Europe
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Türkiye on Friday reiterated its strong condemnation of attacks on the holy Quran in Europe, terming it a plague. Speaking at the joint news conference with his Hungarian counterpart Peter Szijjarto in Budapest, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said he believes the Islamic world will take some decisions at the Organization of Islamic Cooperation meeting…
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The European Union’s new pilot project on loneliness aims to monitor and tackle the increasing lack of “meaningful social interactions”. At least one in 10 European Union residents is lonely most of the time, a new report on loneliness commissioned by the European Commission has shown. Some 13 per cent of the EU residents responded…
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Tens of thousands of Hungarians gathered on the bank of the Danube in downtown Budapest for visiting Pope Francis‘ final Mass on Sunday. The Vatican, citing local organizers, said some 50,000 people participated, with more than 30,000 of them in the Kossuth Lajos Square on a sunny spring morning. Among them were President Katalin Novak and Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Francis…
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Renwick and Mossialos [51] provide a useful typology for crowdfunded health projects. They classify health-related crowdfunding campaigns into four types according to the project’s purpose and the funding method. In their typology, crowdfunding projects might finance health expenses, health initiatives, research, or commercial health innovation. Crowdfunding projects in the first category aim at financing a…
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Polish leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski has accused Germany of wanting to dominate Europe by peaceful means after its failure to do so by military means. “The Germans today want to achieve by peaceful means what they wanted to achieve by military force,” Kaczynski declared Saturday during an event in Legnica, in the south of the country.…
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In the corridors of power in Stockholm and Helsinki, the champagne is on ice. After just three months, 28 out of 30 NATO states have ratified the treaty changes in their national parliaments that would approve membership for Finland and Sweden; while 24 nations have already deposited the new paperwork in Washington. But there are…
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A summer break is on the horizon for many Europeans – but a sizeable chunk are heading into their holidays feeling unusually anxious and run-down. The COVID-19 pandemic, the war in Ukraine and now the cost of living crisis are battering the morale of European workers in an unprecedented way, according to new research by…
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Inflation in Turkey tops 83% as lira drops and Erdogan promises more interest rate cuts If you’re living in Europe and feeling squeezed by double-digit inflation, spare a thought for your Turkish counterparts. Turkey’s annual inflation rate hit 83.45 per cent in September, a new 24-year high, the country’s statistics office said on Monday. The cost…
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The foreign ministers of European Union members Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have agreed to restrict the entry of Russian citizens traveling from Russia. The scheme would be the first of its kind in the EU. Latvian Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevics said the three Baltic nations expect the entry ban to be in place by mid-September.…
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Six women with roots in the Middle East and North Africa have emerged as powerbrokers in different European countries. Here is a look at these women who are climbing the political ladder in Europe. Rima Abdul Malak: France’s culture champion The Lebanese-born Ms Abdul Malak was appointed Culture Minister in May after three years as an aide…
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LEWIS HAMILTON has called for “non-biased stewards” ahead of the 2022 Formula One season. The seven-time British world champion hopes future decisions made by officials are not influenced by their friendship with drivers. Hamilton said: “We need to make sure we get non-biased stewards. “Race drivers, some are very, very good friends with certain individuals, some…
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A majority of European countries hinder access to abortion for vulnerable women by not including it in the national health system’s coverage, according to a new report. Abortion also technically remains a crime in 14 of Europe’s 52 countries, according to the European Abortion Policies Atlas. The atlas, published on Tuesday to mark International Safe…
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Europe is now the world’s biggest cryptocurrency economy, with the continent receiving over €870 billion in crypto in the past year. Countries in central, northern and western Europe (CNWE) accounted for 25 per cent of all global cryptocurrency activity, new analysis by blockchain data firm Chainalysis found. The United Kingdom saw the largest volume of…
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• AstraZeneca says its new antibody therapy radically reduces the risk of people developing coronavirus symptoms, raising the prospects of treatments for preventing the virus beyond vaccines. Data from the UK drugmakers shows the chance of getting any symptoms went down by 77 percent in late-stage trials. The first to publish positive prevention trial data in the field,…
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Germany warmed up for the European Championship with a 7-1 rout of Latvia on Monday in its last friendly game before the tournament. Kai Havertz was involved in three of Germany’s five first-half goals before making way for Chelsea teammate Timo Werner for the second half, and Thomas Müller also scored – his first since…
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A cabinet minister has encouraged people to holiday in Britain this year after Portugal was removed from the UK’s green travel list and caused chaos after hundreds of families were forced to rush home. Environment secretary George Eustice said he would be holidaying in Cornwall this year and advised families do the same, despite acknowledging…
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