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Slovak lawmakers scuffle as parliament revises laws on whistleblowers, witnesses

12 Dec 2025 12 Dec 2025

Dec 12 (Reuters) – Slovakia’s parliament passed legislation on whistleblowers and crown witnesses that the opposition warned threaten the rule of law, and which led to scuffles and angry exchanges between politicians late on Thursday and Friday. The European Commission also raised concerns about the changes, put forward by pro-Russian Prime Minister Robert Fico’s government …

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Israel gives legal status to 19 West Bank settlements, media reports

12 Dec 2025 12 Dec 2025

JERUSALEM, Dec 12 (Reuters) – Israel’s cabinet has decided to give legal status to 19 settlements in the occupied West Bank, including two that were vacated 20 years ago under a pullout aimed at boosting the country’s security and the economy, Israeli media reported. The Palestinian Authority on Friday condemned the move, announced late on …

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Spain’s Socialists face backlash over handling of sexual harassment claims

12 Dec 2025 12 Dec 2025

MADRID, Dec 12 (Reuters) – Spain’s Socialist Party PSOE apologised on Friday for “communication failures” in handling sexual harassment complaints, as mounting allegations threaten the credibility of a party that has long championed women’s rights. The party, led by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, is under fire from unions, the opposition and its own coalition partners …

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Italy arrests 34 ‘tomb raiders’ suspected of looting archaeological sites

12 Dec 2025 12 Dec 2025

By Alvise Armellini ROME, Dec 12 (Reuters) – Italian authorities said on Friday they had arrested 34 “tomb raiders” suspected of looting treasures from archaeological sites in Sicily and the neighbouring region of Calabria. The looting of Italy’s rich artistic and archaeological heritage is a centuries-old problem, but the Carabinieri police art squad has had …

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France toughens cattle lumpy skin disease rules amid farm protests

12 Dec 2025 12 Dec 2025

PARIS, Dec 12 (Reuters) – France imposed stricter controls to contain the contagious lumpy skin disease in cattle, saying the culling of entire infected herds was necessary to prevent the deaths of at least 1.5 million cows despite mounting farmer protests. Lumpy skin disease is a virus spread by insects that affects cattle and buffalo, …

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Trump’s envoy visits Belarus for talks with Lukashenko on prisoners

12 Dec 2025 12 Dec 2025

By Mark Trevelyan Dec 12 (Reuters) – Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko held talks on Friday with U.S. envoy John Coale, tasked by President Donald Trump with negotiating the release of political prisoners in Belarus, and said their meeting could help resolve certain problems. A brief video published by a Telegram channel linked to Lukashenko’s administration …

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Scores of migrants cross into Poland through hidden Belarus border tunnel

12 Dec 2025 12 Dec 2025

WARSAW, Dec 12 (Reuters) – More than 180 migrants crossed into Poland through a tunnel hidden in a forest on the border with Belarus, frontier guards said on Friday. Around 130 of them were detained in Poland after the passage was discovered on Thursday, but the rest were still on the run, the Polish Border …

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Berlin summons Russian ambassador over increase in hybrid attacks

12 Dec 2025 12 Dec 2025

BERLIN, Dec 12 (Reuters) – Berlin has summoned Russia’s ambassador over what it said was a huge increase in threatening hybrid activities including disinformation campaigns, espionage, cyberattacks and attempted sabotage, a German foreign ministry spokesperson said on Friday. “This morning we therefore summoned the Russian ambassador to the foreign office and made it clear that …

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Ukraine would join EU by 2027 under draft peace proposal, FT reports

12 Dec 2025 12 Dec 2025

Dec 12 (Reuters) – Ukraine would be slated to join the European Union by January 1 2027 under a peace proposal being discussed as part of U.S.-mediated negotiations to bring an end to the years-long Russia-Ukraine conflict, the Financial Times reported on Friday. The proposal was being negotiated by U.S. and Ukrainian officials with the …

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Hungarian police propose charges against Budapest mayor over banned Pride march

12 Dec 2025 12 Dec 2025

BUDAPEST, Dec 12 (Reuters) – Hungarian police proposed on Friday that prosecutors should press charges against Budapest’s liberal Mayor Gergely Karacsony over his role in arranging an LGBTQ+ rights rally that turned into an anti-government protest in June. Tens of thousands of protesters marched through Budapest on June 28 as a banned Pride march swelled …

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