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EFTA countries sign free-trade agreement with Vietnam

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Norway, Switzerland, Iceland, and Liechtenstein have officially signed a...

Hungary’s PM will allow Ukrainian grain transit as Zelenskyy requested

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has formally asked Romania, Poland,...

Masked settlers assault European diplomats in occupied West Bank

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Masked settlers launched an assault on a group of...

Greenland’s Parliament bans deep-sea mineral extraction

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On 16 October, the Greenlandic Parliament unanimously voted to...

Tax exemption measures to facilitate common defence efforts

EU INSTITUTIONS Theodoros Benakis -
The European Commission has adopted on Wednesday, April 24, a proposal to exempt supplies to armed forces from Value Added Tax (VAT) and excise...

German army to recruit other EU citizens

EU MEMBER STATES Theodoros Benakis -
To fill a chronic shortage of skilled workers in the armed forces, German defence chiefs are reportedly considering recruiting from other European Union countries. Eberhard...

Nato’s take on new EU defence union

EU INSTITUTIONS Theodoros Benakis -
Ahead of a two-day meeting of Nato defence ministers in Brussels, the transatlantic alliance’s chief cautioned European Union partners not to weaken with their...

Why Germany’s navy should keep it ships at bay

EU MEMBER STATES Theodoros Benakis -
Germany's parliamentary commissioner for the armed forces, Hans-Peter Bartels, has called for a stop to the deployment of frigates to Nato, EU and UN...

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Hungary’s PM will allow Ukrainian grain transit as Zelenskyy requested

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has formally asked Romania, Poland,...

Masked settlers assault European diplomats in occupied West Bank

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Masked settlers launched an assault on a group of...

Greenland’s Parliament bans deep-sea mineral extraction

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On 16 October, the Greenlandic Parliament unanimously voted to...

Electoral collapse for Czech far-right Prime Minister Andrej Babiš in Senate elections

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In the second round of the Senate elections, Prime...