Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni celebrates three years in power
Europe • Oct 22, 2025, 10:23 AM
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October 22, 2025, marks three years since Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni took office. The far-right leader, who, in the past expressed admiration for Benito Mussolini, has proven to be pragmatic in power, steadying Italy's economy and overseeing one of the longest-lived governments in recent decades. But there have been accusations of democratic backsliding.
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European Union split over whether to let Ukraine use €140B loan to buy US weapons
Europe • 8:14 AM
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European Union officials could reach a political agreement as soon as Thursday on a plan for a huge loan to Ukraine backed by Kremlin money frozen in a Belgian financial institution. France24 correspondent Dave Keating reports the latest from Brussels.
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Live: EU adopts new sanctions against Russia ahead of Brussels summit
Europe • 5:30 AM
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The EU on Thursday adopted a 19th package of sanctions against Russia for its war against Ukraine that includes a ban on Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports. It came as EU leaders are meeting at a summit in Brussels in a bid to shore up support f
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Russian court releases French endurance cyclist Sofiane Sehili
Europe • 5:29 AM
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A Russian court on Thursday freed French endurance cyclist Sofiane Sehili after finding him guilty of illegally crossing the Russian border, state news agency RIA reported. Sehili was arrested in early September.
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Bialowieza Forest at threat from military tensions along the Poland-Belarus border
Europe • 5:17 AM
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Poland’s militarisation of the border zone with Belarus is threatening the exceptional biodiversity of Europe’s last primeval forest, a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1979. Human relationships with nature may also be impacted by the fortification of th
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