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| Gazprom pushes for peace with Europe |
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| Case had threatened to further inflame relations between Moscow and Brussels, already strained by a host of issues, including the political crisis over Ukraine |
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| Cyber war tech exports to be regulated like arms |
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| Diplomats close to completing revised Wassenaar Arrangement so that it includes controls on surveillance and hacking software and on cryptography |
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| Ukraine government prepared to discuss elections |
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| First sign of potential compromise in the country's worst political crisis in nearly a decade |
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| Vital pieces to rate scandal's puzzle |
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| Though short on details, European Commission's settlement provides vital pieces in the fragmented jigsaw puzzle that the Libor scandal has become |
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| ECB mulls options after surprise rate cut |
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| While the bank is not expected to signal a fresh reduction, the tone of its president, Mario Draghi, is expected to stay dovish on Thursday |
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| EU considers asylum overhaul |
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| Allowing migrants to seek asylum from outside the EU would be a shift in policy, which forces them to undertake often perilous trips to reach Europe |
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| Open EU borders are reciprocal and fair |
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| People who demand the right to seek work in someone else's country should accept that the arrangement works both ways |
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| EU hits six groups with rate-fixing fines |
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| Six financial groups have been fined a record €1.7bn by the EU for participating in a cartel to rig two global interest rate benchmarks |
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| Bank fines merit more investor concern |
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| Investor focus looks to be solely on future bank earnings, but that is short-sighted, says Patrick Jenkins, as bosses have been lost in the Libor fray |
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| Brussels inaction on food rules attacked |
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| France hits out at Brussels for its lack of action on proposed rules that would require the labelling of the geographic origin of meat products |
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| Eurozone services sector growth slows |
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| Activity is strongest in Germany, with PMI reading rising to 55.7, while France continues to disappoint as companies suffer fall in new business orders |
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| Ukraine opposition demands new government |
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| Former foreign minister urges the president to call an election to end the turmoil after a no-confidence vote and as the number of protesters mushroom |