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We are still very optimistic that EU membership by 2030 is achievable, Georgia’s PM says
Europe • 6:43 PM
5 min
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze told Euronews, in an exclusive interview, that Brussels needs to be more flexible in EU membership talks.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/02
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Poland pitches rearmament bank to boost Europe's defence spending
Europe • 6:13 PM
4 min
"There is a new idea which I like: a rearmament bank," said Radosław Sikorski, Poland's minister of foreign affairs.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/02/06/poland-pitches-rearmament-b
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Unions slam ‘rigged’ talks on EU plans to streamline sustainability reporting
Europe • 5:57 PM
4 min
The EU executive’s new focus on boosting the global competitiveness of European companies is causing alarm among civil society groups who sense a caving in to demands for deregulation.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https
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How to counter Trump's trade war? Anti-coercion, antitrust, and targeted tariffs in view
Europe • 5:31 PM
7 min
President Trump has hit Canada, China and Mexico with threatened tariffs in the last week. The EU is waiting its turn and mulling its potential response.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/business/20
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EU holds cards when negotiating with Trump on tariffs, says ex-WTO chief Lamy
Europe • 5:04 PM
2 min
There's a range of options for the EU to open trans-Atlantic negotiations to persuade US President Donald Trump not to slap harmful tariffs on EU goods, the former EU trade commissioner and WTO chief told Euronews.<div class="small-12 column text-center a
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Organic fish farms: Which EU countries are at the forefront?
Europe • 3:52 PM
2 min
Production of organically farmed fish is growing exponentially.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/2025/02/06/organic-fish-farms-which-eu-countries-are-at-the-forefront?utm_source=test_mrss&utm_campai
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Tourism Commissioner to consult widely on hotspot sustainability
Europe • 1:11 PM
2 min
The EU's first Commissioner for Sustainable Transport and Tourism addressed the vexed issue of overcrowding at visitor hotspots and announced he is consulting widely with a view to a forthcoming sustainable tourism strategy, at Euronews' Destination Europ
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Gunman may have attended school where he killed 11 in mass shooting, say Swedish police
Europe • 11:37 AM
2 min
Police have provided information on the gunman who opened fire and killed 11 people at an adult education centre on Tuesday in the Swedish city of Örebro.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/
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Italian doctor under investigation after giving his injured cat a CAT scan
Europe • 10:10 AM
2 min
Radiologist Gianluca Fanelli took his pet Athena to the hospital where he worked in northern Italy to perform a CAT scan and life-saving operation.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/02
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One injured in second shooting near Brussels metro station
Europe • 10:05 AM
1 min
A Brussels prosecutor said the perpetrator was still on the run after the second shooting in the Belgian capital in less than two days.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/02/06/one-inju
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Centre-right has renounced Green Deal, claims Timmermans | Radio Schuman
Europe • 7:12 AM
2 min
In a press point with journalists on Wednesday, ex-European Commissioner for the Green Deal Frans Timmermans castigated the far and centre-right for its approach to the Green deal.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://w
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Fact check: Which country is projected to be the fastest growing European economy?
Europe • 6:45 AM
4 min
The IMF may have predicted that the UK will be the fastest-growing European G7 member, but it's not projected to be the fastest-growing European economy overall.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/202
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Concerns and doubts mount over EU plan to build deportation camps outside its borders
Europe • 6:00 AM
4 min
The EU's plan to outsource migration through so-called "return hubs," which has never been tried before, is shrouded in legal uncertainty.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/02/06/conce
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Yesterday
Ukraine and Russia exchange 150 prisoners of war each
Europe • 10:10 PM
2 min
Both sides thanked the United Arab Emirates for their 'humanitarian mediation efforts.'<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/02/05/ukraine-and-russia-exchange-150-prisoners-of-war-each?ut
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Polish government announces programme to protect presidential elections from Russian influence
Europe • 9:32 PM
1 min
Ahead of Poland's presidential elections in May, the country's government unveiled the 'Election Umbrella' programme - with the goal of protecting the nation's cybersecurity from Russian influence.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><
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Asian multilateral investment bank: Global development financing system 'in all our interests'
Europe • 6:30 PM
3 min
Earlier this week, Trump slapped tariffs on Canada and Mexico, only to put them on hold a day later, after the governments in both countries promised action to improve controls at their respective border with the U.S.<div class="small-12 column text-cente
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EU metalworkers demand job protections amid green transition
Europe • 6:01 PM
3 min
European metalworkers in Brussels called for job protections and more training during the green transition. Since 2019, nearly one million industrial jobs have been lost, and many more are at risk.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><
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French PM Bayrou survives third no-confidence vote after 2025 budget rift
Europe • 5:23 PM
3 min
François Bayrou remains French Prime Minister after surviving a no-confidence vote, ensuring the adoption of the contentious 2025 budget plan.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/02/05/f
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Peace talks? Ukraine and Russia already tried negotiating, but that didn't go well
Europe • 5:16 PM
6 min
When Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he was ready to negotiate with Vladimir Putin to end the war, it wasn't the first time Ukraine's leader had announced his readiness to talk to Moscow. In fact, the two sides already tried to negotiate in the early days of the
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Destination Europe Summit: Transport commissioner to address tourism priorities
Europe • 5:04 PM
1 min
Second edition of Euronews and European Travel Commission event will see debate on trends affecting sector, including addressing hotspot tourism backlashes.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/my-europ
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'We must defend ourselves’: German non-profits sue X for access to public data
Europe • 5:00 PM
4 min
Two German nonprofits are asking a Berlin court for an urgent ruling on whether X breached EU law by not giving them access to data to study how posts on the platform could influence the upcoming election.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__b
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German authorities suspect Russian sabotage in anti-Greens election attacks
Europe • 4:49 PM
7 min
German authorities suspect the Kremlin of orchestrating a sabotage campaign targeting hundreds of vehicles to stoke anti-Green party sentiment ahead of the election.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com
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Poland's president vows to spend 4.7% of GDP on defence this year
Europe • 4:47 PM
3 min
Poland already spends more of its GDP on defence than any other NATO country, followed by Estonia and the US.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/02/05/polands-president-vows-to-spend-47
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Before Trump's WHO cutoff, who was funding the United Nations' health organisation?
Europe • 4:30 PM
3 min
Following Trump's decision to withdraw the US funds from the WHO, a senior employee started a campaign to raise $1 billion. But which countries funded the organisation in 2024?<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.e
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European Commission accused of rushing through review of corporate sustainability rules
Europe • 4:28 PM
4 min
The European Commission has been criticised for giving too much space to industry and business interests in discussions over a fast-track streamlining of sustainability and due diligence reporting rules.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__but
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Italy’s justice minister defends repatriation of Libyan warlord wanted by ICC
Europe • 4:04 PM
5 min
Carlo Nordio argued that the ICC’s arrest warrant contained contradictions and procedural flaws, leading Italy’s courts to order Ossama al-Masri’s release.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/my-europe
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Rapid mobility of troops and equipment across the EU still 'problematic', say auditors
Europe • 4:04 PM
3 min
The EU's military mobility budget funded 95 projects in 21 member states, but it remains relatively modest compared to the real needs, Tony Murphy, president of the ECA, told reporters on Wednesday.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button">
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'Unacceptable': European countries firmly reject Trump's plan to take over Gaza
Europe • 3:15 PM
5 min
European countries reiterated their support for the two-state solution after Donald Trump suggested America "take over" the Gaza Strip.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/02/05/unaccept
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Tributes laid at site of Sweden school shooting as death toll rises to 11
Europe • 2:10 PM
2 min
Sweden's worst mass shooting left at least 11 people dead, including the gunman, and at least five seriously wounded at an adult education centre west of Stockholm, as officials warned that the death toll could rise.<div class="small-12 column text-center
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Are Syrian refugees’ rights at stake in Europe after Assad’s fall?
Europe • 2:01 PM
3 min
Several European countries have suspended processing asylum requests from Syrian nationals following the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/2025/02/05/are-sy
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Poland to refit F-35 jets with better-camouflaged monochrome insignia
Europe • 1:55 PM
3 min
A proposed change to the checkerboard insignia on Polish warplanes could make them harder for enemies to detect in battle.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/02/05/poland-to-refit-f-35-
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European Commission opens Shein probe and targets Chinese e-commerce giants
Europe • 1:21 PM
3 min
The Commission calls for stricter enforcement of consumer protection and environmental standards in online commerce in a new communication focusing on Chinese marketplaces; separately announcing an investigation into clothes giant Shein.<div class="small-
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Fact check: Do nearly 80% of refugees in Sweden holiday in their home country, as Elon Musk claims?
Europe • 1:15 PM
4 min
The South Africa-born billionaire's claim that refugees in Sweden are playing the system has gone viral, but the catchy 79% figure has been taken out of context.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/202
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EU court upholds €320 million fine against Poland over controversial judicial reform
Europe • 1:06 PM
3 min
Poland will not be reimbursed the €320 million in EU funds that it lost during its protracted dispute with Brussels over judicial independence.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/02/05/
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Brussels metro lines disrupted as police hunt for gunmen in underground network of tunnels
Europe • 11:55 AM
2 min
Two men wearing balaclavas exchanged fire outside the Clémenceau metro station in the Belgian capital early on Wednesday.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/02/05/brussels-metro-lines-c
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UK foreign secretary visits Kyiv to announce new support package for Ukraine
Europe • 11:36 AM
2 min
Lammy's trip comes two weeks after UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer signed a 100-year partnership agreement between the two countries.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/02/05/uk-foreign-
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Apple lashes out at iPhone porn app maker and the EU rules allowing its download
Europe • 10:36 AM
3 min
Apple says it is 'deeply concerned' about EU regulations that allow a rival app store to promote the download of an adult content app for the iPhone.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/next/2025/02/05
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Germany's Habeck set to run for chancellor for the Greens
Europe • 10:13 AM
4 min
Green minister and Deputy Chancellor Robert Habeck is expected to announce candidacy as leader Olaf Scholz faces pressure to call early elections after the collapse of his governing coalition.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a hre
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Claus Strunz: Government collapse a 'heart attack' for Europe
Europe • 10:13 AM
5 min
Euronews Editor-in-Chief Claus Strunz gives his view on the collapse of Germany's coalition government, after Chancellor Olaf Scholz dimissed his Finance Minister and set a no-confidence vote for early next year.<div class="small-12 column text-center art
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How the German government's collapse impacts the EU
Europe • 10:12 AM
2 min
The German government's collapse, which came just hours after US President Donald Trump was elected for a second time, has sent shockwaves throughout Europe. But what does it mean for the rest of the EU?<div class="small-12 column text-center article__but
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Scholz names finance minister amid Germany's ruling coalition crisis
Europe • 10:12 AM
5 min
Ministers in the German government are reshuffling after its ruling coalition effectively collapsed. The opposition have called for an earlier vote of no confidence.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com
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Olaf Scholz willing to hold confidence vote this year after ruling coalition collapse
Europe • 10:12 AM
5 min
The so-called 'Traffic Light Coalition' – made up of Scholz’s Social Democrats, the liberal FDP and the Greens – collapsed on 6 November after Scholz fired Finance Minister Christian Lindner.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href
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German coalition government collapses as Scholz fires his finance minister
Europe • 10:11 AM
3 min
"He has broken my trust too many times", the chancellor said of his Finance Minister Christian Lindner.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/11/06/german-coalition-government-collapses-ch
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Germany set to hold snap elections on 23 February, reports claim
Europe • 10:10 AM
3 min
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz previously suggested new vote could be held in March, following the breakdown of his ruling coalition.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/11/12/germany-set
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Germany's Scholz calls for compromise as opposition leader lays out election bid
Europe • 10:09 AM
5 min
In the first Bundestag meeting since the ruling coalition collapsed last week, the leader of Germany's largest opposition party laid out his plans for the country in a fiery debate.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://
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Pistorius says he won't run for chancellor candidate in February's snap elections
Europe • 10:08 AM
7 min
The announcement, which Boris Pistorius made in a video posted to SDP social media channels, clears the way for incumbent chancellor Olaf Scholz to run for a second term.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronew
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Scholz nominated as SPD party's chancellor candidate after weeks of doubt
Europe • 10:04 AM
3 min
Germany's centre-left Social Democracts have chosen to officially nominate current Chancellor Olaf Scholz as their party's candidate despite his low approval ratings.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.co
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Novo Nordisk shares surge as weight loss treatments boost profits
Europe • 10:03 AM
3 min
Demand for weight-loss drugs surged throughout 2024, outpacing supply for most of the year. In December, Novo Holdings, an investment foundation of Novo Nordisk, acquired three manufacturing sites in Catalent to expand its production capacity.<div class="
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Scholz and SPD kick start election campaign offensive in Germany
Europe • 10:01 AM
4 min
Chancellor Olaf Scholz has positioned the Social Democratic Party as the only one for the people, heavily criticising CDU, who are currently leading the polls.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/my-eu
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Germany's Scholz makes surprise visit to Kyiv weeks before no-confidence vote
Europe • 10:01 AM
3 min
The visit comes weeks before the German leader is set to ask his parliament for a vote of no confidence, which he is widely expected to lose.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/12/02/ge
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Germany's CDU leader Friedrich Merz visits Kyiv to reaffirm support
Europe • 9:58 AM
4 min
Friedrich Merz, the CDU’s candidate for chancellor in Germany’s upcoming snap elections in February, is looking to shore up support among his base.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/12
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Ukraine PM asks Germany to help pave the way for Ukrainian refugees' eventual return home
Europe • 9:57 AM
5 min
Ukrainian prime minister Denis Shmyhal urged Germany to help create safe conditions for the return of Ukrainian refugees to their homeland.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/12/11/ukra
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German chancellor Olaf Scholz requests confidence vote for next week
Europe • 9:56 AM
2 min
Scholz is expected to lose the vote in the German parliament's lower house, or Bundestag, which will take place on 16 December.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2024/12/11/german-chancello
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Scholz dismisses Musk's attacks but criticises AfD endorsement, citing extremism and pro-Putin links
Europe • 9:52 AM
2 min
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz dismissed Elon Musk's personal attacks as unimportant but expressed concern over Musk's endorsement of Germany's far-right AfD.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/my-euro
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Scholz condemns Musk's support for far-right AfD
Europe • 9:51 AM
2 min
German government officials previously accused Musk of election interference as his endorsement comes weeks ahead of the country's general elections in February.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/my-
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Sixth person dies after Magdeburg Christmas market attack
Europe • 9:51 AM
2 min
The death toll from a car-ramming attack on a Christmas market in Magdeburg has risen to six after a woman succumbed to her injuries in hospital.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/01/0
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Germany's AfD names Alice Weidel as chancellor candidate ahead of February election
Europe • 9:49 AM
3 min
The AfD has confirmed its first-ever chancellor candidate as polls show the part is currently in second place. Co-leader Tino Chrupalla says the goal in the February vote is to surpass the 20% mark.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button">
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German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius arrives in Kyiv to underscore support for Ukraine
Europe • 9:47 AM
3 min
The surprise visit comes a day after Pistorius met with his counterparts from France, the UK, Italy and Poland to discuss coordinating their defence plans and assistance for Ukraine.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https:/
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German police investigate AfD for sending out 'deportation tickets'
Europe • 9:47 AM
4 min
The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has been embroiled in controversy after distributing campaign flyers that resemble "deportation tickets" in the city of Karlsruhe.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://w
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Germany's Scholz under fire for blocking extra €3 billion aid package for Ukraine
Europe • 9:46 AM
4 min
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and other lawmakers have criticised Chancellor Olaf Scholz for refusing further military aid to Kyiv.<div class="small-12 column text-center article__button"><a href="https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2025/01/17/
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