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EU warns of escalation as Serbia, Kosovo emergency talks over car plates dispute fail

The EU warned of “escalation and violence” on Monday (21 November) after Serbia and Kosovo failed to reach a deal in emergency talks in Brussels to end their long-running dispute over car license plates used by the ethnic Serb minority in Kosovo. “After many hours of discussion (…) the two …

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Austria further cuts long-time dependence on Russian gas

Austria, whose long-time reliance on Russian gas made it one of the EU’s most dependent countries before the war in Ukraine, has now seen its gas imports from the country dwindle to 21%, the government informed. Austria’s long-time dependence began in the 1960s when it received fossil gas in exchange …

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Bulgaria accepts Russian Lukoil’s tax cash for EU exports offer

Bulgaria’s caretaker government and Lukoil Neftochim Bulgaria have agreed that it can continue operating and exporting oil products to the EU until the end of 2024, as long as it pays its taxes in full, despite European Commission warnings this would breach the bloc’s sanctions regime. According to the Deputy …

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