BRUSSELS (Reuters) -EU countries have in principle agreed on the proposals for a 150 billion euro ($168.3 billion) fund aimed at boosting Europe’s defence, known as Security Action for Europe (SAFE), an EU diplomat said on Monday. The plan, proposed by the European Commission in March, will be financed through joint borrowing and give loans …
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LONDON (Reuters) – JPMorgan said on Monday that an election win by Romania’s centrist Bucharest mayor Nicusor Dan is reducing political risk ahead and that a sovereign ratings downgrade to below investment grade was now less of a concern. The Wall Street bank adjusted its forecasts following Sunday’s runoff election, saying it now expected a …
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By Luiza Ilie, Elizaveta Gladun BUCHAREST (Reuters) -Romania’s centrist Bucharest mayor, Nicusor Dan, won the country’s presidential election on Sunday in a shock upset over a hard-right, nationalist rival who had pledged to put Romania on a path inspired by U.S. President Donald Trump’s politics. Official results from nearly all voting stations showed Dan garnering …
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PARIS (Reuters) -One person has died after a boat carrying migrants trying to cross the English Channel near Boulogne-sur-Mer got into difficulties, said the French local authority responsible for the region. The French authority said 62 people had been rescued. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron are both under pressure to …
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By Catarina Demony, Sergio Goncalves, Andrei Khalip LISBON (Reuters) -Portugal’s centre-right Democratic Alliance (AD) won an early parliamentary election on Sunday, but again fell short of the full majority needed to end a long period of political turmoil, while the centre-left Socialists and far-right Chega were nearly tied for second place. The election, the third …
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By Luiza Ilie, Elizaveta Gladun BUCHAREST (Reuters) -Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan’s decision to attend a string of debates last week shunned by his hard-right rival appeared to pay off on Sunday when the pro-European Union centrist emerged victorious in the country’s presidential run-off election. Analysts said Dan’s earnestness while sitting across an empty chair where …
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(Reuters) -British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Sunday discussed Russia’s war against Ukraine with leaders of the U.S., Italy, France and Germany, a Downing Street spokesperson said. Looking ahead to U.S. President Donald Trump’s call with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin on Monday, the leaders discussed the need for an unconditional ceasefire in the war that …
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By Pavel Polityuk and Olena Harmash KYIV (Reuters) -Russia launched on Sunday its largest drone attack on Ukraine since the start of the war, destroying homes and killing at least one woman a day before U.S. President Donald Trump is due to discuss a proposed ceasefire with Russia’s Vladimir Putin. Ukraine’s intelligence service said it …
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By Andrius Sytas TALLINN (Reuters) -Russia detained a Greek-owned oil tanker on Sunday after it left an Estonian Baltic Sea port, the Estonian Foreign Ministry said, adding it had alerted NATO allies to the incident. The Liberia-flagged ship Green Admire was leaving Sillamae port using a designated navigation channel that crosses Russian territorial waters, the …
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LISBON (Reuters) -Portugal’s ruling centre-right Democratic Alliance (AD) took an early lead in Sunday’s parliamentary election, garnering over 38% of the vote with more than 10% of the ballots counted, official electoral data showed. Early tallies can be unreliable as results from smaller municipalities come in first while ballots in large cities such as Lisbon …
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