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BBC Europe –Russia denies tampering with suspected chemical attack site. In an interview for BBC’s Hardtalk, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said: “I can guarantee that Russia has not tampered with the site. Concern about tampering was raised by the US envoy to the international chemical weapons watchdog. International inspectors are trying to reach the site in Douma, near Damascus.
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| Liberation |
Syria: Macron at war
Speaking on TV, the President justifies allied air raids in response to chemical weapons attacks, as a prelude to diplomatic efforts. |
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| Frankfurter Allgemeine |
Washington threatens Syria with further attacks
Pentagon: heart of the Syrian chemical weapons programme is destroyed; Berlin: military strike was necessary and appropriate. |
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| Corriere Della Sera |
League-M5S duel. Salvini pessimistic about negotiations
Di Maio warns: united centre-right is a danger. |
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| Dziennik Gazeta Prawna |
Elections are not television
One of the most important reforms of the Law and Justice (PiS) regarding election laws is going straight to the bin. The law allowing for broadcasting from the Precinct Election Commissions (PECs) is not accordance with the EU law on personal data protection. |
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| El Pais |
Hervé Falciani, engineer accused of spying
“I trust Spain’s judiciary, not Switzerland’s,” says Falciani. |
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| Der Standard |
After airstrikes, Europe pushes for diplomacy in Syria
Paris demands Moscow to put pressure on Assad. Kurz proposes negotiations in Vienna. |
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| Le Soir |
As long as Putin supports Assad …
The Western strikes were condemned by Russia, which does seem to be trying to get Syria out of the chaos. |
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| Naftemporiki |
The safety net of the creditors
The creation of buffer and the precautionary credit line – The serial with the IMF and the pending stance for the tax-free income limit. |
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| Dagens Nyheter |
National Pension Funds place billions in nuclear weapons
Four of the Swedish National Pension Funds allegedly invested billions of SEK in companies with ties to the nuclear weapons industry. According to public figures, SEK 6.2 billion of Swedish pension savings are invested in such portfolios. |
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| NYT |
China’ s squeeze on business
Communist Party exerts more control over foreign companies’ joint ventures. |
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