BRUSSELS/ANKARA (Reuters) -The European Union will establish contacts with Syria’s new leadership and reopen its delegation in the country, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Tuesday. Von der Leyen also said the EU would increase humanitarian aid to Syria. But she warned of the risk …
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ROME (Reuters) – Italy is ready to talk to the incoming U.S. administration of Donald Trump to avoid potential retaliation against Rome’s domestic web tax, Deputy Economy Minister Maurizio Leo said on Tuesday. Washington has recently renewed calls for Italy to repeal the levy, which it considers unfairly discriminatory as it mainly targets U.S. tech …
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(Reuters) – Italy’s Fincantieri and Telecom Italia’s submarine cables unit Sparkle said on Tuesday they agreed to develop solutions for the surveillance and protection of submarine telecommunications cables. The deal aims to ensure the operational resilience of infrastructure which is considered key for Italy’s connectivity and growth in the technological sector, the companies said in …
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By Tom Sims FRANKFURT (Reuters) – A key indicator of the health of Germany’s property sector likely improved in 2024 and will make further gains next year, but will remain close to the weakest levels in more than a decade, underscoring the sector’s struggles, forecasts on Tuesday showed. Global real estate firm Jones Lang LaSalle …
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By Maria Martinez BERLIN (Reuters) -German political parties presented their election programmes on Tuesday, a day after parliament backed a no-confidence motion in Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government, paving the way for a snap election on Feb. 23. Disagreements over how to save Europe’s largest economy had been the main factor behind the collapse of Scholz’s …
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By Michael Holden LONDON (Reuters) -A woman who was branded a Chinese spy by Britain’s MI5 has lost her case to sue the domestic spy agency over an alert issued to politicians which said she was an agent working for Beijing, a London tribunal ruled on Tuesday. Lawyer Christine Lee had sued MI5 over the …
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By Angelo Amante and Giuseppe Fonte ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni urged the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on Tuesday to dismiss objections to her government’s flagship plan to send sea migrants to Albania. EU judges have been asked to weigh in on the scheme by Italian courts, which have enraged Meloni …
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By Andreas Rinke and Matthias Williams BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany’s main political parties were unveiling their manifestos on Tuesday, offering competing visions to lift Europe’s largest economy out of the doldrums while fighting off a far-right surge ahead of a snap election on Feb. 23. Germans will go to the polls after Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s three-way …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s parliament passed a law that would allow for the suspension of bans on groups that Moscow has designated as terrorist organisations on Tuesday – paving the way for it to normalise relations with the Afghan Taliban and potentially with the new rulers of Syria. No country currently recognises the Taliban government …
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LONDON (Reuters) – Britain on Tuesday sanctioned 20 ships that it said were using illicit practices to avoid sanctions on Russian oil, its latest measures targeting Russia’s so-called shadow fleet of vessels. “As (Russian President Vladimir) Putin’s oil revenues continue to fuel the fires of his illegal war, Ukrainian families are enduring cold, dark nights, …
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