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BBC Europe – Russia crowd condemns officials over disaster. Hundreds of people are protesting in the Siberian city of Kemerovo, angry at Russian officials over the leisure complex fire that killed at least 64 people, 41 of them children. President Vladimir Putin arrived in Kemerovo earlier and blamed “criminal negligence” for Sunday’s blaze. Relatives say as many as 85 people are still missing, most of them children, according to Interfax news agency. Investigators say the fire alarm was switched off and exits were blocked.
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| Le Monde |
Public deficit: France under 3% for the first time in ten years
For the first time since 2007, the public deficit reached only 2.6% of the gross domestic product in 2017, instead of the expected 2.9%, said the French national statistics office. |
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| Frankfurter Allgemeine |
Coordinated reaction of the West against Russia
Member States, US, Canada expel “diplomats”. Moscow announces retaliation. |
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| La Stampa |
Europe expels Russian diplomats. The League: wrong
Italy sends two diplomats away. Meloni: unacceptable choice. |
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| Gazeta Wyborcza |
Retaliation for poisoning spy
Unprecedented response of the West for Segei Skripal attack. 14 Member States, the US, Canada and Ukraine are expelling tens of Russian diplomats. Even during the Cold War, the West did not expel Russians in such a spectacular and coordinated manner. |
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| El Pais |
United States and Europe step up diplomatic row against Putin
President Trump expels 60 Russian diplomats. |
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| Die Presse |
Europe’s Turkish dilemma
The political and ideological divide between Brussels and Ankara is enormous. |
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| Le Soir |
48 Belgian billions euros in letterbox offices in Luxembourg
The Le Soir investigation shows that most of the 100 richest Belgians have set up companies in Luxembourg, sometimes a stepping stone towards other fiscal paradises. |
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| Standard |
Peace dinner in Varna
Presidents Tusk and Juncker called Erdoğan a friend; Prime Minister Borisov received praises from the East and the West. |
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| Naftemporiki |
Alarm for consumption
The primary surplus of 2017 at 3.5 % of GDP. |
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| Vcernji List |
Croatia joins the rest of the EU while President Grabar-Kitarović refuses to annul her invitation to Putin
Croatia among 14 EU member states which are to expel one Russian diplomat. |
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