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Head of Spanish Secret Service Fired After Spying Scandal Involving Spyware
The head of Spain's CNI intelligence service, Paz Esteban, has been fired by the government after a spy scandal in which the phones of Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez and some Catalan separatists were tapped. Esteban had only been employed as…
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New EU Billion Fine Threatens Apple for Contactless Payment
Apple must fear a new billion-dollar fine for violating European competition rules. The American tech company is abusing its market power by reserving a chip that facilitates contactless payment with iPhones and iPads to its payment…
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Russian Hacktivists Target Romania
Romania's government sites have suffered a series of DDoS attacks in the past week. The national cybersecurity team said so in a statement.
It concerns a series of public websites of government institutions. The attacks are claimed…
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UN Migration Agency Asks Half a Billion for Ukrainians
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) asks for more than half a billion dollars for humanitarian aid to war refugees in Ukraine and neighbouring countries. The humanitarian need in the region is increasing, and additional…
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More and More Gas Importers Willing to Knock on Gazprombank
More and more major European importers of Russian gas seem willing to open an account with Gazprombank to be able to pay for gas from Russia in rubles.
With that step, they could secure the continuation of the supply of Russian…
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Newspaper: Sweden Wants to Apply for NATO Membership
Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson wants to apply for the Western military alliance membership at the NATO summit in Madrid in June.
The newspaper Svenska Dagbladet writes this based on sources within Andersson's social…
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Marine Le Pen Pledges to Stay with EU and Eurozone
Marine Le Pen, who is running against President Emmanuel Macron in the French presidential election on April 24, does not want to leave the European Union or the eurozone.
She said that when asked at the start of her new campaign.…
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Gazprom Continues to Export Russian Gas via Ukraine
Russian gas company Gazprom continues to supply gas to Europe through the gas pipeline that runs through Ukraine.
According to the company, this is in line with the request of European users.
Within Europe, the call for a boycott…
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