ATHENS (Reuters) -Greek migration minister Makis Voridis resigned on Friday after being implicated in a European Union investigation into the misuse of subsidies to Greek farmers but he denied any wrongdoing. The EU earlier this month imposed a 392.2 million-euro ($460.3 million) fine on Greece over a major scandal involving the mismanagement of agricultural subsidies …
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By Lauren Bacquie PARIS (Reuters) -The families of Cecile Kohler and her partner Jacques Paris, two French citizens detained in Iran since 2022, issued urgent pleas on Friday for proof the pair are still alive, days after an Israeli strike hit Tehran’s Evin prison where they are held. Evin prison is known as Iran’s most …
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BUDAPEST (Reuters) -Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Friday there would be “legal consequences” for organising or attending a Budapest Pride march in violation of a police ban on the event planned for this weekend. Hungary’s parliament, in which Orban’s right-wing Fidesz Party has a big majority, passed legislation in March that created a …
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BEIRUT (Reuters) -More than a dozen Israeli air strikes battered a row of hilltops in southern Lebanon on Friday, security sources said, with the Israeli military saying it had attacked a damaged military site that armed group Hezbollah was seeking to restore. The simultaneous strikes hit a mountainous strip near the southern Lebanese city of …
MOSCOW (Reuters) -The Kremlin said on Friday that Estonia’s stated readiness to host NATO allies’ U.S.-made F-35A stealth jets, capable of carrying nuclear weapons, posed a direct threat to Moscow. Estonian Defence Minister Hanno Pevkur told the Postimees news outlet on Thursday that Estonia – which borders Russia and is a rotating base for NATO …
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KYIV (Reuters) -A Russian missile attack on Friday killed at least five people and wounded more than 20 in the industrial city of Samar in Ukraine’s southeast, officials said, the second strike on the city in three days. At least four of the wounded were in severe condition and were taken to hospital, regional governor …
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By Sara Rossi and Gabriele Pileri VENICE (Reuters) -Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and journalist Lauren Sanchez began three days of lavish wedding celebrations in Venice on Thursday with tight security shielding their VIP guests from protesters. Bill Gates, Orlando Bloom and the Queen of Jordan were among the latest arrivals, joining Oprah Winfrey, Kris Jenner …
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MADRID (Reuters) -Spanish Economy Minister Carlos Cuerpo has launched his candidacy to preside over the Eurogroup, an informal body of euro zone finance and economy ministers, a ministry spokesperson said on Friday. Cuerpo will seek to “revitalise” the Eurogroup, the spokesperson said in a statement. “The euro area requires urgent and decisive action to strengthen …
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By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Meta Platforms may face daily fines if EU regulators decide the changes it has proposed to its pay-or-consent model fail to comply with an antitrust order issued in April, they said on Friday. The warning from the European Commission, which acts as the EU competition enforcer, came two months …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Anti-Muslim online posts targeting New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani have surged since his Democratic primary upset this week, including death threats and comments comparing his candidacy to the September 11, 2001 attacks, advocates said on Friday. There were at least 127 violent hate-related reports mentioning Mamdani or his …
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