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Smoke grenades tossed in Serbian parliament, lawmaker suffers stroke

BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbian opposition deputies threw smoke grenades and tear gas inside parliament...

4th March, 2025

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Belgium aims to increase defence spending to 2% of GDP this year

(Reuters) - The Belgian government aims to accelerate defence spending by 4 billion euros ($4.2 bill...

4th March, 2025

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Turkey arrests opposition mayor over alleged tender-rigging, state media says

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A Turkish court formally arrested an Istanbul district mayor from the main oppo...

4th March, 2025

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Ukraine investigates negligence after deadly Russian strike on military training camp

KYIV (Reuters) - The commander of Ukraine's land forces said on Monday he would seek punishment for...

3rd March, 2025

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Germany's SPD says security needs boost but no comment on funding plans

BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's Social Democrats (SPD) said foreign policy and defence must take priori...

3rd March, 2025

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Austria's three-party government takes office, shutting out far right

VIENNA (Reuters) - Christian Stocker, leader of the conservative Austrian People's Party (OVP), was...

3rd March, 2025

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Austria's 'unknown' chancellor Stocker: resilient lawyer thrust into spotlight

By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) - Just months before becoming chancellor of Austria on Monday, C...

3rd March, 2025

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UK announces new $2 billion deal to fund air-defence missiles for Ukraine

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Sunday announced a new 1.6 billion pound (...

2nd March, 2025

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European leaders privately set out plans on defence spending, says NATO's Rutte

LONDON (Reuters) - NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said that some European leaders had privately s...

2nd March, 2025

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Austrian liberals' vote removes last obstacle to coalition government

By Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) - Beate Meinl-Reisinger, leader of Austria's small, liberal Neos...

2nd March, 2025

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Exclusive-Germany weighs special funds for defence and infrastructure, sources say

By Andreas Rinke BERLIN (Reuters) - The parties in talks to form Germany's new government are consid...

2nd March, 2025

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Norway plans to raise financial support for Ukraine, prime minister says

OSLO (Reuters) - The Norwegian government will soon ask that parliament increases its financial back...

1st March, 2025