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VIENNA (Reuters) – The three biggest centrist parties in Austria’s parliament have agreed to form a new coalition government, sidelining the far-right Freedom Party (FPO) even though it came first in September’s parliamentary election. Below are some key policies in their 211-page joint government programme, published on Thursday.  Each of the parties added items of …

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BUCHAREST (Reuters) – Romania’s coalition government will extend a price cap on electricity for households and businesses until June and on gas for a year, Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu said on Thursday, to shield consumers from a recent surge in energy costs. Romania has been capping gas and power bills for households, small businesses, hospitals, …

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MADRID (Reuters) – A Spanish court on Thursday reduced the sentences of two of five men convicted in the so-called “Wolf Pack” rape case in 2016 after a change in the country’s sexual crimes law inadvertently created a much-criticised loophole. The court, in the Navarra region where the gang rape took place, said it was …

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(Reuters) – The EU Court of Justice should rule in favour of Austria in its appeal against the European Commission’s decision to approve Hungary’s state aid for the expansion of its Paks atomic plant, the court’s adviser said on Thursday. The court’s advocate-general said Austria had been correct in arguing that the Commission should have …

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MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Kremlin said on Thursday it believed a one-year jail term and political ban handed down to Bosnian Serb separatist leader Milorad Dodik was politically-motivated and could have negative and destabilising consequences for the Balkans. Bosnia’s state court on Wednesday convicted Dodik for defying the orders of an international peace envoy and …

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By Louise Rasmussen COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Denmark remains on course to meet its 2030 target of slashing its territorial greenhouse gas emissions by 70% from 1990 levels, provided that the country delivers on its stated plans, a government-appointed council said on Thursday. Denmark’s goal, launched in 2020, is one of the world’s most ambitious, while …

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