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Image for Slovakia reserves right to decide pace of defence spending rise, PM Fico says
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Slovakia reserves right to decide pace of defence spending rise, PM Fico says

(Reuters) -Slovakia has to reserve the right to decide how fast to raise spending towards NATO's new...

23rd June, 2025

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Norway pledges close to $1 billion for international vaccines, AIDS treatment

OSLO (Reuters) -Norway will pledge to give 10 billion Norwegian crowns ($990 million) to the GAVI va...

23rd June, 2025

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Italy to gradually meet new NATO spending target, seeks new EU budget rules

By Giuseppe Fonte ROME (Reuters) -The Italian government will fully comply with a new NATO spending...

23rd June, 2025

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Romania's broad coalition government wins parliament confidence vote

BUCHAREST (Reuters) -Romania's broad ruling coalition agreed to rotate prime ministers before a 2028...

23rd June, 2025

Image for Spain agrees with NATO to skip 5% defence spending target
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Spain agrees with NATO to skip 5% defence spending target

MADRID (Reuters) -Spain agreed with the NATO military alliance to be excluded from spending 5% of it...

22nd June, 2025

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Belgium announces border checks in migration clampdown

By Charlotte Van Campenhout BRUSSELS -Belgium will introduce border checks on people coming into the...

20th June, 2025

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Tram derails and crashes into pizzeria in Sweden, injuring seven

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) -A tram derailed and crashed into a pizzeria in southwestern Sweden late on Thu...

20th June, 2025

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UK parliament votes for assisted dying, paving way for historic law change

LONDON (Reuters) -British lawmakers will vote on Friday on whether to proceed with a bill to legalis...

19th June, 2025

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Hungarian official unsure if contested transparency bill will ever re-emerge

By Catarina Demony LONDON (Reuters) -Hungarian Foreign Ministry state secretary Levente Magyar said...

18th June, 2025

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Britain, under pressure on immigration, urges reform of European human rights framework

By Sam Tabahriti LONDON (Reuters) -Britain called on Wednesday for reform of the European Convention...

18th June, 2025

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Hungarian police to decide whether Budapest Pride should be banned, government says

BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Police will decide whether the Budapest Pride event can be held even though Buda...

18th June, 2025

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Poland's Gaz-System to get $593 million loan for country's floating LNG terminal

WARSAW (Reuters) -Polish pipeline operator Gaz-System will receive a 2.2 billion zlotys ($593 millio...

18th June, 2025