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Reuters: Erdogan warns Turkey could open gates for migrants if pushed by EU

President Tayyip Erdogan warned on Friday that Turkey could open its gates for migrants to Europe if pushed into a corner by the European Union, a day …
Reuters

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: French presidential rivals spar over Russia, Putin

French conservative presidential hopefuls Francois Fillon and Alain Juppe have traded blows over Russia in their final debate before a second-round …
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Associated Press: One big difference between French primary candidates – Russia

PARIS – Perhaps the biggest difference between the two men competing in France’s conservative presidential primary is how they view Vladimir Putin’s …
Associated Press

Washington Post: After Brexit and Trump’s victory, Europeans are beginning to like the EU again

LONDON – Europe appears to have gotten used to crises by now. The war in Ukraine, the influx of refugees and the Greece’s debt woes have divided the …
Washington Post

The Wall Street Journal: European Parliament votes to suspend talks on Turkey joining the EU

The body said deteriorating human rights and democratic standards under President Recep Tayyip Erdogan justified the move. Read the full story here.
Wall Street Journal

The Daily Beast: Why did Donald Trump take money from this sketchy Ukrainian oligarch?

Almost $600,000 per hour. That’s the fee Donald Trump’s charity got for recording a video on behalf of a Ukrainian oligarch. It’s a payment that could …
The Daily Beast

Euronews: Report shows Europeans live longer, but not in the best of health

Europeans are now more likely to live into their 80s, but they may not be in the best of health. A new report from the European Commission and the …
Euronews

Reuters: Bulgaria charges defense minister over contract with Russia’s RSK

State prosecutors charged Bulgaria’s outgoing defense minister on Nov. 23 with failing to honor an agreement with Russia for repair of its Soviet-era …
Reuters

BBC: Facebook creates ‘censorship tool’ to enter China

Facebook worked on special software so it could potentially accommodate censorship demands in China, according to a report in the New York Times. The …
BBC

Reuters: US, Russia request Czechs extradite arrested Russian hacker

The United States and Russia have requested the extradition of a Russian man arrested in the Czech Republic and indicted in the United States for …
Reuters

The Time: An insane number of people has been fired in Turkey since July

Turkey fired 15,000 state employees, including soldiers, police officers, tax inspectors, and midwives in the latest round of purges since the failed …
The Time

The New Zealand Herald: Ukrainian citizen dies in New Zealand mountains

One of two trampers who died during an overnight walk in the Tararua Range at the weekend was a married Ukrainian man with two children. His grieving …
The New Zealand Herald

Huffington Post: Donor at the center of a Clinton pay-to-play scandal also gave to Trump’s Foundation

WASHINGTON ― After Donald Trump launched his presidential campaign, his foundation received a generous donation from a Ukrainian oligarch whose …
Huffington Post

New York Times: Lithuania’s new prime minister pledges to increase military spending

VILNIUS, Lithuania – Lawmakers in Lithuania chose as their new prime minister on Nov. 22 a former police chief and interior minister who supports …
New York Times

New York Times: Trump Foundation may have used money to benefit one of its own

President-elect Donald J. Trump’s foundation has acknowledged that it may have run afoul of self-dealing rules that guard against using money meant …
New York Times

Wall Street Journal: EU parliament asks UKIP to pay back money used for Brexit campaigning

The European Parliament on Nov. 21 said that the euroskeptic United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) misused hundreds of thousands of euros from the …
Wall Street Journal

Reuters: European lawmakers call for end to Turkey EU membership

The leaders of the European Parliament’s two largest groups called on Nov. 22 for the European Union to halt membership talks with Turkey because of …
Reuters

Reuters: Police arrest 178 in Europe-wide money laundering crackdown

Police forces across Europe and the United States arrested 178 people as part of a crackdown on money laundering last week and identified some 23 …
Reuters
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