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Was it the Russians? Or maybe Ukrainians? Americans? Brits? Seven months later, only one certainty remains: Infrastructure is an easy target.
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“They should go back to where they came from. I do not care that they used to live here,” one local woman said.
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Hungary vows to overhaul its judiciary, hoping to unlock EU funds
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Its red light district has been an unmitigated disaster
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A symposium in support of Afghan and Iranian women has been postponed after organisers received threats from transgender activists
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Lèse-majesté: “The trash will speak tomorrow at 1pm, for the people who are nothing, it is always on TV that we find trash.”
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The EU proposal wants automakers to reduce CO2 emissions from new cars to zero by 2035.
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Mariusz Dzierżawski lamented the fact that a court in Gdansk had ruled to be slander what he considers to be medical warnings about homosexuality
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The ban also will include Twitter, Instagram, Netflix, gaming apps like Candy Crush and dating apps.
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Home sales to Americans have increased significantly, giving them a chance to enjoy a lifestyle they could not afford in major U.S. cities, but the influx risks upsetting local residents.
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When the gangs rule the streets, they soon want to own the politics
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Bet on the support of conservative lawmakers to pass his pension reform or avoid the risk of it being rejected by using a controversial provision to bypass parliament.
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Polls show that the populist Farmer and Citizen Movement is likely to win big in the elections as it taps into discontent in rural communities that perceive themselves as sidelined by the government in The Hague.
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Protests were at different locations. The government wants to cut emissions of pollutants, predominantly nitrates, by 50% nationwide by 2030.
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Crooked socialistas? In my España? Qué horror!
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The struggle to deliver on promises to provide Leopard 2 tanks for use against Russian forces has exposed just how unprepared European militaries are.
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The Ireland For All march on Saturday went from Parnell Square to the Custom House with Christy Moore performing
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The ruling coalition is seeking to achieve the NATO target of spending 2% of gross domestic product on defense by 2030, in part as a response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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Telecom industry needs to reconsider its business models as it undergoes a “radical shift” fueled by a new wave of innovation such as immersive, data-hungry technologies like the metaverse says EU's Thierry Breton
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The Energiewende steams forwards into the 19th century. Thank you, based Pennsylvania/Russian mines. CHOO! CHOO!
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Caleb “got drunk in Poland, crossed the border” and ended up at a gazebo emblazoned with the word ‘legionnaire’
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Worries about gas and oil supplies have greatly eased. But reverberations from the war in Ukraine continue to cloud longer-term forecasts.
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EU Commission told staff to delete app from devices by March 15, company hasn’t been notified of concerns, found out via media
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NATO figures from mid-2022 estimated the country would miss the benchmark again last year, with 1.44% of GDP going to defense.
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Rents and house prices have skyrocketed in Portugal, among the poorest countries in Western Europe, making it hard for locals to rent or buy.
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Romania briefly scrambled military jets and neighboring Moldova temporarily closed its air space Tuesday after authorities in both countries reported mysterious weather balloon-like objects traversing their skies.
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Together with traditional journalism, content moderation and other methods of combating misinformation, prebunking could help communities reach a kind of herd immunity when it comes to misinformation, limiting its spread and impact.
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The nation’s vehement rejection of identity politics made me recalibrate my own views about woke ideology.
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And with 330,000 unauthorized attempts made to enter the EU last year — a six-year record — projecting a warm embrace for refugees doesn’t win many elections on the continent these days.
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Twitter needs to make progress in preparing for a new law aimed at curbing hate speech, misinformation and other harmful content, adding pressure on the company to ensure it complies
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Germany apologized on Thursday for using a leopard emoji in a jibe at Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Twitter that ended up offending some Africans
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"There was a secret Corona summit between the [German] federal government and US corporations that had the fight against supposedly wrong information on the agenda."
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They let the foreign divers who gave them fake phone numbers go without any interrogation. Not suspicious at all.
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The cutting of Russian gas supplies to Europe has led Germany to step up coal use, despite its goal to phase it out by 2030.
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“Green Deal Industrial Plan” that will make it much easier to push through subsidies for green industries
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Retired general who has pledged unwavering support for Ukraine advances to the run-off against a billionaire ex-premier known for spats with the European Union
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"As of January, women in Hungary who become mothers under the age of 30 "will be exempt from paying personal income tax" for the rest of their lives, Balázs Orbán, political director of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán"
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" The “non-word” election, which has been taking place since 1991, is intended to draw attention to inappropriate use of language and thus raise awareness of the need for careful use of terms."
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"Dolly was the Commission president’s prized pony...Local authorities suspected a Canis lupus...A month later he was put on a kill list...The current bounty on his head expires on January 31."
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More than 100 detained in Berlin, one officer seriously hurt
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The term – described as 'deeply disturbing' and 'baloney' – was included in the Chief Constable's year-end report as part of an EU project to tackle child abuse and exploitation
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"There is no clear answer to why so many people have been shot dead this year."
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The EU expects the "temporary solidarity contribution" could generate around 25 billion euros in public revenues that would be redistributed by EU governments.
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A magnet for asylum seekers, the country isn’t attracting enough qualified newcomers and is struggling to train the new arrivals
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Nation increased coal burning by 13% from last year. German women must love the refugees.
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An African male caught up in a allegation of rape found by a French court to be false risks deportation from France
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