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Issue 1260:€ Games: EU’s global influence could hinge on euro (Print Edition)
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epa07012037 French-Italian systems engineer and former employee of HSBC, Herve Falciani speaks to members of the media as he arrives to attend a hearing on his extradition to Switzerland at the National Court in Madrid Spain, 11 September 2018. Switzerland sentenced Falciani to five years in prison for alleged unauthorized acquisition of data, financial espionage and violating Swiss bank and business secrecy rules. EPA-EFE/EMILIO NARANJO / POOL Spain will not extradite Swiss bank whistleblower
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p15c EU energy minsters tackle hydrogen and energy storage solutions
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epa06106746 A composite image made of file images shows the logos of German carmakers (clockwise from top L) Porsche, Volkswagen (VW), Audi, Mercedes, and BMW. According to reports, shares of Germany's biggest car makers have dropped in trade on 24 July 2017, as a consequence of allegations that Volkswagen, BMW, Mercedes, Audi and Porsche were colluding in the 1990s and formed a cartel which possibly laid the basis to the so-called 'dieselgate' emission scandal. EPA/DSK EU Commission opens formal investigation into possible cartel activity between BMW, Daimler and the VW group on clean emission technology
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epa06847449 (L-R) European Council President Donald Tusk, French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Theresa May during an European Council summit in Brussels, Belgium, 28 June 2018. EU countries' leaders meet on 28 and 29 June for a summit to discuss migration in general, the installation of asylum-seeker processing centers in northern Africa, and other security- and economy-related topics including Brexit. EPA-EFE/OLIVIER HOSLET Salzburg summit likely to lack EU solidarity in run-up to November Brexit meetings
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epa07029449 European Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmstrom speaks at a media conference in Brussels, Belgium, 18 September 2018 on modernisation of the World Trade Organisation. The media briefing although mainly focussed on the China USA tariffs battle. The US announced 17 September they are imposing new tariffs worth 200 billion US dollars on almost 6,000 Chinese goods. These taxes will take effect from 24 September 2018, starting at a level of 10 percent and increasing to 25 percent from the beginning of next year, according to media reports. EPA-EFE/OLIVIER HOSLET EU shares its vision for WTO modernisation
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epa07024924 The world's first hydrogen fuel cell train on its way to Bremervoerde, northern Germany, 16 September 2018. Alstom today presented the world's first hydrogen fuel cell train Coradia iLinit in Bremervoerde. The Coradia iLint, built by Alstom in Salzgitter, Germany, is equipped with fuel cells which convert hydrogen and oxygen into electricity, thus eliminating pollutant emissions related to propulsion. From 17 September onwards, two such trains will enter commercial service according to a fixed timetable in Lower Saxony. EPA-EFE/DAVID HECKER Germany launches world’s first-ever hydrogen powered trains
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epa06816577 Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini (C) speaks at a local election rally in Cinisello Balsamo, near Milan, Italy, 17 June 2018. Reports state that the 'Italian government will promote development initiatives in Africa, to stem immigration to Europe' Salvini said. EPA-EFE/FABRIZIO RADAELLI Salvini says Sefcovic should apologise and shut up
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epa06706270 A refugees family wait to get medical assistance in the refugee camp of Moria, on the Lesvos island, Greece, 02 May 2018. The camp at that day's morning reportedly was hosting a total of 6,905 refugees and migrants - most of them from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, but also from some central African countries. EPA-EFE/ORESTIS PANAGIOTOU EU source says 3,000 migrants to be moved to Greek mainland from crowded island camp
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p14ca EU clears acquisition of North Sea Midstream Partners by Kuwait Investment Authority
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epa07026547 Maros Sefcovic, Vice President of the Commission for the Energy Union, holds a press conference at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, 17 September 2018, to announce his post as candidate for the Social Democrats and Socialist group Spitzenkandidat for the presidency of the European Commission in the EU elections in May 2019. EPA-EFE/OLIVIER HOSLET Sefcovic announces bid for EU’s top job as Social-Democrat Spitzenkandidat

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kass-1260 Zahradil, Henkel face off to become ACRE’s Spitzenkandidat
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eastern-europe’s-recovery-shows-how-copyright-harmful IMG Copyright reform: Money vs more money
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epa06865402 (FILE) - A general view shows members of Parliament voting on a resolution on the integrity of the Commission?s appointment of its Secretary General at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, 18 April 2018 (reissued 05 July 2018). Members of the European Parliament on 05 July 2018 oted to reject a copyright law which has to go back to tripartite disucssions. EPA-EFE/PATRICK SEEGER The State of our European Institutions
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epa05708832 Manfred Weber, the chairman of the European People's Party (EPP) Group in the European Parliament, speaks at a news conference ahead of the upcoming election of the next European Parliament President in Strasbourg, at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, 10 January 2017. Weber held the news conference to present the EPP Group's position. EPA/STEPHANIE LECOCQ Weber’s road to glory
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epa06390760 Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrives on the second day of the European Council meeting in Brussels, Belgium, 15 December 2017. EU leaders gather to discuss the most compelling matters in terms of migration, defense foreign affairs, education, culture, social issues and 'Brexit' negotiations. EPA-EFE/STEPHANIE LECOCQ EPP: Hangry, hungry, or Hungary?
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epa05941943 Flag of France and Germany wave at the Quartier Leclerc in Illkirch, France, 03 May 2017. German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen is to visit the Illkirch barracks following reports Nazi memorabilia and symbols such as swastikas were found in the premises during investigation to an alleged far-right terror cell in German defense forces. Media reports state German lieutenant Franco A. who was stationed at the Illkirch barracks was arrested on terror allegations in Hammelburg, Germany, last week as part of ongoing investigations. German investigators allege up to five persons may have been involved in the cell. EPA/RONALD WITTEK Battle of the Germans (i)
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2000px-ACRE_logo.svg The Germans are coming (ii)
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epa05708834 Manfred Weber, the chairman of the European People's Party (EPP) Group in the European Parliament, speaks at a news conference ahead of the upcoming election of the next European Parliament President in Strasbourg, at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, 10 January 2017. Weber held the news conference to present the EPP Group's position. EPA/STEPHANIE LECOCQ The more the merrier?
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Schinas Schinas: Next Commission president needs “physical resistance”; May an “honest politician”, Erdogan is a difficult neighbour, Trump “not strong”, and more
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Shell Egypt, Shell, Petronas ink exploration agreement
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epa07029280 Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez (R) meets the Secretary General of the Central American Integration System (in Spanish: Sistema de la Integracion Centroamericana, SICA), Vinicio Cerezo (unseen), for talks at the Moncloa Presidential Palace in Madrid, Spain, 18 September 2018. EPA-EFE/RODRIGO JIMENEZ Spanish prime minister wants less judicial protection for MPs
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epa06759354 French President Emmanuel Macron (L) talks with LVMH luxury group CEO Bernard Arnault at the VivaTech gadget show in Paris, France, 24 May 2018. Macron took on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other internet giants on 23 May, at a Paris meeting to discuss personal data protection and taxes as France pushes for tougher European regulations. EPA-EFE/MICHEL EULER / POOL MAXPPP OUT France to abolish corporate relocation tax
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epa06954390 New Slovenian Prime Minister Marjan Sarec signs the oath after his election at the Slovenian parlament in Ljubljana, Slovenia, 17 August 2018. Marjan Sarec, President of the LMS (List of Marjan Sarec) was elected new Prime Minister of Slovenia. EPA-EFE/IGOR KUPLJENIK Slovene parliament confirms minority government
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epa06594364 Former senior advisor to President Donald Trump, Stephen K. Bannon (L) and French member of the parliament and far-right political party National Front (Front National FN) president Marine Le Pen give a press conference during the XVI party congress of FN at the Grand Palais in Lille, France. The party congress runs from 10 until 11 March 2018. EPA-EFE/THIBAULT VANDERMERSCH Image of Washington under Trump improves with France’s Eurosceptic ultra-nationalists

World News

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epa07028003 US President Donald J. Trump participates in the inaugural meeting of the President?s National Council for the American Worker in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Washington, DC, USA, 17 September 2018. EPA-EFE/OLIVER CONTRERAS/ POOL US ratchets up trade war against China with new $200bn tariffs
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WEB Russia’s Gazprom, Japan’s Mitsui ink MoU for Baltic LNG project
Analysis
epa06949260 People walking in front of the The Turkish central bank in Ankara, Turkey, 14 August 2018. The Turkish central bank on 13 August 2018 said it was closely monitoring the lira's performance and seek counter-measures. The Turkish lira hit a new record low against the US dollar within the scope of an escalating feud with the USA. EPA-EFE/STR Turkish Central Bank shows signs of independence
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p22 WEB Russia, Vietnam sign exploration deal
Op-Ed
ATH02 - 19980213 - DION, PIERIA, GREECE : Picture (repro of a handout) showing the head of Roman emperor Traian, dated back to the second century B.C., that was discovered during excavations conducted at Dion, Pieria (west of Thessaloniki). The 35 cm high laurel-crowned head with an image of Zeus at the centre, was found close to the central Dion's street. A revived role for the US in Northern Greece requires dynamic action and focus

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Myanmar vs Maldives EU interference

By: Amjad Bashir

Regulating cash transfers at the EU’s external borders to prevent crime

By: Juan Fernando López Aguilar

Armenia’s “Watergate” – Time for the West to act

By: Michael Burrell

East should be the new West

By: Laurenţiu Rebega

On John McCain’s Legacy

By: Jan Zahradil

The infrastructure of the future relies on copper

By: Zuneid Yousuf

Why climate change summits are a modern-day example for international problem-solving

By: Leonardo González Dellán

May’s woeful Chequers deal is the worst of all worlds

By: John Caudwell

Qatari hostage payment is terrorist financing

By: Sir Ivor Roberts

How Western Europe’s football dominance could be undone

By: Tale Heydarov

Fuelling the ships of the future

By: Tariq Osman

Global brands are driving revolutionary approaches to mining

By: Zuneid Yousuf


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kass-1260 Zahradil, Henkel face off to become ACRE’s Spitzenkandidat
Zahradil, Henkel face off to become ACRE’s Spitzenkandidat
eastern-europe’s-recovery-shows-how-copyright-harmful IMG Copyright reform: Money vs more money
Copyright reform: Money vs more money
epa06865402 (FILE) - A general view shows members of Parliament voting on a resolution on the integrity of the Commission?s appointment of its Secretary General at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, 18 April 2018 (reissued 05 July 2018). Members of the European Parliament on 05 July 2018 oted to reject a copyright law which has to go back to tripartite disucssions. EPA-EFE/PATRICK SEEGER The State of our European Institutions
The State of our European Institutions
epa05708832 Manfred Weber, the chairman of the European People's Party (EPP) Group in the European Parliament, speaks at a news conference ahead of the upcoming election of the next European Parliament President in Strasbourg, at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, 10 January 2017. Weber held the news conference to present the EPP Group's position. EPA/STEPHANIE LECOCQ Weber’s road to glory
Weber’s road to glory
epa06390760 Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrives on the second day of the European Council meeting in Brussels, Belgium, 15 December 2017. EU leaders gather to discuss the most compelling matters in terms of migration, defense foreign affairs, education, culture, social issues and 'Brexit' negotiations. EPA-EFE/STEPHANIE LECOCQ EPP: Hangry, hungry, or Hungary?
EPP: Hangry, hungry, or Hungary?
Addressing the issue of the Central Mediterranean Route
Op-Ed
epaselect epa06076439 A migrant rests after he was rescued along dozens by Libyan coastguard in the Mediterranean off the Libyan coast, in Guarabouli, east Tripoli, Libya, 08 July 2017. According to local reports, Libyan coastguards with the help of fishermen have rescued 85 immigrants, including 20 women, who were attempting to reach Europe. A rescued migrant have reported some 20 others went missing in the sea during their failed attempt. EPA/STRINGER

Libya has been in turmoil ever since NATO’s Operation Unified Protector ended in 2011. Whilst it is widely agreed that
By Colonel (Ret.) Martin Cauchi Inglott Retired senior EU naval officer with experience in international military and diplomatic roles, including director of the Maltese Coast Guard and FRONTEX Mission Commander.
European Commission
epa06106746 A composite image made of file images shows the logos of German carmakers (clockwise from top L) Porsche, Volkswagen (VW), Audi, Mercedes, and BMW. According to reports, shares of Germany's biggest car makers have dropped in trade on 24 July 2017, as a consequence of allegations that Volkswagen, BMW, Mercedes, Audi and Porsche were colluding in the 1990s and formed a cartel which possibly laid the basis to the so-called 'dieselgate' emission scandal. EPA/DSK EU Commission opens formal investigation into possible cartel activity between BMW, Daimler and the VW group on clean emission technology
EU Commission opens formal investigation into possible cartel activity between BMW, Daimler and the VW group on clean emission technology
epa07029449 European Commissioner for Trade Cecilia Malmstrom speaks at a media conference in Brussels, Belgium, 18 September 2018 on modernisation of the World Trade Organisation. The media briefing although mainly focussed on the China USA tariffs battle. The US announced 17 September they are imposing new tariffs worth 200 billion US dollars on almost 6,000 Chinese goods. These taxes will take effect from 24 September 2018, starting at a level of 10 percent and increasing to 25 percent from the beginning of next year, according to media reports. EPA-EFE/OLIVIER HOSLET EU shares its vision for WTO modernisation
EU shares its vision for WTO modernisation
epa06816577 Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini (C) speaks at a local election rally in Cinisello Balsamo, near Milan, Italy, 17 June 2018. Reports state that the 'Italian government will promote development initiatives in Africa, to stem immigration to Europe' Salvini said. EPA-EFE/FABRIZIO RADAELLI Salvini says Sefcovic should apologise and shut up
Salvini says Sefcovic should apologise and shut up
epa06706270 A refugees family wait to get medical assistance in the refugee camp of Moria, on the Lesvos island, Greece, 02 May 2018. The camp at that day's morning reportedly was hosting a total of 6,905 refugees and migrants - most of them from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan, but also from some central African countries. EPA-EFE/ORESTIS PANAGIOTOU EU source says 3,000 migrants to be moved to Greek mainland from crowded island camp
EU source says 3,000 migrants to be moved to Greek mainland from crowded island camp
p14ca EU clears acquisition of North Sea Midstream Partners by Kuwait Investment Authority
EU clears acquisition of North Sea Midstream Partners by Kuwait Investment Authority
epa07026547 Maros Sefcovic, Vice President of the Commission for the Energy Union, holds a press conference at the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium, 17 September 2018, to announce his post as candidate for the Social Democrats and Socialist group Spitzenkandidat for the presidency of the European Commission in the EU elections in May 2019. EPA-EFE/OLIVIER HOSLET Sefcovic announces bid for EU’s top job as Social-Democrat Spitzenkandidat
Sefcovic announces bid for EU’s top job as Social-Democrat Spitzenkandidat
European Parliament
epa06925876 Danske Bank branch in Tallinn, Estonia, 03 August 2018. Estonian Prosecutor General Lavly Perling said on 31 July, that they launched a criminal investigation over Danske Bank over money laundering allegations. According to reports 03 August the Estonian parliament investigation will start in September. Danske Bank Estonia branch is alleged to have been involved in money laundering between 2007 and 2015. EPA-EFE/VALDA KALNINA Regulating cash transfers at the EU’s external borders to prevent crime
Regulating cash transfers at the EU’s external borders to prevent crime
Jean-Claude Juncker EU Commission President backs target cuts for CO2 emissions by 2030
EU Commission President backs target cuts for CO2 emissions by 2030
epa06775006 Valdis Dombrovskis, vice president of the European commission for the Euro and Social Dialogue and European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Pierre Moscovici (not pictured) give a press conference on on the Economic and Monetary Union programmes (including the Reform Support programme and European Investment Stabilisation Function) at the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium, 31 May 2018. EPA-EFE/STEPHANIE LECOCQ Commission welcomes European Parliament’s vote to strengthen Structural Reform Support Programme
Commission welcomes European Parliament’s vote to strengthen Structural Reform Support Programme
epa07014599 Members of the European Parliament take part in a vote on the situation in Hungary during a voting session at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, 12 September 2018. EPA-EFE/PATRICK SEEGER European Parliament votes to censure Orban over rule of law violations in Hungary
European Parliament votes to censure Orban over rule of law violations in Hungary
epa06861427 The page of Wikimedia Italia pictured in Rome, Italy, 03 July 2018. The shutdown of the Italian version of Wikipedia in protest the new European Union copyright directive will probably run until 05 July 2018, a spokesperson for the group that runs the online encyclopedia said on the same day. EPA-EFE/LUCIANO DEL CASTILLO European Parliament adopts copyright directive for digital age
European Parliament adopts copyright directive for digital age
epa07014126 President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker delivers the annual State of The European Union speech in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, 12 September 2018. Juncker's fourth State of the Union Address in the European Parliament comes ahead of the 2019 European elections and in the context of the ongoing debate about the future of the European Union at 27. EPA-EFE/PATRICK SEEGER Juncker details vision for Europe in last State of the Union speech
Juncker details vision for Europe in last State of the Union speech
European Council
p15c EU energy minsters tackle hydrogen and energy storage solutions
EU energy minsters tackle hydrogen and energy storage solutions
epa06847449 (L-R) European Council President Donald Tusk, French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Theresa May during an European Council summit in Brussels, Belgium, 28 June 2018. EU countries' leaders meet on 28 and 29 June for a summit to discuss migration in general, the installation of asylum-seeker processing centers in northern Africa, and other security- and economy-related topics including Brexit. EPA-EFE/OLIVIER HOSLET Salzburg summit likely to lack EU solidarity in run-up to November Brexit meetings
Salzburg summit likely to lack EU solidarity in run-up to November Brexit meetings
epa07014126 President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker delivers the annual State of The European Union speech in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, 12 September 2018. Juncker's fourth State of the Union Address in the European Parliament comes ahead of the 2019 European elections and in the context of the ongoing debate about the future of the European Union at 27. EPA-EFE/PATRICK SEEGER Juncker details vision for Europe in last State of the Union speech
Juncker details vision for Europe in last State of the Union speech
epa07007786 Italian Minister of Economy and Finance Giovanni Tria delivers a speech at an event within the Forum The European House - Ambrosetti, in Cernobbio, Italy, 09 September 2018. The 44th edition of the forum with its title 'Intelligence on the World, Europe, and Italy' is held from 07 to 09 September and gathers heads of state and government, top representatives of European institutions, ministers, Nobel prize winners, businessmen, managers and experts from around the world to discuss global political and economical topics. EPA-EFE/DANIEL DAL ZENNARO Italian government signals willingness to compromise on deficit
Italian government signals willingness to compromise on deficit
european-investment-bank-announced-new-vice-president IMG Warsaw demands bigger role in European Investment Bank
Warsaw demands bigger role in European Investment Bank
epa06978989 Italian Interior Minister Matteo Salvini (R) with Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orban (L), during their meeting at the Prefecture of Milan, Italy, 28 August 2018. EPA-EFE/DANIEL DAL ZENNARO Europe’s Populist Fifth Column
Europe’s Populist Fifth Column

Energy

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p15c EU energy minsters tackle hydrogen and energy storage solutions
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epa07024924 The world's first hydrogen fuel cell train on its way to Bremervoerde, northern Germany, 16 September 2018. Alstom today presented the world's first hydrogen fuel cell train Coradia iLinit in Bremervoerde. The Coradia iLint, built by Alstom in Salzgitter, Germany, is equipped with fuel cells which convert hydrogen and oxygen into electricity, thus eliminating pollutant emissions related to propulsion. From 17 September onwards, two such trains will enter commercial service according to a fixed timetable in Lower Saxony. EPA-EFE/DAVID HECKER Germany launches world’s first-ever hydrogen powered trains
News
Shell Egypt, Shell, Petronas ink exploration agreement
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WEB Russia’s Gazprom, Japan’s Mitsui ink MoU for Baltic LNG project
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p14ca EU clears acquisition of North Sea Midstream Partners by Kuwait Investment Authority
Column
sila-sibiri_009 Russia’s ‘western route’ to China may jeopardise Gazprom’s supplies to Europe
Op-Ed
epa07016378 Russian President Vladimir Putin (C), Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu (L) and General of Army Valery Gerasimov (R) attend Russia's biggest ever military maneuvers, Vostok 2018 (East 2018) on the military range Tsogol, Zabaykalsky Kray, Russia, 13 September 2018. The exercises are the biggest since 1981 and will including 297,000 military servicemen, more than 1,000 different military aircrafts, up to 36,000 vehicles, plus 80 warships. Forces from China and Mongolia will take part in the exercises, which will run from 11 to 17 September. EPA-EFE/ALEXEY NIKOLSKY / SPUTNIK / POOL MANDATORY CREDIT Has Putin’s Popularity Bubble Burst?
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p17c East Med fields drive Energean’s H1 financial results
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Jean-Claude Juncker EU Commission President backs target cuts for CO2 emissions by 2030
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p16ca EU clears acquisition of GE Distributed Power by Advent International

Internet & ICT

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epa06518486 Members of the research group of ETH Zurich University work at the building complex of the Extreme Light Infrastructure Attosecond Light Pulse Source (ELI-ALPS) research facility in Szeged, 170km southeast of Budapest, Hungary, 12 February 2018. On the day when the first foreign users arrive at the laser center. The laser center ELI-ALPS is part of the European Union's large scientific project ELI implemented by the Czech Republic and Romania besides Hungary. The three laser research centres in Szeged, Prague (Beamline Facility), and Magurele, near Bucharest, (Photonuclear Facility), are elements of the first civilian large-scale high-power laser research project to be realized with trans-European cooperation and with the participation of the worldwide scientific community, are due to start operation in full capacity in 2019. EPA-EFE/TIBOR ROSTA HUNGARY OUT EU grants €7.5 million to help 50 scientists bring their research to market
Analysis
image001 Greece’s Thessaloniki International Fair focuses on the American factor
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epaselect epa06851095 Festival-goers dance with headphones at a silent party during the opening evening of the 52nd Montreux Jazz Festival, in Montreux, Switzerland, 29 June 2018 (issued 30 June). The event running from June 29 to July 14 will feature 380 concerts. EPA-EFE/VALENTIN FLAURAUD EU Commission clears Apple’s acquisition of Shazam
Op-Ed
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epa06877381 German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang attend an event to present a project on autonomous driving at former Tempelhof airport in Berlin, Germany, 10 July 2018. The two leaders, who are meeting in the context of German-Chinese government consultations in Berlin, signed an agreement the day before over cooperation in autonomous driving technology. EPA-EFE/MICHELE TANTUSSI / POOL The German government moves to veto Chinese investment in “strategic sectors”
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epa06864186 The decorated front grille of a vintage Ford Mustang as it is driven in the Avondale Estates 4th of July Parade to celebrate the US Independence Day holiday in Avondale Estates, Georgia, USA, 04 July 2018. The holiday celebrates the United States' 242nd year of independence. EPA-EFE/ERIK S. LESSER Ford recalls tens of thousands vehicles from Europe over clutch problem
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epa06854306 Classic and custom-built Volkswagen cars in Sri Lanka since the early 1950s gather in celebration of the World Volkswagen Day at Hotel Galle Face in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 01 July 2018. A Sri Lankan VW Beetle owners? club organized the rally. The Volkswagen Beetle has been a popular car in the island since the early 1950s and even now there are many which have been single owned or passed down to the second generation. EPA-EFE/M.A.PUSHPA KUMARA EU Commission: Volkswagen yet to convince on car emissions
Op-Ed
epa06779588 (FILE) - A man passes by a Google logo in Frankfurt, Germany, 21 October 2004 (reissued 02 June 2018). According to media reports on 01 June 2018, Google will not renew its contract with the US Department of Defense in relation to Project Maven, a program under development to use Artificial Intelligence to analyze footage gathered from drones. The move comes after reports of Google's employees objecting to the company's participation in the project, which would presumably be used in lethal overseas operations involving military UAVs. EPA-EFE/BORIS ROESSLER Google’s Redirect Program: An Anemic Response to the Plague of Terror Content
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epa06662253 CEO of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg testifies before the House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on 'Facebook: Transparency and Use of Consumer Data' on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, USA, 11 April 2018. Zuckerberg is testifying before the second of two Congressional hearings this week regarding Facebook allowing third-party applications to collect the data of its users without their permission and for the company's response to Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election. EPA-EFE/SHAWN THEW Facebook’s troubles over Cambridge Analytica data breach continue

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epa02150995 (FILE) A file picture dated 11 March 2010 shows a euro coin and notes in Frankfurt Main, Germany. On 10 May 2010, German Chancellor Merkel defended the 'unprecedented' 750-billion-euro (960-billion-US dollar) safety net for eurozone members agreed upon overnight in Brussels. Merkel said the 'unique' measures served to 'strengthen and protect' the euro currency against 'broad attacks' on the markets. Merkel also stressed that any such bail-out would be attached to stringent demands for any ailing economy to enact budget reforms. EPA/TOBIAS KLEINSCHMIDT
The Economy is back!
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epa02150995 (FILE) A file picture dated 11 March 2010 shows a euro coin and notes in Frankfurt Main, Germany. On 10 May 2010, German Chancellor Merkel defended the 'unprecedented' 750-billion-euro (960-billion-US dollar) safety net for eurozone members agreed upon overnight in Brussels. Merkel said the 'unique' measures served to 'strengthen and protect' the euro currency against 'broad attacks' on the markets. Merkel also stressed that any such bail-out would be attached to stringent demands for any ailing economy to enact budget reforms. EPA/TOBIAS KLEINSCHMIDT
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caudwell1 John Caudwell: The billionaire, philanthropist making sense of Brexit
John Caudwell: The billionaire, philanthropist making sense of Brexit
Profile Elena Shchukina: Breaking with tradition in the art world
Elena Shchukina: Breaking with tradition in the art world
epa04504473 Denis Mukwege from Congo waits for his speech beforerecieving the Sakharov Prize for Freedom at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, 26 November 2014. EPA/PATRICK SEEGER Dr. Mukwege: ‘The man who mends women’
Dr. Mukwege: ‘The man who mends women’
epa05023994 French president Francois Hollande makes a statement at the Elysee palace in Paris, France, on 13 November 2015, following a series of attacks in Paris. At least 149 people have been killed in a series of attacks in Paris on 13 November, according to French officials. EPA/Christelle Alix / Elysee palace handout EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES François Hollande: Leading France out of its darkest hours
François Hollande: Leading France out of its darkest hours
epa04847619 Commissioner in Charge of Regional Policy, Corina Cretu, speaks at a joint news conference with European Commission Vice-President in charge of the Euro and Social Dialogue, Valdis Dombrovskis (unseen) on the monitoring of the agreement of the Summit of the Euro Zone on Greece at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, 15 July 2015. EPA/JULIEN WARNAND Corina Crețu: A Romanian star
Corina Crețu: A Romanian star
epa04986108 Canadian Prime Minister designate Justin Trudeau takes part in a press conference at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa, Canada, 20 October 2015. Justin Trudeau's Liberal Party beat the incumbent Conservative Stephen Harper in the the 42nd Canadian general election held on 19 October, with 184 confirmed seats. EPA/Chris Roussakis EPA/Chris Roussakis Justin Trudeau: Natural born Prime Minister
Justin Trudeau: Natural born Prime Minister
epa04561017 Vice-president of European Commission Jyrki Katainen speaks during a press conference in Rome, Italy, 15 January 2015. EPA/MAURIZIO BRAMBATTI Jyrki Katainen: Europe’s financial growth wizard
Jyrki Katainen: Europe’s financial growth wizard
epa04932123 Marine Le Pen, the leader of the French far-right political party 'Front National' (FN), speaks to the participants of a meeting within the Sovereignty Symposium, in Brussels, Belgium, 15 September 2015. EPA/LAURENT DUBRULE Marine Le Pen: The prodigal daughter?
Marine Le Pen: The prodigal daughter?
epa04969192 Managing Director of the International Monetary Found (IMF), Christine Lagarde, speaks during a press conference at the Annual Assembly of the IMF and World Bank Group in Lima, Peru, 08 October 2015. Lagarde is in Peru to attend the Annual Assembly of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank Group (WBG), that returns to Latin America after 48 years from 09 to 11 October 2015. EPA/ERNESTO ARIAS Christine Lagarde: The IMF’s Queen
Christine Lagarde: The IMF’s Queen
epa04521240 President of the European People's Party (EPP), Joseph Daul, speaks during the CDU federal party conference in Cologne, Germany, 09 December 2014. EPA/OLIVER BERG Joseph Daul: The Party Man
Joseph Daul: The Party Man
Image of Washington under Trump improves with France’s Eurosceptic ultra-nationalists
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epa06594364 Former senior advisor to President Donald Trump, Stephen K. Bannon (L) and French member of the parliament and far-right political party National Front (Front National FN) president Marine Le Pen give a press conference during the XVI party congress of FN at the Grand Palais in Lille, France. The party congress runs from 10 until 11 March 2018. EPA-EFE/THIBAULT VANDERMERSCH

Anti-American sentiments are deeply rooted in France and mostly date from the 1968 Paris student protests that saw thousands of
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European Parliament votes to censure Orban over rule of law violations in Hungary
By Irene Kostaki

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