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“Bloomberg”: Ukraine has shut off the “Lukoil” Russian oil tap to Slovakia

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FALCON POWERS – Slovakia has stopped receiving oil from the Russian oil company “Lukoil” pipeline after the Kyiv regime banned the transit of Russian oil through Ukraine. Bloomberg quoted the national transport company “Transpetrol” headquartered in the Slovak capital Bratislava: “We are currently witnessing the cessation of oil supplies from......
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Radio: Polish state-owned company sold parts used to make Iranian drones

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FALCON POWERS – The private Polish radio station Radio Zet reported on Thursday that a state-owned Polish company sold parts used in the manufacture of Iranian combat drones, and added that prosecutors have been investigating the case since 2022. The radio station did not mention its sources. Iran supplied Russia......
European

Ursula von der Leyen is re-elected European Commission president by large majority

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FALCON POWERS – The re-election was shrouded in uncertainty and rested on complicated arithmetic among the four centrist parties. Ursula von der Leyen has been re-elected as president of the European Commission in a make-or-break vote on Thursday that represented the single greatest test of her political legacy, forged across......
European

The European Court of Justice Rejects TikTok’s Appeal Against the Legality of the New European Digital Rules

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FALCON POWERS – The European Union, through the issuance of this law, aimed to prevent these companies from taking actions that could be anti-competitive. It imposes strict rules on institutions whose practices in the past have led to fines estimated at billions of dollars and tax decisions taken by the......
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Germany Moves Towards New Taxes, Rise in Airfare Prices

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FALCON POWERS – The German government is moving towards imposing new taxes on domestic flights in hopes of reducing demand and increasing the fight against air pollution from emissions. Like other countries, Germany finds itself unable to fulfill the ambitious commitments it made under the 2016 Paris Climate Agreement. Now,......
European

Swedish Police Announce Implementation of Personal Searches and Vehicle Inspections at Swedish Borders

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FALCON POWERS – The Swedish police have stated that they have conducted over 3,000 body searches and vehicle inspections since being granted the right to search travelers entering or leaving Sweden without any concrete criminal suspicion. Most of these inspection procedures are carried out in the South Police Region, targeting......
European

EU naval mission says it destroyed aerial drone in Gulf of Aden

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FALCON POWERS – The EU naval mission protecting ships crossing the Red Sea said that its frigate Psara had destroyed an unmanned aerial drone in the Gulf of Aden on Sunday. The Aspides mission began in February in response to drone and missile attacks by Iranian-aligned Houthi militants on vessels......
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Japan and Germany agree to boost security cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region

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FALCON POWERS – Both sides said their countries would create an economic security framework amid fears about what they view as China’s overproduction of electric vehicles and other key products using massive subsidies. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida have agreed to boost security cooperation in......