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Portugal's Top Court Blocks Bill Restricting Immigration
Date: August 9, 2025
LISBON (Reuters) -Portugal's Constitutional Court has blocked a bill approved by the right-wing parliamentary majority that was designed to limit the inflow of immigrants, citing obstacles it creates...
Russia's Seven-Month Budget Deficit Exceeds Annual Target
Date: August 7, 2025
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia's seven-month budget deficit exceeded the target for the entire year by a quarter, Finance Ministry data showed on Thursday, highlighting the strain of financing the war in...
Europe's Bond Market Losing Dutch Pension Fund Buyers as Retirement Payouts Shift
Date: August 7, 2025
By Yoruk Bahceli LONDON (Reuters) -As if Europe's cash-hungry finance ministers didn't have enough to worry about. An overhaul of the Dutch pension system is depriving the euro zone's $10 trillion...
Lithuania Social Democrats Pick Inga Ruginiene as PM Candidate
Date: August 6, 2025
VILNIUS (Reuters) -Lithuania's ruling Social Democrats party said on Wednesday it had picked Social Affairs Minister Inga Ruginiene as its candidate for prime minister, making her the likely successor...
Norway's Labour Government Has Narrow Poll Lead Ahead of September's Election
Date: August 6, 2025
OSLO (Reuters) -Norway's ruling Labour Party government and its left-leaning allies are favourites to win next month's parliamentary election, albeit with a reduced majority of seats in what is likely...
Poland's New President Draws Battlelines With Government Over Constitution
Date: August 6, 2025
By Alan Charlish and Barbara Erling WARSAW (Reuters) -Karol Nawrocki, a conservative historian and supporter of Donald Trump's MAGA movement, will be sworn in as Poland's president on Wednesday,...