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Who is Zbigniew Ziobro, Poland's ex-justice minister given asylum by Hungary?

By Alan Charlish WARSAW, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Zbigniew Ziobro, a former Polish justice minister who ha...

12th January, 2026

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Soccer-Man City's Guardiola wary of Newcastle's late goal threat

Jan 12 (Reuters) - Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola would have preferred the League Cup semi-fi...

12th January, 2026

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Finance

Sweden to spend $440 million on unmanned military drone systems

SALEN, Sweden, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Sweden will spend 4 billion crowns ($437 million) on unmanned dron...

12th January, 2026

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Finance

German business lobby raises alarm over highest number of bankruptcies in 11 years

BERLIN, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Germany is experiencing an alarmingly high number of company bankruptcies...

12th January, 2026

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Finance

German finance minister says central bank independence is 'clear line'

By Maria Martinez WASHINGTON, Jan 12 (Reuters) - German Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil on Monday sa...

12th January, 2026

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NATO discussing next steps to ensure Arctic stays safe, Rutte says

BRUSSELS, Jan 12 (Reuters) - NATO member countries are discussing and working on the next steps for...

12th January, 2026

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Georgian ex-PM Garibashvili to serve five-year sentence after guilty plea

By Lucy Papachristou TBILISI, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Former Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili...

12th January, 2026

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Finance

Spain to tighten rental rules with room rent caps, seasonal lease curbs

MADRID, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Spain's leftist government will further tighten rental rules and restrict...

12th January, 2026

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Finance

Spain's High Court shelves investigation into April power outage

MADRID, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Spain's High Court said on Monday it was closing an investigation into la...

12th January, 2026

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Spanish police seize record 10 tons of cocaine hidden in cargo of salt

MADRID, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Spanish police have made their largest-ever cocaine seizure on the high s...

12th January, 2026

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Finance

Sweden urges EU ban on support to Russian oil, gas-shipping fleet

STOCKHOLM, Jan 12 (Reuters) - The European Union should ban companies from providing any support to...

12th January, 2026

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Finance

French farmers target food imports as Mercosur protests continue

PARIS, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Farmers stopped lorries at France's largest container port and on the main...

12th January, 2026