HELSINKI (Reuters) – Finland has temporarily closed all but one of its eight passenger crossings to Russia in response to an unusually high inflow of migrants for which it the Nordic country accuses Moscow. More than 700 migrants from nations such as Yemen, Afghanistan, Kenya, Morocco, Pakistan, Somalia and Syria, have in the past couple …
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By Toby Sterling and Bart H. Meijer AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Dutch party leaders meet on Friday for the first time since anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders won Wednesday’s elections to begin the difficult and lengthy process of building a coalition. Beating all predictions, Wilders’ Freedom Party (PVV) won 37 seats out of 150, well ahead of …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will provide another 30 million pounds ($37.38 million)of humanitarian aid to Gaza, Foreign Secretary David Cameron said on Friday as he travels to the occupied Palestinian territories on the second day of his visit to the region. Cameron will meet Palestinian leaders and aid agencies. On Thursday he met Israeli Prime …
By Padraic Halpin and Conor Humphries DUBLIN (Reuters) – Irish police guarded looted stores and firefighters cooled down smouldering vehicles in the heart of Dublin’s city centre early on Friday after the stabbing of three young children sparked a night of rioting rarely seen before in the capital. Police blamed far-right agitators for starting the …
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By Conor Humphries and Clodagh Kilcoyne DUBLIN (Reuters) -Three young children were among five people injured in a knife attack in central Dublin on Thursday that police said they had not ruled out any motive over, including whether it could be terror-related. The incident sparked clashes between riot police and a group of anti-immigrant protesters, …
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By Bart H. Meijer THE HAGUE (Reuters) – Dutch Muslims expressed shock on Thursday at the election win of far-right populist Geert Wilders, who has previously called for mosques and the Koran to be banned in the Netherlands. Wilders and his Freedom Party (PVV) beat all predictions on Wednesday night by winning 37 seats out …
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By Leigh Thomas PARIS (Reuters) – The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s leadership on global tax coordination has come under threat after a majority of UN members backed an African-led initiative to bring international tax cooperation to the United Nations. Many developing countries have lamented for years that they are unable to influence discussions …
By Anthony Deutsch and Toby Sterling AMSTERDAM (Reuters) – Geert Wilders, the far-right populist who won the Dutch election, will have to tone down ideas like banning the Koran, leaving the European Union and halting all foreign aid if he wants to succeed in forming – and leading – a coalition government. Wilders, a political …
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By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – An adviser to Europe’s top court on Thursday said judges should dismiss Deutsche Telekom’s bid to get EU antitrust regulators to pay interest on the reimbursed portion of a fine imposed nearly a decade ago. A number of companies have recently demanded that antitrust enforcers pay default interest …
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By Sergio Goncalves LISBON (Reuters) – Portugal’s Attorney General Lucilia Gago on Thursday rejected criticism from the ruling Socialist Party (PS) that she was responsible for Prime Minister Antonio Costa’s resignation because of her probe into alleged irregularities in his administration. Prominent members of the Socialist Party (PS) have blamed Gago for the fall of …
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