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Pope Francis visited Hungary on Sunday on the occasion of the International Eucharistic Congress in Budapest. He held a large open-air mass and also met certain government representatives including Prime Minister Viktor Orbán - albeit on a rather informal basis - and then travelled on to Slovakia. Commentators are unanimous that Orbán won't be able to make much hay out of this brief visit.

El Salvador has become the first country in the world to approve bitcoin as legal tender. To this end it has launched a digital payment and exchange system (or cyberwallet) called Chivo based on the cryptocurrency last week. The World Bank, IMF and rating agencies are very critical of the move, and there have also been protests among the country's population. Reactions from the press are more mixed.

The message of US President Joe Biden’s first overseas Europe tour has been clear: America is back, and Western alliances are not broken. But for Europeans, the realisation has come that after four acrimonious years under the Trump administration, Biden’s...

For years, Berlin has at best administered, mostly stonewalled, when it came to European policy. It is now time for a German government that will throw its full weight behind an active European policy, writes Jamila Schäfer.

By providing access to natural daylight and a visual connection with the external environment, glass ensures health and well-being in all type of buildings.

The European Parliament’s spokesperson will hold a last-minute briefing on the 13-16 September plenary session today at 16.30.

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The European Parliament’s spokesperson will hold a last-minute briefing on the 13-16 September plenary session today at 16.30.

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At 9.00 on Wednesday 15 September, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will deliver her State of the European Union address, followed by a three hour debate with MEPs.

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At 9.00 on Wednesday 15 September, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will deliver her State of the European Union address, followed by a three hour debate with MEPs.

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European cities need to adapt as global warming worsens, leading to more floods and fires on the continent, according to the European environment commissioner, speaking on Thursday (9 September).

Held in Berlin, the European People's Party (EPP) bureau meeting was unusually tense this year as the European Parliament’s largest political party risks losing control of the EU’s largest state, Germany.

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