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PARIS, Dec 9 (Reuters) – Europe must accelerate its rearmament in response to a stark shift in U.S. military doctrine, a French government official said on Tuesday, calling Washington’s new security strategy “an extremely brutal clarification” of its ideological posture. The U.S. National Security Strategy, made public last week, caused shock across Europe, with a …

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By Anne Kauranen NIINISALO, Finland, Dec 9 (Reuters) – Finland has acquired hundreds of drone jammers and detectors, its military said on Tuesday, as countries on NATO’s eastern flank strengthen their defences following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Drones have been widely used in Ukraine since Russia invaded in 2022, but the rush to build counter-drone …

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Dec 9 (Reuters) – Slovakia’s parliament approved on Tuesday the scrapping of the country’s whistleblower protection office, in another move by the leftist-nationalist government that raises doubts about the rule of law in the EU member country. The following are measures by Prime Minister Robert Fico’s coalition, in office since 2023, that he says improve …

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Dec 9 (Reuters) – Slovakia’s parliament gave the final approval on Tuesday to a fast-tracked government plan to dismantle the country’s whistleblower protection office and replace it with a new body, a move critics say undermines anti-corruption safeguards. The bill, proposed by Prime Minister Robert Fico’s leftist-nationalist government, will abolish the Whistleblower Protection Office (UOO) …

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By Will Dunham Dec 9 (Reuters) – Scientists excavating the ruins of Pompeii have discovered a construction site left frozen in time by the eruption of Italy’s Mount Vesuvius volcano in 79 AD, clarifying the ingredients and methods behind the durable self-healing concrete the ancient Romans used to revolutionize architecture. The site represents a building …

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MADRID, Dec 9 (Reuters) – A Spanish court has provisionally closed its probe into the killing of a Russian pilot who had defected to Ukraine and was found shot dead in a garage on Spain’s Mediterranean coast last year, saying on Tuesday it could not identify any perpetrators. Pilot Maxim Kuzminov, who flew to Ukraine …

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MAINZ, Germany Dec 9 (Reuters) – German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Tuesday rejected a blistering attack on European democracies by the Trump administration, which issued a strategy paper last week declaring that the continent faced “civilizational erasure”. The U.S. National Security Strategy, made public last week, caused shock across Europe, with a broadside that accused …

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