Europe

How do you solve a problem like Elon Musk?

The “chameleon” tech billionaire is one of the most powerful politically connected people in the world. Europe’s governments are still working out how to deal with being on his bad side.

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  EMILIO CASALICCHIO, JAMES ANGELOS, ELIZA GKRITSI AND JOSHUA BERLINGER

Britain wants to reset its Brexit reset

To get talks back on track in the coming year, Keir Starmer and his team are filling their diary with trips to Brussels.

• 1 years ago

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  Jon Stone

Lavrov comments on Russian military presence in post-revolt Syria

Talks with Damascus’ new leadership could address future operation of and terms covering Russian military bases, the foreign minister has said

• 1 years ago

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  Editors Desk

French Christmas traditions: festivities that continue into the New Year

Christmas in France would not be complete without free-flowing champagne, oysters or a bûche de Noël. And the French holiday season is longer than most – stretching into the New Year with Epiphany (January 6) and its traditional galettes des rois into February with Chandeleur (Candlemas).  

• 1 years ago

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  Editors Desk

French PM names new government, hoping to avoid another no-confidence vote

Centrist François Bayrou had promised a ‘national interest government’ across the middle political ground but ended up leaning to the conservative right

• 1 years ago

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  Kim Willsher in Paris

Christmas market attack: German authorities under fire over suspect’s history of threats

German officials faced mounting criticism on Sunday over the failure to prevent a deadly Christmas market attack in Magdeburg as it emerged that the 50-year-old suspect had made online death threats against German citizens and had a history of quarrelling with state authorities.

• 1 years ago

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  Editors Desk

Italian court aquits Vice Premier Salvini in migrant rescue ship case

A Sicilian court on Friday acquitted Italian Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini of illegally detaining 100 migrants aboard the Open Arms rescue ship in 2019, when he was interior minister. 

• 1 years ago

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  Editors Desk

German police search for motive in deadly Christmas market attack

German officials hunted for clues on Saturday after a 50-year-old Saudi national with a history of anti-Islamic comments drove his car into a Christmas market teeming with holiday shoppers, killing five people, including a small child, and injuring more than 200 others.

• 1 years ago

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  Editors Desk

Germany’s Scholz has lost a confidence vote. Here’s what comes next

• 1 years ago

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  Editors Desk

Russian oil tankers sinking in Black Sea (VIDEO)

The two ships had 29 crew members on board when calls for help were issued, the Russian Emergency Ministry has said

• 1 years ago

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  Editors Desk

EU expands open-border zone

Bulgaria and Romania will become part of the Schengen area in January, the European Council has said

• 1 years ago

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  Editors Desk

Russia has a possible replacement for nuclear weapons – Putin

Sufficient Oreshnik hypersonic missile systems could alleviate the need for further updating the country’s nuclear doctrine, according to the Russian president

• 1 years ago

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  Editors Desk

‘Not expected to survive’: Nation in crisis

France’s new Prime Minister was tasked with fixing the nation’s broken budget. Instead, he may have broken France.

• 1 years ago

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  Jamie Seidel

Country’s government teeters on the brink

The government in one European country is teetering on the brink of collapse after the PM made a very controversial move.

• 1 years ago

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  Editors Desk

Kremlin compares Georgia protests to Maidan coup

Spokesman Dmitry Peskov has claimed an “orange revolution” is being attempted in the former Soviet republic

• 1 years ago

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  Editors Desk

Georgian PM promises ‘no Mai

Georgian PM promises ‘no Maidan’

• 1 years ago

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  Editors Desk