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By Stoyan Nenov SOFIA (Reuters) – Several thousand supporters of Bulgaria’s ultra-nationalist Revival party scuffled with police on Saturday while trying to storm the building of a European Union mission during a protest against the country’s plans to adopt the euro next year. The anti-government protesters, chanting “Resignation” and “No to the Euro”, threw red …

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By Anita Komuves and Krisztina Fenyo BUDAPEST (Reuters) – Thousands of Hungarian judges, court staff and supporters marched to the ministry of justice in Budapest on Saturday, demanding judicial independence, freedom of expression for judges and better pay. The independence of Hungary’s courts has been a contentious issue, causing a rift between Prime Minister Viktor …

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SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s Labor government on Saturday promised an extra A$8.5 billion ($5.4 billion) for the country’s universal healthcare system if re-elected at a national election due by May, amid sagging popularity for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Centre-left Labor traditionally sees its protection of Australia’s cherished Medicare universal healthcare scheme as a key differentiator …

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BERLIN (Reuters) – NATO is planning to build a pipeline system from Germany to Poland and the Czech Republic to ensure a rapid supply of jet fuel for fighter aircraft in the event of a war with Russia, weekly German magazine Der Spiegel reported. The existing Cold War-era pipeline system of the military alliance currently …

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By Thomas Escritt BERLIN (Reuters) – Germans go to the polls on Sunday in a snap election called after the collapse of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s three-way coalition. This is how Germany’s election system works: WHAT IS GERMANY’S HYBRID VOTING SYSTEM? Germany’s reformed voting system aims to blend British- or American-style single-member constituencies with the proportionality …

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(Reuters) – Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Saturday Moscow had not yet received agreement from Washington for its new ambassador to the United States, the RIA state news agency reported. The last Russian ambassador to the U.S., Anatoly Antonov, left his post in October. On Tuesday, during the first Russia-U.S. talks on …

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By Sarah Marsh BERLIN (Reuters) – Alice Weidel, the chancellor candidate of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD), is an unlikely public face for a male-dominated, anti-immigration party that depicts itself as a defender of traditional family values and ordinary people. The 46-year-old is raising two sons with a Sri Lankan-born woman, a filmmaker, and …

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