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Germany, UK sign post-Brexit friendship pact
Daily Finland
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Five years after Brexit, Germany and the United Kingdom have formally placed their relationship on a new footing with a wide-ranging friendship treaty, reported dpa. Chancellor Friedrich Merz and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer signed the...
Germany’s Finance Minister Rules Out Joint EU Debt Amid Rising Transatlantic Trade Tensions
EUToday
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July 17, 2025
10Joint debt should not be the solution to the EU’s financial challenges, Germany’s Federal Finance Minister Lars Klingbeil has said, reiterating Berlin’s firm opposition to any new common borrowing and calling instead for alternative approaches...
Britain, Germany sign defense, migration deal
Xinhua News Agency
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (L) shakes hands with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at 10 Downing Street in London, Britain, on July 17, 2025. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Thursday signed a...
EU Commission targets Cyprus and others countries in broad legal crackdown
Knews Kathimerini
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The European Commission has initiated legal proceedings against several EU member states, including Cyprus, for failing to comply with a range of obligations under European Union law, spanning environmental regulations, critical infrastructure...
The 5 European countries under heatwave alert as 41C heat bomb furnaces Spain - full list
Daily Express
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July 18, 2025
Europe is bracing for more blistering heat over the weekend, with yellow and red weather alerts issued in five European countries. The mercury is set to soar to a whopping 41C in Spain's Vega del Segura, to hit 40C in the Interior Norte de...
Employment in Britain’s green economy up one-third since 2015
Edie
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July 18, 2025
Pictured: A heat pump installer. Image: Baxi The Office for National Statistics (ONS) this week revealed that the UK’s green economy employed 690,900 full-time equivalent staff in 2023, up from 513,300 in 2015 – a 34.6% increase. For context,...
Latvia Contributes To EU Innovation Agenda At Denmark Meeting
MENAFN
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July 18, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 18. Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Economics of Latvia, Jurģis Miezainis, and Deputy State Secretary Edijs Šaicāns participated in the Informal Meeting of the European Union...
Wildfires in Europe burn area the size of Luxembourg as 2025 shapes up to be an 'extreme' year
Euronews
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July 18, 2025
An area almost the size of Luxembourg has been burnt by wildfires in Europe so far this year, according to the EU's European Forest Fire Information System (EFFIS). As of 15 July, the cumulative total of scorched land stands at 231,539 hectares -...
New cheapest electric car in Britain! The bargain Chinese EV that's had its price cut to £14,500
This Is Money
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July 18, 2025
The £14,995 Dacia Spring is no longer Britain's cheapest electric car... for the time being, anyway. It has lost its crown to a Chinese newcomer, which today announced it is slashing its model prices in response to the Government's new Electric...
Direct UK-Germany trains could begin under new treaty
Azzet
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July 17, 2025
Direct trains between London and Berlin could be built under a new bilateral treaty between the United Kingdom and Germany. The two countries are forming a joint task force to plan a direct rail link, which the U.K.’s government said would boost...
Hate Speech and the European Court of Human Rights: Towards a Principled Approach
Reason Magazine
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July 18, 2025
This book demonstrates that, with few exceptions, the ECtHR's general approach to hate speech has been overly expansive, often undervaluing both the significance of free speech and the harms resulting from the suppression of relatively...
Gardening in southern Spain: Penstemon barbatus
SUR in English
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July 18, 2025
Friday, 18 July 2025, 12:01 Compartir Native to the south western US, Penstemon barbatus is a clump forming perennial with erect spikes of brilliant scarlet tubular flowers and dark-green lanceolate leaves. Commonly called beardlip penstemon or...
Serious water company pollution incidents in England up by 60 per cent last year
Geographical
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July 18, 2025
Pollution in the River Thames. Image: Shutterstock By Victoria Heath A new report from the Environment Agency has found the number of water company pollution incidents across England rose sharply last year. Across all nine water and sewerage...
Korea joins Horizon Europe R&D programme
eeNews Europe
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July 18, 2025
The Republic of Korea is the first Asian country to join and help fund with the Horizon Europe research and innovation programme. After a trial period that started in January 2025, Korean researchers and companies can now participate in several...
Britain and Germany sign “friendship” treaty centred on militarism and war
World Socialist Web Site
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July 17, 2025
German chancellor Friedrich Merz and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer met in London Thursday to sign a “friendship and bilateral cooperation treaty”. Behind the anodyne words—with Starmer declaring his surprise that this was the first major...
EU backs green port infrastructure in Papua New Guinea
Offshore Energy
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July 17, 2025
The European Union (EU) and Papua New Guinea (PNG) have deepened their partnership with the launch of infrastructure projects focused on greening and modernizing Rabaul Port and expanding access to safe water. Illustration purposes only; Courtesy...
Innovation and technology are Germany’s real contribution to solving climate change – chancellor Merz
Clean Energy Wire
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July 18, 2025
German chancellor Friedrich Merz said that his country’s key contribution in the fight against global warming was developing the right technologies. “If we want to contribute to solving this major problem, we have to demonstrate that we are the...
Sustainable Barrier Coatings Market Report 2026-2036 Technology Landscape & Innovation Pipeline, Regulatory Environment & Compliance Strategy, Value Chain & Market Dynamics
MENAFN
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July 18, 2025
(MENAFN- GlobeNewsWire - Nasdaq) Key substrates like cartonboard and liquid paperboard lead adoption, while rigid and flexible plastics show robust growth potential. European Union regulations spearhead market expansion, creating opportunities...
EU Commission Proposes Banning Meat-Like Terms on Plant-Based Labels
Green Queen
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July 17, 2025
5 Mins Read The EU Commission has reignited the plant-based meat labelling debate by proposing a ban on the use of 29 animal-related terms for vegan packaging labels. When the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that no member state can prohibit...
European hornet spreads north across Finland
Helsinki Times
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July 17, 2025
The European hornet, the largest wasp species on the continent, is expanding its range across Finland, researchers report. Once confined mainly to Southeast Finland, sightings now extend into central and northern regions, including Mikkeli,...