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Good morning from Brussels. This is Mared Gwyn with a packed newsletter to kick off your Wednesday. First, an exclusive: The European Commission is set to criticise the Italian government’s cuts to excise fuel duties in a report published later today, arguing that such untargeted measures are ineffective. This after Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni asked Brussels for even more fiscal flexibility to respond to the energy crisis stemming from the Iran war, as our political correspondent Luca Bertuzzi explains. The Commission is also expected to castigate Rome for a lack of a robust industrial plan, in separate country-specific recommendations also…
When a drone threat alert blared out in Lithuania’s capital Vilnius urging residents to seek…
Authorities in Germany said on Wednesday they had seized more than eight metric tonnes of…
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Published on 03/06/2026 – 15:30 GMT+2•Updated 15:36 The European Commission said on Wednesday that new…
The judicial investigation into the death of Isak Andic, founder of fashion giant Mango, has…
China remains a “very big problem” because of the way it helps circumvent EU sanctions…
MEPs urge EU sanctions on Xenia Fedorova
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EU Commissioners met on Friday, May 29, to debate how to shield European industries from…
On Friday, a drone crashed into the top floor of an apartment complex in Galați,…
Published on 02/06/2026 – 17:17 GMT+2 An oil tanker suspected of being part of Russia’s…
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