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Protests erupt after Romania bans Georgescu from elections
(CN) — A growing crisis over presidential elections in Romania is becoming more dire and dangerous after violent protests broke out Sunday night following an order to block Călin Georgescu, a popular...
View ArticleAdvocate general calls for EU first: Throwing out Poland’s Constitutional Court
(CN) — Poland faces an unprecedented legal mess where its Constitutional Court and hundreds of rulings it issued over the past nine years may be deemed unlawful — a prospect that became even more...
View ArticleUkraine accepts 30-day truce plan as diplomacy to end war speeds up
(CN) — Ukraine on Tuesday agreed to accept a U.S. proposal for an immediate 30-day ceasefire during talks with Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Saudi Arabia in what could be a first step toward...
View ArticlePutin casts doubt on ceasefire offer as his troops force Ukraine into retreat...
(CN) — Russian President Vladimir Putin, buoyed by the success of his troops in driving Ukraine’s forces from Russia’s Kursk region, appeared unwilling on Thursday to accept a U.S.-brokered 30-day...
View ArticleGerman parliament passes huge rearmament, infrastructure package
(CN) — In a historic shift for Germany and the European Union, the Bundestag on Tuesday voted in favor of reforming Germany’s rigid spending cap, setting in motion plans to massively ramp up military...
View ArticlePutin agrees to 30-day halt to attacks on energy infrastructure in Ukraine
(CN) — Over the course of a long telephone call with U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to not attack Ukraine’s energy infrastructure for 30 days but...
View ArticleIstanbul mayor, Erdoğan’s chief political rival, arrested along with 105 others
(CN) — In a dawn raid, Turkish police on Wednesday arrested Istanbul Mayor Ekrem İmamoğlu, the chief challenger to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s 22-year rule, sparking a major crisis for...
View ArticleEU leaders struggle to firm up rearmament plans, Ukraine aid
(CN) — The European Union’s big plans to rearm, defend Ukraine to the hilt and turn the 27-nation bloc into a military superpower were in trouble Friday. A Brussels summit of European leaders ended...
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In Rome, scaffolding and construction add to the hustle and bustle
ROME (CN) — Workers in hard hats clamber around the stone palaces on Capitolium, a hilltop square designed by Michelangelo which was, in its time, the symbolic heart of ancient Rome with a temple to...
View ArticleEU court affirms cartel case against UBS, Nomura, UniCredit and other banks
(CN) — The European Union’s second-highest court on Wednesday upheld hefty fines against the UBS, Nomura and UniCredit banks for colluding during the 2008 financial crisis to reap illegal profits from...
View ArticleEU court fines Italy for sluggish pace purifying wastewater
PALERMO, Sicily (CN) — Italy was hit with millions of dollars in fines on Thursday for failing to upgrade wastewater treatment facilities in Sicily and one near Mont Blanc years after it was ordered...
View ArticleExperts: US-EU relations are at a new low — and forever damaged
(CN) — The transatlantic alliance has had its rough patches, but not like anything that’s happening now. In the short time since U.S. President Donald Trump returned to the White House, a great and...
View ArticleTrump announces worldwide tariffs as fears of global recession, trade war grow
(CN) — U.S. President Donald Trump imposed a raft of tariffs on Wednesday that could trigger a global recession and a catastrophic trade war among the world’s biggest economies. Dubbing Wednesday...
View ArticleWorld reels from Trump’s tariffs: Markets tumble, China and EU vow to retaliate
(CN) — Stock markets went into the red around the world on Thursday as the shock of U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs policy set in, raising fears of a global recession as economic...
View ArticleDuring Netanyahu visit, Orbán says Hungary will leave ICC
(CN) — In an act of defiance while playing host to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán on Thursday said his country would withdraw from the International...
View ArticleWorld markets plunge as Trump tariff shock deepens
(CN) — Stock markets around the world plunged on Monday as the fallout from U.S. President Donald Trump’s draconian tariffs policy continued to spook investors and raise fears of a global trade war...
View ArticleTrump orders 90-day pause on tariffs as global trade war escalates
(CN) — With an escalating global trade war clobbering financial markets, U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday abruptly announced a 90-day pause on many tariffs and lowered most import duties, but...
View ArticleEU court advised to let Italy send migrants to processing centers in Albania
(CN) — Italy’s contentious plan to ship asylum-seekers it picks up in the Mediterranean Sea to Albania for processing moved closer to getting the green light from the European Union’s high court on...
View ArticleEurope’s top court to look at whether EU border agency allowed migrant pushbacks
(CN) — A Syrian man who claims European Union border agents stood by as Greek authorities brutally forced him and other asylum seekers to return to Turkey on a raft in 2020 was given another shot on...
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It’s a Jubilee year for the Vatican, but Romans aren’t all so jubilant
ROME (CN) — Rome is more hectic than usual as the Vatican City celebrates a Holy Year, but that doesn’t mean customers are flocking in to buy the vintage coats and dresses on sale in Elisabetta...
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