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Storm Pedro Triggers Historic Floods Along France's Garonne Science

Storm Pedro Triggers Historic Floods Along France's Garonne

Southwestern France is enduring its worst flooding in decades after 35 consecutive days of rain and Storm Pedro pushed the Garonne River to a record 1...

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Slovakia and Hungary Block EU's 20th Sanctions Package Against Russia Economy

Slovakia and Hungary Block EU's 20th Sanctions Package Against Russia

EU ambassadors discussed the 20th package of sanctions against Russia on February 20th, but Slovakia and Hungary are conditioning their approval on ma...

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Hungary and Slovakia Veto Russian Oil Sanctions, Blocking EU Package Economy

Hungary and Slovakia Veto Russian Oil Sanctions, Blocking EU Package

Hungary and Slovakia blocked the EU's 20th package of anti-Russian sanctions on Thursday, demanding guarantees for the transit of Russian crude oil. P...

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Fighter Jet Crisis: Merz Considers GCAP as FCAS Alternative Economy

Fighter Jet Crisis: Merz Considers GCAP as FCAS Alternative

The European FCAS fighter jet program is in deep crisis. While Airbus and Dassault have been arguing over industrial rights for years, Germany is cons...

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FCAS: Macron Resists Berlin's Hesitations Economy

FCAS: Macron Resists Berlin's Hesitations

The French president is defending the Franco-German-Spanish Future Combat Air System (FCAS) program in the face of doubts from Chancellor Merz, who is...

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Europe must rearm, warn army chiefs Economy

Europe must rearm, warn army chiefs

The chiefs of the German and British armed forces have issued a joint statement calling on Europe to massively increase defence spending. Slovakia is...

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NASA is testing the Artemis 2 rocket again. The launch could take place on 6 March. Science

NASA is testing the Artemis 2 rocket again. The launch could take place on 6 March.

NASA will attempt a second test of fuelling the SLS rocket before the Artemis 2 mission on 19 February. After a hydrogen leak in early February, techn...

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Bratislava on the high-speed train route: VRT V4 for 3 billion Economy

Bratislava on the high-speed train route: VRT V4 for 3 billion

Slovak Railways has completed a feasibility study for the V4 high-speed rail line. Trains will travel at speeds of up to 320 km/h, with the journey fr...

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Fico warns: The EU is in the deepest crisis in its history Economy

Fico warns: The EU is in the deepest crisis in its history

Prime Minister Robert Fico stated at a conference on housing in Bratislava that the European Union is facing an unprecedented crisis caused by poor en...

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Trump: Tariffs on chips and medicines 25% and above, EU has a ceiling of 15% Economy

Trump: Tariffs on chips and medicines 25% and above, EU has a ceiling of 15%

US President Donald Trump has announced tariffs on semiconductors and pharmaceuticals of 25 per cent and above. The European Union has an agreement wi...

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Trump's Chip and Drug Tariffs Shake Global Trade Economy

Trump's Chip and Drug Tariffs Shake Global Trade

President Trump's escalating tariffs on semiconductors and pharmaceuticals — from an initial 25% to threats of 100% or more — have disrupted global su...

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Europe Races to Rearm With €800 Billion Defense Plan Economy

Europe Races to Rearm With €800 Billion Defense Plan

Germany and the UK's top military commanders have issued a rare joint public appeal urging Europeans to accept the costs of rearmament, as the EU mobi...

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