By Anne Kauranen HELSINKI (Reuters) – A Russian man went on trial in Finland on Thursday on charges of committing war crimes while commanding a far-right paramilitary unit in eastern Ukraine a decade ago. The trial of Yan Petrovsky is a rare attempt by prosecutors outside Ukraine to seek justice for victims of alleged war …
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(Reuters) – Spanish airport operator Aena’s fees for 2025 will be unchanged, competition watchdog CNMC said on Thursday, rejecting the company’s bid for an increase. The CNMC said the adjusted annual maximum revenue per passenger would stay at 10.35 euros ($10.90). Aena had proposed an increase of 0.05 euros per passenger for 2025, approved by …
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(This Dec. 3 story has been officially corrected to remove reference to ’emergency break’, after European Parliament amended its press release, in paragraph 7) BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Negotiators for EU institutions agreed a compromise on Tuesday on a ban on the import of commodities linked to deforestation, which will be delayed by a year but …
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VALLETTA (Reuters) – The Netherlands will ask the European Union to suspend its visa-free arrangements with Georgia, the Dutch foreign minister said on Thursday, after more than 300 people were arrested in pro-EU demonstrations in the South Caucasus country. Demonstrators in Georgia have for the past week been protesting against the government’s decision to halt …
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By Tim Hepher PARIS (Reuters) – Airbus announced just over 2,000 job cuts in Defence and Space, or about 5% of its second-largest division, as it reels from U.S. competition in the satellites sector but the cuts were not as severe as the European group had first warned. More than half of the 2,043 total …
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By Eva Manez and Michael Francis Gore CATARROJA, Spain (Reuters) – Thousands of students in Spain’s eastern Valencia region returned to classes on Monday, two weeks after floods killed over 200 people and devastated towns in the area. Controversy over the regional government’s handling of the floods still rages, and a teachers’ union accused it …
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By Maria Martinez BERLIN (Reuters) – A new government beckons in Germany after the implosion of its ruling coalition, but it will face the same question: whether to allow higher public borrowing to prop up the flagging economy. Current polling suggests that, whatever the shape of that government, the conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) will be …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will hold a vote of confidence in parliament on Dec. 16, a source told Reuters on Tuesday, a move that would pave the way for snap elections following the collapse of his three-way governing coalition. (Reporting by Andreas Rinke, writing by Miranda Murray, editing by Thomas Seythal)
By William James and Kate Abnett BAKU (Reuters) -Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev used a keynote speech at the COP29 climate summit to lash out at Western critics of his country’s oil and gas industry, saying it had been the victim of a “well-orchestrated campaign of slander and blackmail”. The comments came on the second day …
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By Andreas Rinke and Friederike Heine BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany is set to hold fresh elections on February 23, eleven weeks after the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s governing coalition, with sources on Tuesday saying the Social Democrats, Greens and conservatives had reached a compromise on timing. Opposition parties wanted a vote as early as January, …
