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🟨 Monday
Niger coup final nail in France’s Sahel military strategy coffin, experts warn 
Why Bulgaria should decouple from Russian oil 
EU, Philippines agree to relaunch free trade talks 
Eurozone inflation falls further in comforting sign for European Central Bank 
‘Bidenomics’ ties social conditionalities to industrial policy, but EU hasn’t followed suit 
German far-right led into European elections by anti-EU hardliner 
July 2023 expected to be hottest month ever recorded 
DG MEME author: Eurocrats call me ‘troublemaker’ 
West Africa threatens force on Niger coup leaders, French embassy attacked 
Ethnic Albanian party in North Macedonia offers deal to clear the way to join EU 
Ukraine reports fierce fighting in northeast 
Italy minister: joining China’s Belt and Road was ‘atrocious’ decision 

🟦 Tuesday 
French nickel production needs restructuring to face Chinese, Indonesian competition 
France to start evacuating French, EU citizens from Niger 
Sweden to boost security controls after Koran burnings 
Germany develops taste for alcohol-free beer 
Niger coup: France’s Orano confirms nuclear uranium supplies not at risk 
Berlin hopeful Brussels will greenlight large-scale hydrogen subsidies 
Spanish election vote against democratic backsliding – for now 
End of 2023 will see debates on EU, national budgets 
Belarusian connection revealed in children’s abductions from Ukraine 
US sanctions four Bosnian Serb top officials for undermining peace deal 
War comes to Russian business after drones strike Moscow’s financial centre 
EU slams arrests of Niger ministers by putschists 
‘The Russians were waiting for us’: Ukraine troops describe tougher fight than expected 
Bulgarians protest violence against women after harrowing case 

🟨 Wednesday
Russia strikes Ukraine’s Danube port, sending global grain prices higher 
Military recruiting shortage gums up Germany’s ‘Zeitenwende’ plans 
EU’s final stretch before June 2024 
EU must address wasted green energy and negative prices, says solar industry 
Reimagining Europe’s disaster risk reduction to cope with the climate crisis 
The twilight days of the European Green Deal 
Some industries might have no future in Germany, economists say 
Pope heads to Portugal as country grapples with clergy sexual abuse 
China wants to mobilise entire nation in counter-espionage 
Trump faces federal charges for efforts to overturn 2020 election 
Torture, sexual violence commonly used by Russian forces in Ukraine, say experts 
Ukraine and Poland call in envoys after ‘ungratefulness’ comment   

🟦 Thursday
Rights groups seek ‘credible’ probe into Greece migrant shipwreck that killed hundreds 
Berlin split over EU ‘forever chemicals’ ban it helped propose 
EU elections: Macron slams French opposition parties as ‘ambiguous’ on Europe 
China faces an uphill climb while the West needs to make unpopular choices 
Niger coup is ‘failure of Europe’, former French ambassador says 
In Chamonix, tourism adapts to melting ice and snow 
Microsoft says Russia-linked hackers behind dozens of Teams phishing attacks 
Tesla welcomed in India while China’s BYD stopped cold 
Mongolia to deepen cooperation with US on rare earths 
Zelenskyy puts hope in Jeddah meeting, peace summit 
Poland adopts modified ‘Russia influence’ panel 
EU warns that Russia aims to create new dependencies with cheap grain 

🟨 Friday
Putin critic Alexei Navalny has 19 years added to jail term 
TikTok unveils changes to meet tough new EU rules 
Ukraine seeks to involve China in Saudi talks for peace blueprint 
Russian warship damaged in Ukrainian attack on Novorossiysk naval base 
Anti-EU stance part of German far right’s DNA, says researcher 
Austrian leader backs far-right idea of enshrining cash in constitution 
Niger junta revokes military deals with France 
Zelenskyy decries corruption at recruitment centres 
Pope, in Portugal, warns half a million young Catholics of social media snares 
Migrant boat rescue missions do not encourage crossings: study 
EU bans drone sales, hits ‘propagandists’ in new Belarus sanctions 

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