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  • Friday, 22 January, 2021
    News in-depthUS foreign policy
    Biden faces first foreign policy test with Russian balancing act

    White House seeks arms control pact even as it warns of consequences for Navalny arrest

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    News in-depthGermany
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    As businesses adapt to the UK’s new trade deal with the EU, negotiators on both sides reveal what really happened

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  • Friday, 22 January, 2021
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    France to impose Covid testing on EU travellers

    European leaders ponder tighter restrictions in fight against pandemic

  • Thursday, 21 January, 2021
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    Businesses miss out on Covid cash after UK sticks to EU state-aid rules

    Companies angry at being locked out of £4.6bn grant scheme because they have already passed agreed cap on support

  • Thursday, 21 January, 2021
    Spain
    Madrid resists regions’ calls for more powers

    Demand for changes in law to allow lockdowns comes as infection rates surge

  • Thursday, 21 January, 2021
    European Central Bank
    ECB details bond-buying shift as it holds rates and stimulus steady

    Resurgence of virus threatens to plunge eurozone into double-dip downturn

  • Thursday, 21 January, 2021
    Russian politics
    Russia cracks down on Navalny supporters ahead of planned protests

    Moscow demands social media companies delete posts publicising rallies called for Saturday as police give warning

  • Thursday, 21 January, 2021
    German politics
    Angela Merkel warns Joe Biden to expect ‘arguments’

    German chancellor says relief at new US administration should not stop Europe assuming more responsibility

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  • Thursday, 21 January, 2021
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    For all the talk, you’d struggle from the EU’s communications to deduce any Rubicon action going on

  • Thursday, 21 January, 2021
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    Covid congestion raises the spectre of inflation

    It is still unclear how much the pandemic has reduced economic capacity

  • Thursday, 21 January, 2021
    News in-depthSpanish politics
    Spanish pension reforms increase strains within coalition

    Changes form part of commitments Madrid must make in return for EU recovery funding

  • Thursday, 21 January, 2021
    News in-depthAlexei Navalny
    Alexei Navalny’s detention to test Russian activist’s support

    Kremlin warns protests planned for weekend breach law as fears of opposition crackdown grow

  • Thursday, 21 January, 2021
    EU trade
    Flanders looks beyond Brexit Britain for business opportunities

    Region with close trade ties to UK plans strategy to support groups seeking new markets

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  • Wednesday, 20 January, 2021
    News in-depthUK employment
    UK’s post-Brexit employment shake-up misses labour market flaws

    Business says government is ‘tilting at windmills’ by focusing on EU-derived laws rather than tackling homegrown problems

  • Wednesday, 20 January, 2021
    Robert Shrimsley
    Democratic Unionists are now Irish reunification’s secret weapon

    Strategic misjudgments are weakening not preserving Northern Ireland’s place in the UK

  • Wednesday, 20 January, 2021
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    EU and BioNTech/Pfizer clash over reduced vaccine deliveries

    European officials say supply changes after ruling on doses per vial could derail vaccination plans

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    Italy’s PM moves to shore up fragile coalition

    Giuseppe Conte left without working majority after narrowly surviving confidence vote

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    EU immigration: Frontex faces scrutiny over its growing role

    The European bloc’s first uniformed armed force faces allegations of helping to send migrants back to countries such as Turkey

  • Tuesday, 19 January, 2021
    Eurozone reform
    EU faces barriers to boosting single currency’s global status

    Bloc yet to settle investor doubts about structure of eurozone despite weight provided by recovery fund

  • Tuesday, 19 January, 2021
    Brexit
    EU ‘not punishing’ UK financial services sector, London envoy insists

    Bloc’s ambassador says Brussels still waiting for more information before making key regulatory decisions

  • Tuesday, 19 January, 2021
    EU state aid
    European airports urge EU to loosen state aid rules

    Plea comes as industry cuts its forecast for passenger numbers amid Covid crisis

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