast his...
Jun 27, 20243 min read
EU and Zelenskiy expected to sign Ukraine security pact
BRUSSELS - The European Union is expected to sign a security agreement with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Thursday,...
Jun 27, 20242 min read
EU's new Anti-Money Laundering Authority is now official, seeks chair
FRANKFURT - The regulation that sets up the European Union's new agency to combat money laundering went into force on Wednesday, and the...
Jun 27, 20241 min read
Poland's huge air hub plan to go ahead, says PM
WARSAW - Poland will go ahead with plans conceived by the previous government to build a huge air hub in the centre of the country, but...
Jun 27, 20242 min read
EU countries agree sanctions on Belarus to plug 'biggest loophole' in Russian measures
BRUSSELS - European Union countries agreed a sanctions package against Belarus on Wednesday, EU diplomats and Belgium said, to try to...
Jun 27, 20241 min read
Bank of Italy signals potentially illegal transfers from Italian accounts to Russia in 2023
MILAN - The Bank of Italy reported potentially illegal bank transfers last year from Italian accounts to Russia, channelled through...
Jun 27, 20241 min read
Italy's Meloni says EU top jobs deal ignores voters' wishes
ROME - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni criticised on Wednesday plans to share out the top jobs in EU institutions, saying they...
Jun 27, 20242 min read
S.Africa says cases against EU citrus measures progressing at WTO
South Africa expects the World Trade Organisation to set up adjudication panels in July to examine its two cases against the European...
Jun 27, 20242 min read
French PM refuses to 'promise the moon', clashes with far-right in debate
PARIS -French prime minister Gabriel Attal accused his far-right and leftwing political opponents of "promising the moon" in a three-way...
Jun 27, 20242 min read
French Jews caught between extremes in polarising snap election
PARIS - As French Jews, Maury and Alain Fischler feel trapped between equally unpalatable extremes as France rushes into a snap election...
Jun 27, 20243 min read
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