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Rising butter prices give European consumers and bakers a bad taste

PARIS — Pastry chef Arnaud Delmontel rolls out dough for croissants and pains au chocolat that later emerge golden and fragrant from the oven in his Paris patisserie. Share Share Copy Link copied Email Facebook X Reddit LinkedIn Pinterest Flipboard Print Some consumers decide where to shop based on the price of butter, which has led to price wars between …

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4 days, 1 hour ago

German lawmakers back plan to protect supreme court against meddling by authoritarians, extremists

Associated Press

BERLIN — German lawmakers on Thursday approved legislation designed to protect the country’s highest court against possible future manipulation or obstruction by authoritarian or extremist politicians. In what is expected to be one of its last sessions before it is dissolved ahead of an early election in February, parliament’s lower house, or Bundestag, backed the plan by 600 votes to …

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4 days, 15 hours ago

German lawmakers back plan to protect supreme court against meddling by authoritarians, extremists

LA Times

German lawmakers have approved legislation designed to protect the country’s highest court against possible future manipulation or obstruction by authoritarian or extremist politicians. “We see when we look abroad that, when autocrats come to power, they almost always first turn against the effectiveness and independence of justice,” Interior Minister Nancy Faeser told lawmakers. Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court, based in the …

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1 week ago

FX flat ahead of Hungarian and Czech rate decisions

Live Mint

WARSAW, Dec 16 - Central Eastern European currencies held near recent highs on Monday, ahead of central bank meetings in Hungary and the Czech Republic later this week which are expected to leave interest rates unchanged. "The primary aim of the central bank is to achieve and maintain price stability," Prime Minister Viktor Orban's nominee said, affirming the bank's 3% …

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1 week, 2 days ago

Sir Richard Shirreff: ‘The time has come for the UK to start gearing up to be ready for war in every respect’

The Independent

Last week, the UK chief of defence, Admiral Sir Tony Radakin, warned us that we are at the dawn of a third nuclear age. As Dmitri Trenin, former head of the Carnegie Moscow Centre and an ex-senior Soviet Army officer, wrote in 2016: “The Kremlin has been at war with Nato since 2014.” And if you need evidence of this …

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1 week, 2 days ago

Lily Tuck's new novel 'The Rest Is Memory' was sparked by a single image

NPR

Lily Tuck's new novel 'The Rest Is Memory' was sparked by a single image Scott Simon talks with Lily Tuck about her new novel, "The Rest is Memory." SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Lily Tuck saw a photo of a girl about a decade ago - 14 years old, face bruised, eyes stony, and shown in striped concentration camp garb, wearing the …

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1 week, 3 days ago

Netherlands will face Turkey & Bulgaria or Poland & Finland in 2026 World Cup qualifiers

NL Times

The draw for the qualification groups for the 2026 World Cup was announced on Friday. He will not know which teams his team will have to beat to qualify until after this because six of the 12 groups in the European qualifying schedule for the 2026 World Cup finals consist of five countries, while the other six groups have four …

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France’s Macron and Poland’s Tusk insist Ukraine must be at the heart of any potential peace talks

Associated Press

WARSAW, Poland — France’s President Emmanuel Macron and Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Ukraine must have a pivotal role in any potential negotiations over Russia’s war in the country, following a meeting Thursday in Warsaw. Macron also insisted Europeans must be involved in security talks in “very close” coordination with the United States to ensure Europe’s interests are taken …

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1 week, 4 days ago

FirstUp: French President Macron to visit Poland, Nepal Army chief in India... Big news today

Firstpost

French President Emmanuel Macron is set to visit Warsaw. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court is set to hear a plea seeking directions to curb air pollution in Delhi-NCR Emmanuel Macron is set to visit Warsaw to brief Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk. Firstly, French President Emmanuel Macron is set to visit Poland today while Chief of Nepal Army General Ashok Raj …

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1 week, 5 days ago

Poland to guard major TV stations against hostile purchase attempts by Russia

Associated Press

WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk said Wednesday that his government will protect major television stations in the country, like the U.S.-owned TVN, against hostile purchases, in a move aimed at protecting from any such attempts by Russia. The election was a “negative event” that “confirmed Russia’s incessant readiness to attack with the use of increasingly more sophisticated …

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1 week, 5 days ago

EU says asylum rights can be suspended for migrants ‘weaponized’ by Russia and Belarus

Associated Press

BRUSSELS — The European Union on Wednesday gave a greenlight to Poland and other countries on Europe’s eastern flank to temporarily suspend asylum rights when they believe that Belarus and Russia are “weaponizing” migrants to destabilize the bloc. The EU’s executive branch also accuses Russian authorities of “facilitating these movements, given that more than 90% of migrants illegally crossing the …

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1 week, 6 days ago

Negotiations over the war in Ukraine could start ‘in the winter,’ Poland’s leader Tusk says

Associated Press

WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s prime minister said Tuesday that negotiations over Russia’s war in neighboring Ukraine could start “in the winter,” as his country prepares to take over the rotating presidency of the European Union on Jan. 1. “Our presidency will have, among others, joint responsibility for the shape of the political landscape, for what the situation will look like …

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1 week, 6 days ago

Poland Calls on Germany to Show Leadership With Defense Spending

Live Mint

-- Germany should step up its defense spending to set an example for the European Union as doubts grow about US military support for Ukraine, a senior Polish defense official said. Deputy Defense Minister Cezary Tomczyk also supports exploring new financing schemes, for example issuing joint EU debt to finance military spending, which “would allow us to buy more and …

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2 weeks ago

Forint gains after Fitch lifts Hungary’s outlook

Live Mint

WARSAW, Dec 9 - The forint led currency gains in emerging Europe on Monday after Fitch lifted its outlook for Hungary, while the euro held firm against the dollar to boost risk appetite. The Polish zloty was up 0.2% at 4.2585 per euro, near its strongest levels since late September, continuing to gain after the National Bank of Poland held …

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2 weeks, 1 day ago

Europe on the Brink: A Divided Continent Girds for Trump

Politico

In Berlin, as much as I did in Paris earlier this autumn, I saw a European giant entangled in its own domestic troubles, unable to rise to this occasion — at least not soon. On the Rue de la Loi that runs from the heart of the city’s EU quarter to the royal palace, in front of an empty plot …

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2 weeks, 1 day ago

Germany, France and Poland condemn use of force against protesters in Georgia

Associated Press

BERLIN — The foreign ministers of Germany, France and Poland on Saturday strongly condemned “the disproportionate use of force” against peaceful protesters and the targeting of the opposition and media representatives in Georgia. Mass protests in Georgia fueled by the governing party’s decision to suspend negotiations on joining the European Union entered a second week on Thursday, with police cracking …

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2 weeks, 3 days ago

Janusz Walus, killer of South Africa’s anti-apartheid leader Chris Hani, to be deported to Poland

Associated Press

JOHANNESBURG — Janusz Walus, the convicted killer of South Africa’s anti-apartheid leader Chris Hani, will be deported to his home country of Poland after his parole came to an end this week, the government announced on Friday. Hani, who was the leader of the African National Congress’ military wing, Umkhonto we Sizwe, and the general secretary of the South African …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Poland PM Donald Tusk names security and energy as EU priorities during Warsaw’s presidency

Associated Press

WARSAW, Poland — Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk said security, energy and competitiveness will be the priorities for his nation’s upcoming presidency in the European Union in the first half of 2025. He was speaking Thursday following talks with the European Parliament President Roberta Metsola and leaders of the parliament’s various political groups about the main points of the presidency, …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Russia closes Polish consulate in St. Petersburg in retaliation for Poznan closure

Firstpost

Russia said on Thursday it had decided to close Poland’s consulate general in St. Petersburg in response to Poland’s decision to close the Russian consulate in Poznan Russia on Thursday said it would close Poland’s consulate general in St. Petersburg in retaliation for Poland’s decision to shut down the Russian consulate in Poznan. The Russian Foreign Ministry also declared three …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Currencies hold strong near recent highs

Live Mint

PRAGUE, Dec 5 - The Polish zloty and the Czech crown held tight around more than two-month highs against the euro on Thursday while the Hungarian forint climbed a third straight day as markets took in more hawkish central bank stances. The crown rose in the previous session after third-quarter Czech wage data came in higher than expected and central …

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2 weeks, 5 days ago

The spirit of hope will mark Poland's EU presidency

Dutch News

Two decades after it joined the EU, Poland is set for a six-month presidency of the European Council with a spirit of hope, says the country’s ambassador to the Netherlands, Margareta Kassangana. “We had the same prime minister, Donald Tusk, and at the opening José Manuel Barroso, president of the European Commission, gave a visionary speech.” Times had never been …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Opposites attract — and bond — for Kieran Culkin and Jesse Eisenberg

LA Times

Kieran Culkin tells a story about desperately not wanting to go to Poland to make Jesse Eisenberg’s odd-couple road movie, “A Real Pain,” and, while every word of it’s true and comes from a deep place in his soul, tied to the love he has for his wife and children, it still feels like a bit of salesmanship for the …

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3 weeks, 1 day ago

Trump Will Overplay His Hand. Here’s How to Be Ready.

Politico

Don’t Panic — Autocracy Takes Time President-elect Donald Trump’s return to power is unnerving but, as I have argued previously, America will not turn into a dictatorship overnight — or in four years. Hungary’s Viktor Orbán and Poland’s Law and Justice Party needed years to erode democratic norms and fortify their grip on state institutions. That’s why millions of Turks …

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3 weeks, 2 days ago

Poland’s prime minister visits defensive fortifications on border with Russia

Associated Press

DABROWKA, Poland — Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk traveled Saturday to his country’s border with the Russian region of Kaliningrad to inspect progress in the construction of military fortifications along the eastern frontier, calling it “an investment in peace.” Tusk’s visit comes a month before Poland is to take over the rotating presidency of the 27-member European Union. Tusk also …

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Rising butter prices give European consumers and bakers a bad taste

German lawmakers back plan to protect supreme court against meddling by authoritarians, extremists

German lawmakers back plan to protect supreme court against meddling by authoritarians, extremists

FX flat ahead of Hungarian and Czech rate decisions

Sir Richard Shirreff: ‘The time has come for the UK to start gearing up to be ready for war in every respect’

Lily Tuck's new novel 'The Rest Is Memory' was sparked by a single image

Netherlands will face Turkey & Bulgaria or Poland & Finland in 2026 World Cup qualifiers

France’s Macron and Poland’s Tusk insist Ukraine must be at the heart of any potential peace talks

FirstUp: French President Macron to visit Poland, Nepal Army chief in India... Big news today

Poland to guard major TV stations against hostile purchase attempts by Russia

EU says asylum rights can be suspended for migrants ‘weaponized’ by Russia and Belarus

Negotiations over the war in Ukraine could start ‘in the winter,’ Poland’s leader Tusk says

Poland Calls on Germany to Show Leadership With Defense Spending

Forint gains after Fitch lifts Hungary’s outlook

Europe on the Brink: A Divided Continent Girds for Trump

Germany, France and Poland condemn use of force against protesters in Georgia

Janusz Walus, killer of South Africa’s anti-apartheid leader Chris Hani, to be deported to Poland

Poland PM Donald Tusk names security and energy as EU priorities during Warsaw’s presidency

Russia closes Polish consulate in St. Petersburg in retaliation for Poznan closure

Currencies hold strong near recent highs

The spirit of hope will mark Poland's EU presidency

Opposites attract — and bond — for Kieran Culkin and Jesse Eisenberg

Trump Will Overplay His Hand. Here’s How to Be Ready.

Poland’s prime minister visits defensive fortifications on border with Russia