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Dec 4, 2024 - World

Presidential front-runner and far-right populist Calin Georgescu says Romania’s Western alliances remain secure providing they “serve the sovereignty of the country and nothing else.”

Dec 4, 2024 - World

Triggered by an austerity budget, a no-confidence vote threatens fresh instability – and Macron’s futureDon’t get This is Europe delivered straight to your inbox? Sign up hereWith threats mounting inside and outside the EU’s borders and Germany in paralysis, the last thing Europe needed was fresh upheaval besetting its other big power. Yet that is exactly what France is facing with a no-confidence vote expected today that could bring down the government.The shaky minority administration assembled by Prime Minister Michel Barnier only three months ago began to wobble badly on Monday after he triggered an extraordinary constitutional mechanism to force through an austerity budget. Continue reading...

Dec 4, 2024 - World

Unionized workers of the Hyundai Motor Co. in South Korea are going on strike this week in response to President Yoon Suk Yeol's declaration of martial law on Tuesday.

Dec 4, 2024 - World

Czech foreign minister says Europe ‘needs to send a strong signal to Moscow that this won’t be tolerated’A senior European diplomat said that up to 100 “suspicious incidents” in Europe this year could be attributed to Russia, as western officials grapple with how to respond to suspected Russian sabotage attempts.Speaking ahead of a meeting with Nato counterparts in Brussels, the Czech foreign minister, Jan Lipavský, stressed that Europe “needs to send a strong signal to Moscow that this won’t be tolerated”. Continue reading...

Dec 4, 2024 - World

Opposition Democratic party lawmakers have called on Yoon Suk Yeol to resign immediately or they would seek his impeachmentYoon Suk Yeol faces calls to resign after martial law shockExplainer: what happened and what comes next?South Korea’s finance ministry has said it stood ready to deploy “unlimited” liquidity into financial markets after President Yoon Suk Yeol lifted a martial law declaration he imposed overnight that pushed the won to multi-year lows, Reuters reports.The announcement came after finance minister Choi Sang-mok and Bank of Korea governor Rhee Chang-yong held emergency talks overnight, and as the central bank board abruptly met to approve rescue measures for the local credit market. Continue reading...