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Politics Jun 06

Dutch exit poll suggests tight race between far right and center left in EU election

In a possible harbinger of strong electoral gains for the hard right in the 27-nation bloc, the exit poll Thursday indicated that Wilders' Party for Freedom had made the biggest gains by winning seven seats, up from just one in…

World May 28

Ukraine gets more military aid from Europe but Putin warns of consequences if Russian soil is hit

The aid pledge for 2024 came from Belgium, which topped up the money with a commitment to give 30 F-16 fighter jets over the next four years.

Politics Mar 25

A major European climate change plan stumbles amid farmer protests

The change of heart follows weeks of relentless protests from farmers across the bloc who have argued that reams of environmental laws governing the way they work are driving them toward bankruptcy.

World Mar 15

As farmer protests grow, the EU offers more environmental concessions

The European Union's executive arm has proposed weakening even more climate and environmental measures in the bloc's latest set of concessions to farmers apparently bent on continuing disruptive tractor protests until the June EU elections.

Politics Feb 07

Thousands of Spanish farmers stage a 2nd day of tractor protests over EU policies

Spanish farmers blocked highways and caused traffic jams to demand changes in European Union farming policies. They are also calling for more funds and measures to combat production cost hikes and severe drought.

Economy Feb 06

EU scraps pesticide proposal in another concession to protesting farmers

Farmers have insisted that measures like the one on pesticides would increase the bureaucratic burden and add to the price gap between their products and cheap foreign imports.

Politics Jan 31

Traffic-blocking farmers now closing in on EU capital in a protest seeking better market conditions

The protests had an immediate impact. The European Commission announced plans to shield farmers from cheap exports from Ukraine during wartime and allow farmers to sidestep environmental rules.

World Dec 14

European Union agrees to open membership negotiations with Ukraine

The decision represented a stunning reversal for a country at war that had struggled to find the necessary backing for its membership aspirations and long faced opposition from Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.

World Dec 04

Global journalist group says Israel-Hamas war is beyond compare for media deaths

About 60 have been killed since the Oct. 7 start of the war, already close to the same number of journalists killed during the entire Vietnam War half a century ago.

World Nov 14

The European Union is struggling to produce and send the ammunition it promised to Ukraine

With much fanfare early this year, EU leaders promised to provide 1 million rounds of ammunition to Ukraine's front line by spring 2024. That would amount to a serious ramp-up of production.

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