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Ukraine says it repulsed Russian bid to cross border
KYIV — Ukraine says it has repelled a Russian armored attack in the north-eastern Kharkiv region, after Moscow's forces launched an incursion across the border and sought to break through defensive ......
photo: AP / Andrii Marienko, File
Analysis: Why German politicians are facing growing violence
The black-clad attackers beat up Matthias Ecke so badly as he put up posters in Dresden that he needed surgery. In Nordhorn, a man threw eggs at a lawmaker then punched him in the face. In Berlin, a pensioner hit a senator on the head with a bag. Just three of the assaults that German politicians...
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Coffee price increase slows down in the EU, prices down in Cyprus
The annual rate of change of the consumer price of coffee in the European Union continued to slow down in March 2024, after a significant increase between 2021 and 2022, according to data released by Eurostat, the...
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Fossil fuels generated less than a quarter of EU’s electricity for first time in April
The ongoing trend of increasing solar and wind uptake has continued. Fossil fuels produced less than a quarter of the EU’s electricity for the first time in April 2024, according to data from energy think tank Ember, with 23% produced from fossil fuels, surpassing the previous low of 27% in May...
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Key takeaways from Xi Jinping’s European tour to France, Serbia and Hungary
Chinese President Xi Jinping has concluded a five-day tour of Europe, after visiting France, Serbia and Hungary, where he touted Beijing’s vision of a multipolar world and held talks on trade, investments and Russia’s war in Ukraine. In France, President Emmanuel Macron feted Xi with gifts of luxury...
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How far has Spain moved past Catalonia's secession crisis? Voters will decide in regional election
BARCELONA, Spain — Carles Puigdemont, Catalonia’s fugitive former leader, stares confidently out the backseat window of a car, the sun illuminating his gaze in a campaign poster for Sunday’s critical elections in the northeastern Spanish region. The image plays on another one imagined from six years...
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Ukrainian’s Zelenskyy fires head of state guard over assassination plot
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has fired the head of the state guards following allegations that two members were involved in a plot to assassinate the embattled Ukrainian head of state. Zelenskyy dismissed former leader of the state guards Serhiy Rud on Thursday, after the state security...
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President Metsola in Ukraine on Europe Day (European Parliament)
) President Metsola's visit in Kyiv on Europe Day demonstrated the European Parliament's continued support and commitment to Ukraine and its European path. In Kyiv on 9 May 2024, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola met with the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Prime Minister Denys...
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North Macedonia elects first woman president
Hristijan Mickoski, the leader of the opposition conservative VMRO-DPMNE party, center top, and their presidential candidate Gordana Siljanovska Davkova, (center bottom), attend a celebration on the main square after their party announced victory in the presidential and parliamentary elections, in...
photo: AP / Boris Grdanoski
Steven Seagal attends Putin inauguration, faces EU sanctions
In this undated photo, Russian President Vladimir Putin and American action movie actor Steven Seagal visit a newly built sports complex of Sambo-70, a prominent wrestling school in Moscow. (Alexei Nikolsky/AFP/Getty Images/TNS) Martial arts performer Steven Seagal may face sanctions from the...
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