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BBC Europe – Algerian woman denied French citizenship over handshake.A French appeals court has upheld a ruling denying an Algerian woman citizenship after she refused to shake the hand of a senior official. The woman, who has not been named, said her “religious beliefs” prevented her from shaking the hand of the male official in the citizenship ceremony. A government ruling said it showed she was “not assimilated into the French community” and denied her citizenship. She appealed, but France’s highest administrative court upheld the ruling.
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| Le Monde |
Malta sells its passports and nationality
A route into the European Union costs little more than €1 million, as the small Mediterranean island of Malta sells the Maltese nationality.
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| Suedeutsche Zeitung |
gGermany accommodates 10,200 refugees
Federal Minister of the Interior Horst Seehofer agrees that particularly vulnerable people from North Africa and the Middle East are to be settled in Germany. Their number, however, is included in the total immigration. |
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| La Repubblica |
Di Maio-Salvini, another flop. Presidential palace angry: It’s snakes and ladders
Fruitless secret talks. M5S leader: yes to external support from Berlusconi.
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| El Pais |
Montoro believed in October that Catalan government misused public funds
The Finance Ministry denounced before the Court of Auditors the use of public money for the illegal referendum on 1 October. |
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| Kapital |
Mayor of Sofia’s Mladost district Desislava Ivancheva is the perfect target: no political back and bribes for millions
Corruption is not for everyone. |
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Lagarde keeps her distance from the super-surplus
The IMF did not ask for drastic cuts, instead asking for reforms from the Greek government. |
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| Latvijas Avize |
There will be problems with Lutherans
Saeima getting involved in the conflict within the Lutheran Church. |
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| Publico |
Health sector has almost 200 complaints daily
Supervision authority received 70,000 complaints in 2017, an increase of 18% compared to 2016. National Health Service unities have more complaints. |
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| Ziarul Financiar |
Minister of SMEs: Entrepreneurs, come and take the money from Start-Up Nation
About 1,500 projects from the Start-Up Nation programme have already received financing, and the rest of entrepreneurs are expected to file their applications to receive the money. |
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| Dagens Nyheter |
Wallström admitted Ministry for Foreign Affairs mistake
During a hearing before the Committee on the Constitution, Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs Margot Wallström said that the Ministry for Foreign Affairs made a mistake when it did not register documents related to its UN Security Council campaign. Over 900 documents were hidden from the campaign, and according to political commentator Ewa Stenberg, Ms Wallström will have a hard time getting away from this scot-free. |
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