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Ageing Germany set to get smaller and older, says stats office

Image for EU orders Hungary to drop food price cap on foreign retailers

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EU orders Hungary to drop food price cap on foreign retailers

Image for Factbox-How might Russia react to any EU decision to use its frozen assets for Ukraine?

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Factbox-How might Russia react to any EU decision to use its frozen assets for Ukraine?

Image for Microsoft fights $2.8 billion UK lawsuit over cloud computing licences

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Microsoft fights $2.8 billion UK lawsuit over cloud computing licences

Image for EU aims to agree by Friday to long-term freeze of Russian central bank assets

EU aims to agree by Friday to long-term freeze of Russian central bank assets

Date: December 11, 2025

By Jan Strupczewski BRUSSELS, Dec 11 (Reuters) - European Union governments want to agree on Friday to freeze Russian central bank assets immobilised in Europe for as long as necessary, replacing the...

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Bank of England to cut rates on December 18 to 3.75% and again in Q1 2026 - Reuters poll

Date: December 11, 2025

LONDON, Dec 11 (Reuters) - The Bank of England will cut interest rates by a quarter point to 3.75% on December 18, according to all economists polled by Reuters, with evidence showing still-elevated...

Image for Germany's PCK refinery says no impact from pipeline leak

Germany's PCK refinery says no impact from pipeline leak

Date: December 11, 2025

FRANKFURT, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Germany's PCK said on Thursday it was operating normally and drawing on internal stocks, a day after a crude oil spill from a pipeline which feeds the refinery from the...

Image for Austrian lower house passes headscarf ban for under-14s in schools

Austrian lower house passes headscarf ban for under-14s in schools

Date: December 11, 2025

By Francois Murphy VIENNA, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Austria's lower house of parliament on Thursday passed a ban on Muslim headscarves in schools for girls under 14 despite uncertainty over whether the...

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Europe needs closer integration in Trump era, Polish justice minister says

Date: December 11, 2025

By Anna Koper, Anna Wlodarczak-Semczuk and Justyna Pawlak WARSAW, Dec 11 (Reuters) - The policies of U.S. President Donald Trump should push Europe towards deeper integration and to strengthen itself...

Image for European bird flu spike due to record wild birds cases, EFSA says

European bird flu spike due to record wild birds cases, EFSA says

Date: December 11, 2025

By Sybille de La Hamaide PARIS, Dec 11 (Reuters) - An unprecedented number of bird flu outbreaks among wild birds and their wide geographic spread are driving an early and strong wave of the disease...