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BBC Europe – Paris ceremony for hero policeman Arnaud Beltrame. The French police officer who died after he offered himself in exchange for a hostage in an Islamist attack is being honoured in Paris. Lt Col Arnaud Beltrame, 44, was one of four victims of a shooting spree in southern France on Friday. He will be awarded France’s highest accolade, the Legion d’Honneur, at a national memorial service later.
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| Le Monde |
Westerners close ranks on Moscow
The response is unprecedented. At least 116 Russian diplomats are being expelled from both sides of the Atlantic in reaction to the Skripal case. |
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| Die Welt |
Data scandal: Commission gives Facebook an ultimatum
Brussels demands clarification within the next two weeks. The social network apologises in newspaper ads, but CEO Zuckerberg refuses to testify before British MPs. |
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| Il Sole 24 Ore |
EU budget, Brussels sets sights on €56 billion in ECB profits
Among the proposals for the post-Brexit budget there is a harmonised business tax. Hypothesis of anti-crisis mini-eurobond. |
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| Gazeta Polska Codziennie |
Reset with the EU?
It seems that Poland will bury the hatchet with the Commission. Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki assesses chances for compromise at 65-70%. The Commission is reportedly interested in Polish proposals of compromise and will deliver its final reaction in a few months.
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| El Pais |
Rajoy approves upward Budget with electoral purposes
Government increases expenditure and reduces taxes with its mind set in the regional and local elections in 2019, without having yet the support from PNV. |
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| Die Presse |
Vienna leaves the EU front
Russia policy: in the nerve poison attack affair, Great Britain persuaded the majority of EU states to show solidarity against Russia. Austria keeps off the beaten track. |
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| La Libre Belgique |
Belgium expels Russian diplomat
19 EU member states have now decided to expel Russian diplomats in the wake of Sergei Skripal’s poisoning. |
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| Trud |
Prime Minister Borisov and President Juncker discussed the EU-Turkey meeting
At a working breakfast in the Evksinograd Residence, Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker discussed the results of the EU-Turkey meeting held, in Varna, the previous evening. |
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| Vecernji List |
Interview with Russian Ambassador to Croatia Azimov: Putin’s visit to Croatia is unlikely
I believe the politicians will follow the direction of President Grabar-Kitarović due to the preservation of national interests. |
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| Ziarul Financiar |
“Being unified with Romania is the only salvation for the Republic of Moldova. It would gain ten years of economic and social progress”
Moldovan businessman Ion Sturza and book editor Anatol Vidrașcu, said on ZF Live yesterday that the Republic of Moldova’s situation was desperate and that being unified with Romania was its only chance. |
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