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Looking at the map, you see Russia flanked at the western and south side by 9 NATO memberstates: the 3 Baltic countries, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey.

Is Russia preparing to invade Ukraine?

Are Russian forces getting ready for war in Ukraine? That is the (faked?) fear among Western leaders and the comedian who is now President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky

"The deadline has been postponed by a week and the reason is basically to give a bit more time to the platform to provide its views," European Commission Chief Spokesperson Eric Mamer told a news briefing on Monday (10 January).

EU delays deadline on green investment rules for nuclear and gas

The European Commission said on Monday (10 January) it has delayed to later this month the deadline for experts to give feedback on divisive plans to allow some natural gas and nuclear energy projects to be labelled as sustainable investments

“Leaving the EU brings challenges, and there are threats from Paris, Brussels, Frankfurt and Amsterdam.”

UK finance reigns in Europe despite Brexit fallout

One year after Britain’s formal exit from the European Union, London’s powerful City financial sector still reigns on the continent despite losing key business and bankers to rival hubs

2.5 billion people – around 86% of people living in urban areas worldwide – are exposed to unhealthy particulate matter levels. This resulted in 1.8 million excess deaths in cities globally in 2019.

1.8 million deaths are linked to air pollution worldwide, reports find

Some 1.8 million excess deaths and nearly two million asthma cases have been attributed to air pollution in 2019 worldwide

“EU support for the rule of law in the Western Balkans has clearly not been successful in bringing about change,” said a member of the court of auditors, Juhan Parts, in a press release.

Hundreds of millions of EU funds ‘ineffective’ in strengthening Balkan rule of law

The European Commission admits more needs to be done for rule of law reforms in the Western Balkans following a European Court of Auditors report which deemed the €700 million of EU work “ineffective” and “not successful”

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