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- Turkey and Russia are the dominant powers in the Black Sea. They maintain a delicate balance of competition and cooperation as each seeks to contain the other but also to avoid triggering a…
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Bridging the Bosphorus: How Europe and Turkey can turn tiffs into tactics in the Black Sea
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Being soft on Russia has never worked, and history proves it
Since returning to the White House in 2025, US President Donald Trump has dramatically reshaped US policy toward Russia, adopting a markedly softer stance on Vladimir Putin and the ongoing war in Ukraine. This approach has included cutting…
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Trump, Putin agree to immediate ceasefire for energy infrastructure in Ukraine war
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed during a lengthy call Tuesday to an immediate pause in strikes against energy infrastructure in the Ukraine war, but…
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Apple introduces Tap to Pay on iPhone in more European countries
Apple today introduced Tap to Pay on iPhone in Bulgaria, Finland, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Switzerland, enabling millions of merchants to use iPhone to seamlessly and…
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Which European countries have seen the highest increases?
An adequate minimum wage is crucial for ensuring a decent standard of living for workers. But how have minimum wages changed in Europe from 2015 to 2025? And, over the last decade, have wage disparities been widening or narrowing?
As of…
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Apple Brings Tap to Pay to 9 New European Countries
Apple is expanding Tap to Pay on iPhone to nine new countries in Europe.
The contactless payment method is now available in Bulgaria, Finland, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia and Switzerland, the tech…
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Northern Europe pushes EU to speed up Ukraine membership – POLITICO
While Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has publicly suggested Ukraine could join the bloc by 2030, the signatories now want action to make sure it actually happens.
“Ukraine has shown a remarkable reform progress — now it is…
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‘Not a major issue’: Why Russia is undeterred by EU sanctions threats
Later this week, during a European Council, EU leaders – except for Hungary’s Viktor Orbán – are expected to repeat their promise to “step up” financial pressure on Russia if it refuses to make peace with Ukraine. But after three…
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Fresh Ukraine talks to begin ‘immediately’, White House says after Trump-Putin call
A partial ceasefire may be close, but there’s still lots to be donepublished at 20:57 Greenwich Mean Time 18 March
Anthony Zurcher
North America correspondentBoth the Russian and American sides have put a positive spin on…
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Trump Administration Ends Tracking of Kidnapped Ukrainian Children in Russia
The State Department has ended funding for the tracking of tens of thousands of Ukrainian children abducted by Russia, and American officials or contractors might have deleted a database with information on them, according to a letter U.S….
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