French pension deficit set to more than double in a decade – despite reform
Europe • Feb 20, 2025, 10:30 AM
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Despite France’s recent pension overhaul raising the general retirement age from 62 to 64, the country’s pension deficit is expected to more than double between 2035 and 2045 alone, the French audit office said Thursday. President Emmanuel Macron’s unpopular reform prompted a long series of occasionally violent protests when it was forced through in 2023
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Trump begins talks with Russia without Ukraine or EU: Europe scrambles for a plan
Europe • 2:34 PM
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Europe does not have a seat at the negotiating table: the message could not be clearer from Donald Trump's special envoy for Ukraine and Russia, Keith Kellogg. This week, the US president opened discussions with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin – w
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Immigration in Germany and the challenge of integration
Europe • 1:48 PM
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As Germans head to the polls on Sunday to vote in pivotal legislative elections, immigration will be a key issue on their minds. It's nearly 10 years since Angela Merkel's famous phrase "Wir schaffen das" (We can manage this), when images of German citiz
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Sweden launches probe after yet another Baltic Sea cable is damaged
Europe • 11:00 AM
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Sweden has launched an investigation into suspected sabotage after yet another underwater cable in the Baltic Sea was found damaged. The cable links Finland and Germany and is the last of a string of telecom cable disruptions in the region in recent mont
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Zelensky meets US envoy, calls for strong ties despite Trump branding him 'dictator'
Europe • 2:01 AM
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Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky called for "strong Ukraine-US relations" after meeting with US envoy Keith Kellogg in Kyiv on Thursday. Zelensky said the meeting, which came after US President Donald Trump this week called Zelensky a "dictator" and
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Serbia, an Eldorado for Russian exiles since the war in Ukraine
Europe • 12:39 AM
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Since the start of the war in Ukraine, Serbia has become a refuge for Russians fleeing their country. We went to meet this new Russian diaspora which has become an integral part of Serbian society. These exiles, most of them opposed to Russian President
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