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BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will pay an official visit to Hungary in the next few weeks, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s chief of staff said on Thursday, in defiance of an international arrest warrant for the Israeli leader. Orban invited Netanyahu to visit Hungary last November, saying he would guarantee that …

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By Gleb Stolyarov and Anastasia Lyrchikova MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia is asking companies to propose which sanctions Moscow should seek to have lifted ahead of talks with Washington, two Russian business people told Reuters, adding curbs that hamper cross-border payment flows are the most painful. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday said it …

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ATHENS (Reuters) – Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis will announce a cabinet reshuffle in the coming days, five government officials told Reuters on Thursday, as he seeks to shore up support following mass protests over a deadly 2023 train crash. Mitsotakis is expected to replace finance minister Kostis Hatzidakis, four of the officials said. Transport …

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COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Finland and Ukraine have signed a bilateral defence cooperation agreement, Finland’s defence ministry said on Thursday. The two countries have agreed to deepen their defence cooperation, including on armaments, exchange of intelligence as well as production of ammunition, the ministry said in a statement. The ministry also said it would give a …

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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Russia was ready to talk to the United States about a peace initiative discussed between the U.S. and Ukraine, and contacts could take place on Thursday. After talks with top U.S. diplomats in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, Ukraine said it was ready to accept a …

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MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin on Thursday declined to comment on a Reuters report that Russia had presented the U.S. with a list of its demands to end the war in Ukraine and reset relations with Washington. Two people familiar with the matter told Reuters that Russian and American officials had discussed Moscow’s terms during …

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