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Image for US dangles security guarantees for Ukraine but no deal on 'painful' territorial concessions
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US dangles security guarantees for Ukraine but no deal on 'painful' territorial concessions

By Andreas Rinke BERLIN, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will resume talk...

15th December, 2025

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Paris Louvre museum to stay closed all Monday due to strike, union representatives to BFM TV

PARIS, Dec 15 (Reuters) - France's Louvre museum in Paris will remain closed all of Monday after its...

15th December, 2025

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German economy recorded robust start to fourth quarter, says ministry

BERLIN, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Germany's economy appears to have had a robust start to the fourth quarte...

15th December, 2025

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Anti-Kremlin punk band 'Pussy Riot' designated an extremist group by Russian court

MOSCOW, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Russian anti-Kremlin feminist punk band 'Pussy Riot' was designated an ex...

15th December, 2025

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Iranian Nobel laureate hospitalised twice after 'violent arrest', say family

DUBAI, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi was taken to the hospital emer...

15th December, 2025

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German regulator orders oversight, limits on online bank N26

By Tom Sims FRANKFURT, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Germany's financial regulator BaFin on Monday announced a...

15th December, 2025

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Finance

China to fall out of Germany's top five export destinations for first time since 2010

BERLIN, Dec 15 (Reuters) - China will fall out of Germany's top five export destinations for the fir...

15th December, 2025

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France's Louvre museum closed as workers begin rolling strike

PARIS, Dec 15 (Reuters) - The Paris Louvre museum did not open at 0800 GMT on Monday as usual as sta...

15th December, 2025

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Oil tanker rates to stay strong into 2026 as sanctions remove ships for hire

By Jonathan Saul and Jeslyn Lerh LONDON/SINGAPORE, Dec 15 (Reuters) - The cost of shipping oil is li...

15th December, 2025

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Czech president appoints Prime Minister Babis' government

PRAGUE, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Czech President Petr Pavel appointed the government of new Prime Minister...

15th December, 2025

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Switzerland's KOF institute expects economic growth to slow next year despite trade deal

ZURICH, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Swiss economic growth will slow in 2026, the KOF Institute at ETH in Zuri...

15th December, 2025

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Tariff reduction helps Swiss government to lift growth forecast

ZURICH, Dec 15 (Reuters) - The Swiss government raised its 2026 economic growth forecast on Monday,...

15th December, 2025