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HELSINKI
The city of Kemijärvi in Finnish Lapland turned down an offer made in January 2018 by China’s state-funded Polar Research Institute to buy or lease the city’s airport, after it informed the Finnish Armed Forces. But the matter is only now being made public. Read more.
EU PRESIDENCY
Social pillar will define next decade of European policy, EU official says. The action plan for a European Pillar of Social Rights will mark the next decade of European policies, European Commission advisor on social rights José António Vieira da Silva has said. Read more.
Talks on EU corporate tax transparency law to start ‘very soon’. The European Parliament said on Thursday it expected negotiations to start “very soon” with Portugal’s EU Presidency on a new EU directive to make multinationals publish information on where they make profits and pay taxes. Read more.
Belgium justifies travel ban to European Commission
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Eurovision to go ahead with own health protocol
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BRATISLAVA
Slovakia faces a political crisis after two junior coalition parties spoke about leaving the governing coalition over the purchase of two million doses of the Russian vaccine negotiated by Prime Minister Igor Matovič. Marián Koreň has more.
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EU PRESIDENCY
EU states find common ground in first debate over EU trade policy. Portugal’s foreign minister Augusto Santos Silva said the first discussion among EU member states over the European Union’s future trade policy was “an excellent starting point,” although tough debates on trade and climate policy have yet to be addressed. More
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BERLIN
Merz announces Bundestag candidacy. Former candidate for CDU chair, Friedrich Merz, confirmed that he will run for a seat in the Bundestag in September’s elections on Tuesday. Read more.
EU blocked over sanctions on Hungary, Poland
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