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Western countries reveal major Russian cyber-espionage campaign

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Attacks ramped up after Moscow invaded Ukraine in February 2022.

The jaded English town where Nigel Farage could hammer Labour

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Westminster is champing at the bit to see if Reform UK wins a crucial by-election against Labour next week. Locals are indifferent.

The wholegrain revolution! How Denmark changed the diet โ€“ and health โ€“ of their entire nation

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Is it possible to make a country healthier one slice of rye bread at a time? If the rocketing wholegrain consumption of the Danes is anything to go by, absolutelyLunchtime in Copenhagen, Denmark. The place is packed and staff are talking customers thro…

The czarโ€™s gambit: How Putin uses chess

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Troubling links exist between Moscowโ€™s war machine and the leadership of the iconic strategy game.

Trump forces Canada to rethink trade and energy flows

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Tariff threats prompt provinces to tout โ€œeast-westโ€ corridors, rather than โ€œsouthโ€ to the U.S.

Belgian public transport companies quit Elon Muskโ€™s X

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Get your service delay info somewhere else!

Serbiaโ€™s government resigns as Vuฤiฤ‡ floats idea of fresh elections

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Serbian president tries to find a way out of historic protests and public outrage after train station collapse.

Orbรกn tries to ban Pride in Hungary as polls show rival surging

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Fidesz says it’s trying to prohibit Pride to keep children safe from the LGBTQ+ agenda, but opponents say the prime minister’s party is trying to create a wedge issue.

Serbia protests: How much trouble is Aleksandar Vuฤiฤ‡ in?

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As the biggest protests since Slobodan Miloลกeviฤ‡โ€™s regime rock Belgrade, POLITICO explains everything you need to know.

Massive crowds flood Belgrade as months of protests reach boiling point

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After sweeping the country, ever-growing anti-government demonstrations have circled back to the Serbian capital.

Greek PM vows to upgrade railways as government faces confidence vote

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Kyriakos Mitsotakis says protests over train disaster emphasise the need for โ€˜safe and modernโ€™ transport system The Greek prime minister has vowed to upgrade the countryโ€™s railways as his embattled government braces for a vote of no confidence after hu…

Greece gripped by massive strikes as suspicion and anger boil over

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On the two-year anniversary of a train crash that killed 57 people, national protests reflect despair over its handling.

A train through Germany: is Europeโ€™s powerhouse going off the rails?

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In the run-up to Sundayโ€™s crucial election, the Guardian took a long journey through Europeโ€™s heartland to talk to votersCreaking, overcrowded, neglected, Germanyโ€™s railways, once a source of national pride, have taken a battering to their image in rec…

Chasing the Don: How EU politicians are jockeying for position with Trump

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From Nigel Farage to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, EU politicians are competing for the privilege of being Europe’s Trump whisperer.

Thousands protest over deadly train crash in Greece

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Clashes erupted at the end of the protests in Athens and Thessaloniki.

Russia plotted terror attacks on airlines around the world, Polandโ€™s Tusk says

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Polish PM makes bombshell accusation against Moscow.

Germany reportedly boosting domestic defense with new division

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The reorganization will take effect on April 1 and will bring the number of German army divisions to four, according to the reports.

Serbia charges 13 in railway station tragedy, critics allege cover-up

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Belgrade government is trying to “throw dust in the eyes of the people,” former Novi Sad Mayor Boris Novakoviฤ‡ says.

POLITICO London Playbook awards 2024

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From minister of the year to WTF moment, Westminster’s essential newsletter picks the winners of 2024.

Trump 2.0 will hurt planet, open door for Americaโ€™s green rivals: EU climate chief

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In an interview with POLITICO, Teresa Ribera said Donald Trumpโ€™s expected climate withdrawal presents an opportunity for others to boost their clean industries.

Brexit Britain looks to Europe to help fix its railways

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With money tight, ministers are looking for novel ways to finance new trains. The solution might lie across the channel.

German national arrested for sabotage in Russia

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The arrest follows that of another German national last month in Russia on similar charges.

Eurostar is Europeโ€™s worst-ranked rail operator, Trenitalia the best

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Eurostar, which links France, Britain, Belgium and the Netherlands, charges prices that are twice the European average, yet fails to deliver better services.

Franziska Brantner elected co-leader of German Greens going into snap elections

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Let’s “make Green great again,” Brantner says as party prepares for February’s national vote.

5 things to know about defense chief Andrius Kubiliusโ€™s European Parliament hearing

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New defense commissioner warned of Russian threat, underlined America’s distraction with China, and pushed the EU to spend big on protecting itself.

Ukraine war briefing: First clash with North Korean troops, say Ukrainian officials

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What was described as a โ€˜small engagementโ€™ in Kursk opens a โ€˜new page in instability in the worldโ€™, says Zelenskyy. What we know on day 987See all our coverage of the Russia-Ukraine warNorth Korean troops in Russia have come under Ukrainian fire, a Kyi…

Why were the floods in Spain so bad? A visual guide

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Scores of people have died as country is hit by deadliest floods in decadesAt least 150 people have died in Spain after torrential rains triggered the countryโ€™s deadliest floods in decades, unleashing a deluge of muddy water that turned village streets…

Czech Railways opposes Commission fine over alleged cartel

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The Capitals brings you the latest news from across Europe, through on-the-ground reporting by Euractivโ€™s media network. You can subscribe to the newsletter here. The European news you deserve to read. Welcome to The Capitals by Euractiv. Today’s editi…

100 days of Starmer: How Labourโ€™s big win went off the rails

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After just a few months in office, the new British government is finding life tough.

โ€˜Explosionโ€™ sparks evacuation on train carrying MEPs

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Official asks European Parliament staff to “stay calm.”

Meloniโ€™s street protest crackdown prompts concerns of growing repression in Italy

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Beefed-up anti-protest laws take aim at climate activists and allow nonviolent protesters to be jailed.

Ukraine war briefing: 16 injured in Russian attacks on city of Zaporizhzhia

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Residential buildings and railways damaged in guided bomb strikes on city, says Ukraine; more than 100 drones attack major weapons depot deep inside Russia, Kyiv says. What we know on day 950See all our Russia-Ukraine war coverage Continue reading…

EU bodies join forces at InnoTrans 2024 [Promoted content]

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The European Commission (EC), the European Union Agency for Railways (ERA), and the Europeโ€™s Rail Joint Undertaking (EU-Rail) are pleased to announce their common actions at InnoTrans 2024, the worldโ€™s largest trade fair focused on transport technology…

Never mind the war, the French Riviera still loves oligarchs

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The south of France has long been a safe space for Russians.

Europeโ€™s most dangerous train station exposes Brusselsโ€™ failuresย 

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Shootings, stabbings and rampant shoplifting: The Belgian capital’s main railway hub is a magnet for trouble. Why is no one stepping up to fix the problem?

UK rail minister got engineer sacked for raising safety concerns

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Peter Hendy threatened to withhold public contracts while seeking disciplinary action.

Greece โ€• the country that lets people escape justice

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Cover-ups, botched investigations and a general feeling of impunity set alarm bells ringing.

Getting Europeโ€™s rail system back on track

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Railways are the most environmentally sustainable mode of transport, compared to cars or planes, yet, they remain chronically underfunded and underdeveloped in Europe. High prices, complex booking systems, and a lack of cross-border coordination are ju…

All aboard the new Brussels-to-Venice night train

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The journey will take about 20 hours.

Now you see him, now you donโ€™t: How did Carles Puigdemont pull off his great disappearing act?

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The fugitive separatist leader snuck into Spain, gave a speech in Barcelona and then vanished into thin air.

Berlin wants to pump defense spending numbers by including military mobility

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Germany wants to keep defense spending at 2 percent of GDP, but budget constraints make that difficult.

French general wants to slash โ€˜unbelievableโ€™ red tape to move troops faster across Europe

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EU needs to up its game on military mobility, but it’s no easy task, General Bertrand Toujouse tells POLITICO.

French minister says foreign involvement not ruled out in rail sabotage

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France’s interior minister said he could not rule out foreign involvement in an attack that sabotaged signal stations and cables on the country’s high-speed rail network, causing travel chaos on the opening day of the Olympic Games.

โ€˜Coordinatedโ€™ attack brings French train system to a halt on opening Olympics weekend

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The French rail company described “deliberate arson attacks to damage [its] facilities.”

Hungary quietly takes โ‚ฌ1B loan from Chinese banks

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With public debt at a record high, Budapest is increasingly looking to Beijing for cash.

Not yet panicking about AI? You should be โ€“ there’s little time left to rein it in | Daniel Kehlmann

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Only a handful of people grasp the magnitude of the changes that are about to hit us. Theyโ€™re exciting โ€“ and terrifyingA short while ago, a screenwriter friend from Los Angeles called me. โ€œI have three years left,โ€ he said. โ€œMaybe five if Iโ€™m lucky.โ€ H…

Farnborough Airshow kicks off; Joe Biden drops out

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SNEAK PEEK โ€” The Farnborough International Airshow starts today in the U.K. as the EUโ€™s space program stutters. โ€” Tensions between Rome and outgoing NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg escalated over the weekend โ€” Plot twist in the French defense committee: Jean-Michel Jacques is the new president. Good morning, and welcome to Morning Defense. In case [โ€ฆ]

Global tech outage affects banks, media, airports

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The disruptions have been described as a “global technology issue.”

In the UK, Keir Starmer wants to focus his agenda on economic growth

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Two weeks after its election, the Labour government presented its program, focusing on economic recovery, renationalization of the railways and abolition of hereditary peers in the House of Lords.

Germany to close key rail corridor for months to tackle ailing train network

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Start of overhaul project follows Deutsche Bahn becoming butt of jokes at Euro 2024 due to unreliability of servicesOne of Germanyโ€™s main rail corridors is to be closed for months as part of a major overhaul of the ailing train network of Europeโ€™s larg…

Labourโ€™s top policy priorities

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A deep dive into what Keir Starmer’s government will tackle in their first 100 days and then in their first year.

Weather tracker: State of emergency in Florida as heavy rain causes flooding

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Emergency services conduct at least 40 rescues and schools, courts and railways closed in some countiesSignificant amounts of rain in the past two days have led the Florida governor, Ron DeSantis, to declare a state of emergency for the counties of Bro…

UK Green Party snaps at Labour heels from the left

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The Greens’ election manifesto is packed with policies designed to appeal to left-leaning voters disaffected with the Labour Party.

All politics is local: What the EU election is actually about in each country

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When EU voters head to the polls later this week, one thing is certain: Almost none of them will be thinking of Europe when they cast their ballot.ย  A plethora of studies โ€” and sky-high abstention rates โ€” show that most of the blocโ€™s citizens neither understand nor care about the European Parliament vote. Because [โ€ฆ]

Labourโ€™s election policy positions, tracked

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Absolutely everything you need to know about what the opposition party is promising ahead of the July 4 election.

Russia has nothing to fear from EU in South Caucasus, Armenia insists

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The former Soviet republic is seeking closer ties with Brussels amid a break with its historic ally.

Press release – European Parliament updates trans-European transport network guidelines

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On Wednesday, MEPs endorsed updated plans to complete major trans-European transport projects, such as cross-border roads, railways, bridges and tunnels, by the end of 2030.Committee on Transport and Tourism Source : ยฉ European Union, 2024 – EP

Focus harder to rival Chinaโ€™s vast global investment plan, Brussels is toldย 

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EUโ€™s Global Gateway funding has been spread โ€˜too thinlyโ€™ and must be concentrated if itโ€™s to stand a chance against Beijing, internal review says.ย 

Ukrainians may be tiring but wonโ€™t compromise with Putin, Zelenskyyโ€™s chief of staff says

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Andriy Yermak also says there is little popular support for a massive troop mobilization.

Explosion damages key Russian railway bridge

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Ukrainian intelligence said the route is used to carry military cargo.

Belarusian exiles plot coup against Lukashenko

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The group’s leader said defeating Russia in Ukraine is essential to weaken Minsk’s regime.

Is an uprising by Europeโ€™s farmers sowing the seeds for the far right? – podcast

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Furious farmers across Europe have blocked roads and railways as part of protests against new regulations and cheap imports. Jon Henley reportsThe scenes are now familiar across Europe, from Poland to Portugal: angry farmers blocking roads, ports, rail…

Will the โ€˜sick man of Europeโ€™ label stick to Germany this time around?

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Its growth model seems kaput โ€“ but optimists point to how the economy confounded critics beforeGermany is struggling. Its economy has shown no growth in the best part of two years. Its infrastructure is badly in need of modernisation. There are strikes…

Germanyโ€™s rude political awakening

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The country’s domestic politics are becoming dysfunctional just when Berlin’s leadership on the world stage may be needed most.

โ€˜The mood is heating upโ€™: Germany fears strikes will play into hands of far right

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Angry protests by farmers, hauliers and railway workers risk being exploited by populists such as Alternative fรผr DeutschlandThe symbolism that German farmers chose to express their discontent with the government in the first days of the new year was a…

The uncertain future of the India-Middle East-Europe Corridor

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With war raging in the Middle East, the prospect of normalization between Saudi Arabia and Israel has dimmed, taking hopes for the corridor along with it

German travel chaos blamed on lack of investment in railways

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Travellers advised to cancel journeys as heavy snow brings much of countryโ€™s rail network to a haltDecades of underinvestment in the German railways have been blamed for chaos in parts of the country after heavy snow led to much of the network grinding…

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 644

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Poisoning of Ukraine spy chief Kyrylo Budanovโ€™s wife, Marianna; Black Sea storm forces Russian fleet back to base and slows down war effort Marianna Budanova, the wife of Ukraineโ€™s intelligence head, Kyrylo Budanov, was poisoned and received treatment …

Germany must โ€˜invest heavilyโ€™ in green transition despite budget crisis, Scholz says

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Under fire from the conservative opposition, the German chancellor provided few specifics on how the government would pay for it.

Germany freezes spending as budget crisis deepens

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As Germany’s financial woes grow more acute, there are growing calls to suspend the country’s debt brake.

The accounting error that could kill Germanyโ€™s coalition

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Doubts over the survival of Germany’s three-way alliance after โ‚ฌ60 billion rebuke.

Every bill in the Kingโ€™s Speech, reviewed and rated

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POLITICO combs through Rishi Sunakโ€™s legislative agenda โ€” as read out by King Charles III โ€” so you donโ€™t have to.

Spain says adios to short-haul flights

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A similar idea in France has had little impact and campaigners worry the outcome in Spain will be the same.

Orbรกn wants Ukraine to โ€˜negotiateโ€™ for military aid cash

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SNEAK PEEK โ€” As EU leaders meet again today, Viktor Orbรกn is still refusing to free more cash for military aid to Kyiv. โ€” Ammunition: Beyond the pace of production, the next biggest issue is cost. โ€” In Ukraine, the future of warfare is a $400 drone killing a $2 million tank. Good morning, and [โ€ฆ]

Armenia on verge of signing peace deal with Azerbaijan, PM says

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The truce would come after weeks of warnings the two countries could be on the brink of a new conflict.

Ukraine says Israel-Hamas war shows West must ramp up arms production

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‘The free world should be producing enough to protect itself,’ Strategic Industries Minister Oleksandr Kamyshin told POLITICO.

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