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Putin says Slovakia could host peace talks with Ukraine
Putin said that Fico, an outspoken opponent of EU support for Ukraine, had offered his country as to host talks between Russia and Ukraine.
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Finland boards oil tanker suspected of causing internet, power cable outages
The Cook Islands-registered ship, part of the Russian 'shadow fleet', was boarded by a Finnish coast guard crew that took command and sailed the vessel to Finnish waters
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Top10. Niinistö report: How the EU must gear up for future crises
In this episode, host Giada Santana and politics reporter Nicholas Wallace delve into EU-NATO competition, Niinistö’s intelligence unit proposal, and a dash of Finnish history.
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Russian air-defense system downed Azerbaijan plane, sources say
"Baku expects the Russian side to confess to the shooting down of the Azerbaijani aircraft," a source said.
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Gaza medics say Israeli strike kills five journalists, Israel says it hit militants
The Palestinian Journalists Union said the strike killed five journalists from the Al-Quds Today channel who were in a broadcast vehicle in front of Al-Awda Hospital in central Gaza.
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Kurdish militia in Syria will be buried if they do not lay down arms, Erdoğan threatens
Following Assad's departure, Ankara has repeatedly insisted that the Kurdish YPG militia must disband, asserting that the group has no place in Syria's future.
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On Christmas Day, Pope Francis calls for talks to end Ukraine war
In his Christmas Day "Urbi et Orbi", Francis called for "gestures of dialogue and encounter, in order to achieve a just and lasting peace".
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Russian ship that sank off Spanish coast was blown up in ‘act of terrorism’, owner says
RIA cited Oboronlogistika, a company that is part of the Russian Defence Ministry's military construction operations, as saying that the vessel had been targeted in "a terrorist act."
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‘Presidency’ is the Polish word of 2025
Holding the EU council presidency for six months, will Tusk's camp get the presidency too?
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2025 will show whether Europe can walk the talk on defence funding
As Sauli Niniistö wrote, war preperation should become strategy in 2025.
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Russia launches ‘inhuman’ Christmas Day attacks, Ukraine says
US President Joe Biden denounced the "outrageous" attack and said he had asked the US Defense Department to push forward with a new surge of military aid to Kyiv.
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Bosnia’s Serb lawmakers halt EU accession efforts
The Republika Srpska assembly wants its representatives to boycott votes in joint state bodies until what it claims is a "politically motivated process" against its leader Milorad Dodik is ended.
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Top10. The future of the EU budget behind the leak
In this episode, join host Giada Santana and economy and transport reporter Jonathan Packroff as they dive into MFF’s current challenges, regional stakeholders' perspectives, and what the future might hold.
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Azerbaijan Airlines plane crashes in Kazakhstan, many feared dead
Azerbaijan Airlines said the Embraer 190 jet, with flight number J2-8243, was flying from Baku to Grozny, capital of Russia's Chechnya region, but had been forced to make an emergency landing around 3 km from Aktau in Kazakhstan.
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Global hunger crisis deepens as major nations skimp on aid
The majority of humanitarian funding comes from just three wealthy donors: the US, Germany and the European Commission.
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Russian cargo ship sinks in Mediterranean after explosion
Oboronligistica, a company part of the Defence ministry, said the ship was carrying specialised port cranes due to be installed at the port of Vladivostok as well as parts for new ice-breakers.
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Franco-German political stability critical for 2025 EU economic outlook
The range of realistic outcomes has probably never been so wide, an analyst said.
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Meloni’s mission in 2025: From Trump to the Green Deal
2024 has seen Italy slide further right, but Meloni remains unscathed, for now.
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Moldovan president warns of ‘harsh winter’ in inauguration speech
"We can be proud that, despite the challenges, we have managed to be on the right side of history," Maia Sandu said while taking the oath before parliament and the Constitutional Court.
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A blast at a Turkish ammunition factory kills 11 people
“The explosion was due to a technical issue. There is no possibility of sabotage,” the governor of the province said.
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