EUROPEAN HEADLINES
BBC Europe – French military head de Villiers quits over cuts. The head of the French armed forces has quit after a clash with President Emmanuel Macron over budget cuts. Gen Pierre de Villiers said in a statement he could no longer “guarantee the durability of the army model” that he considered necessary to ensure France’s protection. France’s government last week revealed major cuts to bring its budget deficit below the level of an EU cap.
| Le Figaro |
Trump: six agitated months for little result
The 45th US president has written off part of Obama’s legacy but has not made any major legislative reform yet. |
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| Sueddeutsche Zeitung |
A little retrofiting for diesel
Audi and BMW are ready to renew the engine software for Euro-5-cars free of charge. This shoud improve the emission control. Limits for nitrogen oxide will still not be met through this, say experts. |
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| Corriere Della Sera |
Refugee business. Bringing them to Italy yields 400 million
Clash with Vienna. Boldrini: disheartening threats |
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| Gazeta Wyborcza |
Duda’s ultimatum
The President is stopping the process taking over the judiciary by PiS, and wants the Sejm to choose the members of the National Council of the Judiciary with a cross-party consensus. |
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| Phileleftheros |
Action plan within the EU
Nicosia-Athens organising common policy on next steps of EU-Turkey relations |
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| Aripaev |
Downside of quotas
The CO2 emission trade system that was implemented 12 years ago in the European Union has caused a lot of difficulties for Estonian entrepreneurs, in addition to its benefits. |
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| Vecernji List |
Fire is a reason of government’s latest quarrels but the professional services announce: Great things have been done in Split
This has not been a catastrophic fire but only a big one; the true big fires struck in Portugal, Italy… |
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| Negocios |
Payments in cash only up to € 3.000
Parliament goes against ECB and approves a cap in cash transactions. The final decision is for Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa. |
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| Dnevnik |
Slovenia wants to first claim territorial sovereignty in the Bay of Piran
Austrian officials have offered to mediate in the Slovenia-Croatia arbitration story. |
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| New York Times |
Mafia, migrants and aid
Mobsters siphoned cash as asylum seekers went hungry, authorities say |
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