17th May 2025

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EU finally aims for October start date for Entry/Exit System (EES) passport checks

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The European Union’s long-delayed biometric passport check system, known as the Entry/Exit System (EES), could finally launch in October this year following an agreement reached
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‘Make Europe Great Again’ – the EU’s far-right bloc makes show of force in Madrid

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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and France’s Marine Le Pen took centre stage at a Madrid rally on Saturday, organised by Europe’s most prominent far-right
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Spanish PM hails ‘historic’ trade deal between EU & Mercosur bloc

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Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has hailed the conclusion of a controversial free-trade deal between the European Union and South America’s Mercosur bloc, calling it
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EU countries to allow more wolf hunting after protection status lowered

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European nations approved plans on Tuesday to scale back the protection for wolves in a victory for farmers over environmentalists. The 49 member states of
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Yolanda Díaz resigns as head of left-wing Sumar group

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Yolanda Díaz, number three in Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s government, resigned on Monday as head of the government’s left-wing junior coalition partner Sumar, following a
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Puigdemont says he will return to Spain if he can be elected as Catalan president

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Carles Puigdemont, the former Catalan president who fled the country after an unsuccessful bid for independence six years ago, stated on Thursday that he would
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Controversial Amnesty Law passed in Congress, will now proceed to Senate

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Spanish MPs on Thursday approved a controversial amnesty law for Catalan pro-independence figures with their figurehead Carles Puigdemont already mulling his return after years of self-imposed exile
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EU scraps pesticide proposal, as farmers continue to protest

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The European Commission shelved an anti-pesticide proposal on Tuesday in yet another concession to farmers after weeks of protests that blocked many capitals and economic