PARIS (Reuters) – France and Poland are finalising a bilateral treaty that will cover defence, energy, nuclear, transport and scientific, linguistic and cultural cooperation, French President Emmanuel Macron said on social media platform X. Macron made the comments after speaking with Poland Prime Minister Donald Tusk. (Reporting by Dominique Vidalon)
MADRID (Reuters) – Spanish lawmakers approved on Thursday a plan to relocate thousands of underage migrants staying in cramped youth centres, mainly on the Canary Islands, to the rest of the country as its outposts struggle to cope with higher migration flows. The seven Spanish islands off northwestern Africa’s Atlantic coast host more than 6,000 …
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MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) – Germany’s conservative CSU approved a coalition deal with its CDU sister party and the Social Democrats (SPD) on Thursday, a day after they presented a programme to revive growth in Europe’s biggest economy and take a tougher line on migration. The move by the Bavarian party is the first of several …
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By Victoria Waldersee BERLIN (Reuters) – Volkswagen’s first-quarter earnings fell far short of market expectations, plunging about 40%, as Europe’s biggest carmaker factored in costs for penalties of missing EU carbon emissions targets and for cars affected by U.S. tariffs. Volkswagen’s shares were up 8.2%, as relief swept through markets after the U.S. administration’s announcement …
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By Laila Bassam, Tom Perry and Maya Gebeily BEIRUT (Reuters) -As calls for Lebanon’s Hezbollah to disarm gain momentum, a senior Hezbollah official told Reuters the group is ready to hold talks with the Lebanese president about its weapons if Israel withdraws from south Lebanon and stops its strikes. The prospect of talks aimed at …
(Reuters) – A freight liberalisation agreement allowing Ukrainian cargo to enter the EU without a transport permit has been extended until the end of the year, Ukrainian officials said on Thursday. The agreement, signed in 2022, cancels the requirement for Ukrainian carriers to obtain permits for bilateral and transit transport to the EU and avoids …
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By Jana Choukeir BEIRUT (Reuters) -Hezbollah lawmaker Hassan Fadlallah said on Thursday the Iran-aligned group is ready to enter talks with the Lebanese government on a national defence strategy, with the focus on ensuring the removal of Israeli troops from Lebanon’s territory. U.S.-backed President Joseph Aoun, who pledged to establish a state monopoly on the …
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PARIS (Reuters) – The European Union will put on hold for 90 days its first countermeasures against U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said in a statement on X. “We took note of the announcement by President Trump. We want to give negotiations a chance. While finalising the adoption …
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KYIV (Reuters) -Technical consultations between the U.S. and Ukraine on a minerals deal will begin in Washington on Friday and will not interfere with Kyiv’s other financial commitments, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Olha Stefanishyna said on Thursday. U.S. President Donald Trump is seeking a bilateral minerals deal as part of a peace push to end …
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By Dave Graham ZURICH (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to hit Switzerland with steeper tariffs than most of Europe was a major shock to the export-oriented country, pushing it towards the European Union as it scrambled to contain the fallout. While there was relief that Trump temporarily lowered his tariffs on Wednesday, for …
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