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By Anita Komuves and Krisztina Than BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Peter Magyar, the opposition challenger to Prime Minister Viktor Orban, told Reuters he would keep Hungary firmly anchored in the European Union and NATO if he wins elections due in early 2026 and would strive for “pragmatic relations” with Russia. Magyar’s centre-right Tisza Party swept into …

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By STAMOS PROUSALIS and Alkis Konstantinidis ATHENS (Reuters) – Greeks bid farewell on Thursday to former prime minister Costas Simitis, a law professor and reformist, who died last week at the age of 88 and was praised for steering Greece into the European Union’s single currency in 2001. Traffic halted as the hearse drove through …

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By Felix Light (Reuters) – Armenia’s government on Thursday gave approval to a bill that calls for the country, once part of the Soviet Union, to launch a bid to join the European Union. Armenia has in recent years deepened ties with the West at the expense of its traditionally close relations with Moscow, which …

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MADRID (Reuters) – A baby boy was born on a migrant dinghy en route to Spain’s Canary Islands this week, Spain’s rescue service said on Wednesday, publishing a photograph of the newborn, its mother and dozens of other migrants on the crowded boat. The vessel was first spotted off the island of Lanzarote on Jan. …

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By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis on Thursday stepped up his recent criticism of Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, calling the humanitarian situation in the Palestinian enclave “very serious and shameful”. In a yearly address to diplomats delivered on his behalf by an aide, Francis appeared to reference deaths caused by winter cold …

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