Europe

The EU has expanded its blacklist of countries considered tax havens to include Anguilla, the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands. It now lists 12 countries or territories that EU finance ministers say are not cooperating in…
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A day after the declared partial mobilization in Russia, crowds have increased at the borders with neighbouring countries. The Finnish border guard says the number of Russians at the border has "clearly increased". Russian…
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The European Commission wants to be able to force suppliers to give priority to the EU if it needs certain products in times of crisis. The union must learn from the hunt for face masks and corona vaccines during the pandemic, and…
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited Izyum on Wednesday. The city in the northeast of the country, located in the Kharkiv region, was recently recaptured by Ukrainian troops. Zelensky took part in a ceremony where the…
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Air France expects to cancel more than half of its short- and medium-haul flights on Friday as a result of a strike at French air traffic control. Longer flights are largely spared, the airline reports on its website. French air…
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French President Emmanuel Macron expressed his appreciation for the late Queen Elizabeth in a video message to citizens of the United Kingdom and the Commonwealth on Friday. "We all feel an emptiness," he says a day after her…
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The German aluminium producer Speira is reducing production because of the sharp rise in energy costs. For example, a factory in Neuss now only runs at half power. Many European metal companies have had to intervene in production…
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The European gas price fell sharply on Tuesday after the sharp rise the day before. Gas prices skyrocketed on Monday in response to the decision by the Russian state gas group Gazprom to suspend gas supplies to Germany via the important…
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