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BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Hungary’s ruling party has submitted a resolution to parliament calling on the government to not support the start of talks on Ukraine’s EU accession. The moves comes as Prime Minister Viktor Orban is stepping up pressure on Brussels ahead of a crucial EU summit next week. His ruling party said the start …

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By Andrei Khalip and Sergio Goncalves LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal’s leading contender for prime minister, Luis Montenegro, expects his promise of tax cuts for the middle class, young and companies to win enough votes for his centre-right Social Democratic Party to secure a majority in a March 10 snap election. Montenegro, 50, told Reuters on …

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ZURICH (Reuters) – Clariant cut its full year earnings guidance on Wednesday after it said it would close its bioethanol plant in Romania and downsize its operations in Germany. The Swiss company said 120 jobs would go with the closure of the Podari facility in southern Romania, while another 50 would be cut at its …

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By Alvise Armellini and Elvira Pollina ROME (Reuters) – Madou Koulibaly is the new face of an old Italy. The 24-year-old, who arrived in the country from Guinea in 2018, is blazing a trail as Tuscany’s first migrant bus driver recruited as part of a drive to fill labour gaps with foreign workers. He was …

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LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak expressed his disappointment about the breakdown of the pause in fighting in Gaza in a call with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, his office said in a readout. “The Prime Minister spoke to Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this afternoon. He expressed disappointment about the …

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BUDAPEST (Reuters) – The U.S. envoy to Budapest sharply criticised the Hungarian government on Tuesday for “disregarding” the interests of its NATO allies and strengthening ties with Russia at a time when its allies are isolating it. In a speech at AmCham to U.S. companies that have invested in Hungary, Ambassador David Pressman said Hungary …

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By Humeyra Pamuk and Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Russia in recent weeks rejected a substantial new proposal for the release of Paul Whelan and Evan Gershkovich, two Americans considered by the U.S. to be “wrongfully detained” in Russia, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said on Tuesday. Miller declined to provide details on what Washington proposed …

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By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States imposed fresh Russia-related sanctions on Tuesday, targeting a defense procurement network consisting of people and entities in Belgium, Sweden and Hong Kong, among other places, as Washington cracks down on Moscow’s evasion of Western sanctions imposed over the war in Ukraine. The U.S. Treasury Department said in …

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