SOFIA (Reuters) – Bulgarian Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov said on Thursday his government was seeking an interim agreement with Greece to end an impasse over an expired water deal that has sparked protests by Greek farmers. Since 1964, under a World War Two reparations agreement between the two neighbours, water from Bulgaria’s mountains has flowed …
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By Louise Rasmussen and Isabelle Yr Carlsson COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Denmark’s policy of dispersing residents from neighbourhoods with large ethnic minority populations is discriminatory, an adviser to the European Union’s top court said on Thursday ahead of a ruling due in coming months. The housing legislation in place since 2018 aims to further promote integration …
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KYIV (Reuters) – A Ukrainian drone attack struck Russia’s Andreapol oil pumping station overnight, causing oil products to spill and starting a fire, a source in the Security Service of Ukraine said on Thursday. The Russian defence ministry said earlier that its air defences had engaged and repelled a Ukrainian drone attack, including shooting down …
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HELSINKI (Reuters) – Sweden and Denmark will replace two aging undersea power cable lines to increase transmission capacity between the countries, Swedish grid operator Kraftnat said on Thursday. “The main driving force behind the renewal is to enable continued electricity trade between Sweden and Denmark,” Kraftnat said in a statement, adding that the cables are …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s largest petrochemicals company, Sibur, plans in the first half of March to resume output at a plant that was suspended last month after a Ukrainian drone attack, a source familiar with company’s plans told Reuters on Thursday. The company said on January 29 that it had temporarily suspended production at its …
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By Andrew Gray, Lili Bayer and John Irish BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European leaders warned the United States on Thursday against sealing a Ukraine peace deal with Russia behind their backs as they scrambled for a seat at the table after Donald Trump spoke to Vladimir Putin and announced the start of negotiations. U.S. President Trump’s …
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By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA (Reuters) -The number of people missing in the war between Ukraine and Russia has doubled to 50,000 over the past year, the International Committee of the Red Cross said on Thursday. “Last year, the number of missing persons that the ICRC has documented was 23,000. A year later that number …
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STUTTGART (Reuters) – An Afghan man with suspected Islamist sympathies went on trial in Germany on Thursday on charges of murder and attempted murder after a stabbing attack targeting a political rally in the western city of Mannheim. The trial takes place at a time of heightened debate in Germany around asylum rules and security …
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BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany holds elections on February 23, with its army’s battle-readiness less than when Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022 – a precarious position as Europe faces a new geopolitical era under U.S. President Donald Trump. The conservative Christian Democrats (CDU) led by Friedrich Merz are expected to win, but there are wide divisions …
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BELGRADE (Reuters) – Serbian police have arrested four people in connection with a fire at a nursing home last month in which eight people were killed and seven injured, the government said on Thursday. The blaze in Barajevo, a municipality just outside the capital Belgrade, was blamed on negligence as was the collapse of an …
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