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    The EU doesn’t really do knee-jerk reactions.

    And when it comes to trade wars, it prepares its case, builds a consensus among its members — and saves its most painful retaliation until last.

    🔗 ow.ly/JmHE50VyJsB

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    Apr 11, 2025
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    Ukrainian boxing icon Wladimir Klitschko accused American podcaster Joe Rogan of spreading Russian propaganda on his show — and dared Rogan to invite him on for a chat.

    Wladimir Klitschko jabs Joe Rogan for spreading Russian propaganda
    Legendary Ukrainian boxer wants an invite onto the top U.S. podcast to rebut pro-Kremlin narratives.
    5,602 1,072
    Nov 25, 2024
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    Elon Musk's social media platform X has suspended several accounts belonging to opposition figures in Turkey amid widespread civil unrest in the country.

    Musk’s X suspends opposition accounts in Turkey amid civil unrest
    Suspensions affect accounts spreading information about the widespread demonstrations.
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    Mar 22, 2025
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    🚨 BREAKING: The European Commission has urged people to work from home, drive and fly less, and for EU countries to urgently roll out renewables, as it warned of a prolonged energy crisis as a result of the conflict in the Gulf.

    Full story: www.politico.eu/article/euro...

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    Mar 31, 2026
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    The Bundestag’s top intelligence experts are calling for a European spy network, warning that Europe can’t rely on intelligence from the United States amid growing uncertainty.

    German lawmakers float ‘Euro Eyes’ spy network amid uncertainty on US intel
    Senior German lawmakers sound alarm bells that a sudden cutoff could leave Europe dangerously exposed.
    2,680 793
    Mar 9, 2025
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    Europe should regulate Big Tech instead of banning kids from social media, Estonia says

    Europe should regulate Big Tech instead of banning kids from social media, Estonia says
    The European Union should focus on regulating large social media platforms instead of imposing bans for minors to use them, Estonia’s Education Minister Kristina Kallas said on Friday. Europe…
    2,165 561
    Apr 10, 2026
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    The Russian cargo ship Ursa Major, that was alleged to be evacuating military personnel and materiel from Russian bases in Syria, sank in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Spain last night.

    Russian cargo ship sinks off the coast of Spain
    According to analysts, the ship was part of a mission evacuating Russian bases in Syria.
    2,860 539
    Dec 24, 2024
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    Friedrich Merz did not even wait for the final results in Germany's election before delivering what could well be a defining verdict on US President Donald Trump, consigning Europe's 80-year alliance with the Americans to the past.

    Germany’s Merz seeks ‘independence’ from Trump’s America, warning NATO may soon be dead
    Election winner likens the Trump administration to Putin’s Russia as he bids to take Europe in a new direction.
    2,109 517
    Feb 23, 2025
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    🚨 BREAKING: Prosecutors asked that far-right French lawmaker Marine Le Pen be found guilty of embezzlement and sentenced to five years in prison — a judgment that threatens to torpedo her expected presidential bid.

    Full story:

    Prosecutors ask for sentence barring Marine Le Pen from running for president in embezzlement trial
    The three-time presidential candidate is accused of having embezzled EU funds, charges she denies.
    1,652 516
    Nov 13, 2024
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    Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said today that tech billionaires want to use social media “to overthrow democracy” — adding he’ll push EU leaders to take action.

    Tech billionaires want to ‘overthrow democracy’ with social media, Spain PM Sánchez says
    “The technology that was intended to free us has become the tool of our own oppression.”
    1,599 497
    Jan 22, 2025
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    Some voiced outrage in response to the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony.

    In a new interview, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo shared her response to the critics: “Fuck the reactionaries, fuck this far right, fuck all of those who would like to lock us into a war of all against all."

    ‘Fuck the reactionaries’: Paris mayor to Olympics opening ceremony critics
    Anne Hidalgo blamed the far right for stoking divisions in French society.
    1,794 496
    Aug 6, 2024
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    Hungarian lawmakers today passed a constitutional amendment that would ban Viktor Orbán from returning to power.

    Hungarian parliament votes for 8-year term limit that would stop Orbán returning
    The constitutional amendment, if made law, would prevent a repeat of Viktor Orbán’s 20-year stint as prime minister.
    2,164 476
    Jun 15, 2026
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    🚨 BREAKING: Romania’s top constitutional court has annulled the country’s presidential election, after security services warned the vote had been distorted by a mass Russian influence campaign to favor a far-right candidate.

    Romanian court cancels presidential election amid Russian influence fears
    Constitutional court throws Romanian politics into turmoil, 2 days before runoff vote was due to take place.
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    Dec 6, 2024
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    Poland says it’s prepared to seek alternatives to Elon Musk's Starlink network to provide satellite internet access to Ukraine if the tech billionaire proves to be an "unreliable provider."

    Poland ready to seek Starlink alternatives for Ukraine if Musk proves ‘unreliable’
    Warsaw says it can spend its $50 million a year on other satellite providers to help Ukraine.
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    Mar 9, 2025
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    🚨 BREAKING: European leaders rallied to defend Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance subjected him to a tirade of withering and infantilizing abuse in the Oval Office.

    Full story:

    ‘Free world needs a new leader’: Europe defends Zelenskyy after Trump attack
    France, Germany and Poland all make prompt declarations of support, as Europe fears Trump’s alignment with Putin.
    1,636 399
    Feb 28, 2025
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    The EU’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, says Russia has learned how to influence elections through new technologies.

    Russia has learned how to influence elections, EU’s top diplomat warns
    Kaja Kallas says today’s methods for evaluating the fairness of elections are outdated.
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    Dec 10, 2024
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    Pope Leo XIV denounced people who deny climate change today, arguing that they are contributing to the destruction of God's creation.

    Pope Leo rebukes climate skeptics after Trump calls warming a ‘con job’
    The Illinois native’s comments come a week after the U.S. president derided the fight against climate change.
    1,091 374
    Oct 1, 2025
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    Hungary’s intelligence agency spied on EU officials visiting the country, searching their hotel rooms and recording their phone conversations, according to a bombshell report.

    Hungarian CIA reportedly spied on EU officials
    Officials from EU anti-fraud office were allegedly followed, wiretapped and had their laptops hacked by Hungary’s intelligence agency.
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    Dec 6, 2024
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    Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen warned yesterday that a "hybrid war" has started in Europe after waves of drones shut down Danish airspace this week.

    Europe is at hybrid war, Danish prime minister announces
    There is one obvious antagonist “and that is Russia,” Mette Frederiksen says.
    899 363
    Sep 26, 2025
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    European negotiators were personally targeted by their American counterparts during a brutal negotiation over green shipping rules, European Commission officials told POLITICO. 

    This highly unusual gambit left diplomats shaken after the meeting. 

    US accused of threatening EU diplomats during bid to kill green shipping rules
    Negotiators at shipping talks in London were told both they and their countries could be punished unless they voted with the U.S.
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    Nov 3, 2025
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    Germany’s incoming government says it will press the European Union to finally add some bite to its bark over misbehaving countries.

    It's a thinly veiled reference to Viktor Orbán’s Hungary.

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    Mar 31, 2025
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    Former French President François Hollande said the US government under President Donald Trump is "no longer an ally."

    Trump is ‘no longer an ally,’ former French President Hollande says
    Hollande didn’t fault his successor Macron’s attempts to woo Trump but expressed skepticism at the tactic’s efficiency.
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    Feb 28, 2025
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    OPINION: Vladimir Putin is spending millions of dollars, bombarding European voters with manipulative social media and disinformation campaigns on a mass scale.

    It’s a new type of warfare on democracy that eliminates the need to roll tanks into capitals.

    Putin is invading more than Ukraine
    The new battlefield is online, and the stakes are democratic sovereignty.
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    Jul 1, 2025
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    🚨 BREAKING: Russia has struck the EU delegation building in Kyiv.

    Read the developing story: ow.ly/N2RW50WNllP

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    Aug 28, 2025
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    The Latvian parliament voted to bar Russian and Belarusian citizens from buying real estate in the country.

    Latvia ramps up crackdown on Russians with real estate purchase ban
    Riga also wants prohibition on Kremlin soldiers from entering the Schengen Area.
    1,234 289
    Jun 20, 2025