China remains a “very big problem” because of the way it helps circumvent EU sanctions against Russia, with no signs that the practice is abating, the EU’s chief sanctions envoy, David O’Sullivan, said in exclusive comments to Euronews. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING “We raise it regularly at the highest level with the Chinese authorities but you know […]
Continue ReadingThe government has already responded to Wednesday’s general strike, downplaying its overall impact. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING At a press conference at 11.30 am, the Minister for Labor, Maria Rosário da Palma Ramalho, said that “the overwhelming majority of workers are at work” and therefore “The country is functioning normally.” According to the minister, provisional data from […]
Continue ReadingThe government has already responded to Wednesday’s general stoppage, playing down its overall impact. Even so, the late afternoon was marked by scuffles outside the Assembly of the Republic, where one of several demonstrations against the labor law was taking place on this day of general strike. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING According to the newspaper Observador, five […]
Continue ReadingThe government has already responded to Wednesday’s general strike, downplaying its overall impact. Despite this, the late afternoon was marked by disturbances outside the Assembly of the Republicwhere one of several demonstrations against the labor law was taking place on this day of general strike. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING There are records of six people being detained […]
Continue ReadingAccording to Germany’s Federal Statistical Office, the fertility rate in Germany in 2024 was 1.35 children per woman, two percent fewer than in the previous year. Provisional figures for 2025 point to a further decline, to around 654,300 births. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING But the desire to have children is still there. To analysis by the Federal […]
Continue ReadingAs Europe tries to stabilize turbulent trade relations with China, Australian Trade Minister Don Farrell recommends that Brussels hold its nerve.
Continue ReadingPublished on 03/06/2026 – 10:45 GMT+2 NATO chief Mark Rutte arrived in Kyiv on Wednesday for an unannounced trip, Ukraine’s national railway operator said in a later deleted social media post. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING It comes after a series of large-scale fatal Russian attacks on the Ukrainian capital in recent weeks. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who […]
Continue ReadingThe European Commission is seeking permission from the European Council to defend Spain from a €106 million lawsuit brought in a US court under the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) which could put Madrid in breach of EU state aid rules, according to a document seen by Euronews. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING The ECT is a post-Cold War […]
Continue ReadingSince the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in early 2022, Moscow’s main military advantage has been its scale: a large standing force, extensive reserves, and the legacy of a Soviet-era military system that long made it one of the world’s biggest armies. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Yet more than four years into Moscow’s war, that […]
Continue ReadingPublished on 03/06/2026 – 10:29 GMT+2 A British Treasury minister has called the United Kingdom’s return to the EU “an inevitability”. ADVERTISING ADVERTISING Lord Spencer Livermore, the financial secretary to the treasury, said on Monday that reversing Brexit was “absolutely” in the UK’s “national economic interest” while also touting the government’s “reset” efforts with Brussels. […]
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