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Image for EU to scrap planned ban on combustion engines, EPP's Weber says

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EU to scrap planned ban on combustion engines, EPP's Weber says

Image for Berlin summons Russian ambassador over increase in hybrid attacks

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Berlin summons Russian ambassador over increase in hybrid attacks

Image for Slovak lawmakers scuffle as parliament revises laws on whistleblowers, witnesses

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Slovak lawmakers scuffle as parliament revises laws on whistleblowers, witnesses

Image for Trump's envoy visits Belarus for talks with Lukashenko on prisoners

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Trump's envoy visits Belarus for talks with Lukashenko on prisoners

Image for Italy urges Agnellis to protect jobs, independence in media assets sale

Italy urges Agnellis to protect jobs, independence in media assets sale

Date: December 12, 2025

ROME, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Italy's government on Friday urged executives from GEDI to safeguard jobs and editorial independence at newspapers La Stampa and La Repubblica, as the group negotiates the...

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Ukraine would join EU by 2027 under draft peace proposal, FT reports

Date: December 12, 2025

Dec 12 (Reuters) - Ukraine would be slated to join the European Union by January 1 2027 under a peace proposal being discussed as part of U.S.-mediated negotiations to bring an end to the years-long...

Image for Hungarian police propose charges against Budapest mayor over banned Pride march

Hungarian police propose charges against Budapest mayor over banned Pride march

Date: December 12, 2025

BUDAPEST, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Hungarian police proposed on Friday that prosecutors should press charges against Budapest's liberal Mayor Gergely Karacsony over his role in arranging an LGBTQ+ rights...

Image for France toughens cattle lumpy skin disease rules amid farm protests

France toughens cattle lumpy skin disease rules amid farm protests

Date: December 12, 2025

PARIS, Dec 12 (Reuters) - France imposed stricter controls and expanded vaccination zones to contain the spread of contagious lumpy skin disease in cattle amid mounting farmer protests in the...

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Zelenskiy visits Kupiansk as Ukraine retakes parts of frontline town

Date: December 12, 2025

KYIV, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Ukrainian forces have retaken parts of the northeastern town of Kupiansk and several villages around it in an operation that encircled Russian troops, a Ukrainian military...

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Finland to procure AMRAAM missiles from the US

Date: December 12, 2025

STOCKHOLM, Dec 12 (Reuters) - Finland said on Friday it would procure Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) from the United States.  Finland, which has a long border with Russia, in 2022...