Swiss central bank says crisis halted as it hikes interest rates | CNN Business
London CNN — Switzerland’s banking crisis has been halted, the country’s central bank said Thursday as it hiked interest rates...
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One of Europe’s busiest airports to be forced to cut flights due to planet-warming carbon pollution | CNN
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France’s government survives no-confidence votes and controversial pension reforms will move ahead | CNN
CNN — Two no-confidence votes against French President Emmanuel Macron’s government have failed in the country’s parliament, clearing the way...
Trump and Le Pen backed these Dutch farmers — now they’ve sprung an election shock | CNN
CNN — A farmers’ protest party in the Netherlands has caused a shock after winning provincial elections this week just...
French workers may have to retire at 64 and many are in uproar. Here’s why | CNN
Paris CNN — Impromptu protests broke out in Paris and across several French cities Thursday evening following a move by...
Germany cancels World Cup event after Russia, Belarus readmitted | CNN
Reuters — Germany’s fencing federation has canceled a women’s foil World Cup event after the sport’s global governing body (FIE)...
Protests erupt as French government forces through higher retirement age | CNN
Paris CNN — The French government has forced through controversial plans to raise the country’s retirement age from 62 to...
Parisian streets littered with trash after wave of strikes | CNN
Paris CNN — The City of Lights has a garbage problem. Massive strikes in Paris against pension reform this week...
Deadly mass shooting at Jehovah’s Witnesses center in Hamburg stuns Germany | CNN
CNN — Germany was in shock on Friday after a gunman killed six people as well as an unborn child...
Amsterdam’s train tunnels reveal surprising windows into the past | CNN
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Former guard at British embassy in Berlin jailed for spying for Russia | CNN
London CNN — A former security guard at the British embassy in Berlin was sentenced to more than 13 years...
Belgian goalkeeper Arne Espeel dies aged 25 after reportedly collapsing following penalty save during match | CNN
CNN — Belgian goalkeeper Arne Espeel has died aged 25 after reportedly collapsing following a penalty save during a match...
PSG facing familiar Champions League fate after first-leg defeat against Bayern Munich | CNN
CNN — It may be the start of a new knockout phase in the Champions League, but it looks to...
How train tunnels beneath Amsterdam revealed a medieval treasure trove | CNN
CNN — Building Amsterdam’s North-South metro line was big trouble – a budget-blowing 15-year operation that involved carefully burrowing beneath...
Iran frees dissident Farhad Meysami after photos of his emaciated condition cause outrage online | CNN
CNN — An Iranian doctor and rights activist has been released from Tehran’s infamous Evin prison one week after photographs...
Europe is Ukraine’s ‘home,’ Zelensky tells EU lawmakers in emotional address | CNN
CNN — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made a heartfelt appeal to lawmakers in Brussels on Thursday to allow his country...
French workers bring Paris to a standstill in second mass strike over pension reforms | CNN Business
Paris/London CNN — French schools and transportation networks were heavily disrupted Tuesday for the second time this month, as unions...
German parliament officially commemorates LGBTQ victims of Nazi regime for first time | CNN
Berlin CNN — The German parliament for the first time on Friday focused its annual Holocaust memorial commemorations on people...
Burkina Faso’s military government demands French troops leave the country within one month | CNN
CNN — The military government of Burkina Faso has demanded the departure of French troops from the country, according to...
Why Germany is struggling to stomach the idea of sending tanks to Ukraine | CNN
CNN — The past 12 months has forced European leaders to seriously rethink their approach to national security. If Russia’s...
