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Serbia and Kosovo failed to reach license plate deal at Brussels emergency meeting 

Article: https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2022/11/21/emergency-meeting-for-serbia-and-kosovo-in-brussels-over-car-registration-crisis In an effort to try and consider itself more independent from their parent country Serbia, Kosovo is pushing for their people to switch from Serbian issued license plates, to a Kosovo Republic license plate. A rough 10,00 haven’t replaced their license plates, and Kosovo is issuing warnings, fines and even driving bans. There was a talk between Kosovo… Read more »

Russia warms to U.S. prisoner swap for arms trader Bout

Article: https://www.reuters.com/world/russia-hopeful-us-prisoner-swap-including-arms-dealer-bout-2022-11-18/ Russia and the US are getting into negotiations on a prisoner swap. Russia will get the arms dealer Viktor Bout and possibly some others, in exchange for the return of US prisoners including Paul Whelan and Brittney Griner, who is an American basketball player. While Viktor Bout has been in US custody since 2008, Brittney Griner has just… Read more »

Ukrainian investigators join probe of fatal missile blast in Poland 

Article: https://www.euronews.com/2022/11/18/ukrainian-investigators-join-probe-of-fatal-missile-blast-in-poland As the majority of people know, a missile from Ukraine landed in Poland and killed two people. The town where said missile landed is 6 kilometers away from the Polish-Ukrainian border. The US and Poland had started the investigation, but now Ukraine had sent over some of their own to aid it. There is controversy now over who… Read more »

New pipeline between France and Spain unlikely to solve energy problems, experts say 

Article: https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2022/11/04/new-pipeline-between-france-and-spain-unlikely-to-solve-energy-problems-experts-say There has been an agreement between France and Spain on the construction of an underground gas pipeline connecting the cities of Barcelona and Marseille, in an effort to decrease the strain of the current energy crisis. While this was originally a short-term plan, the construction of the pipeline has turned into a long term plan to cut down… Read more »

Bulgarian MPs approve military aid to Ukraine despite opposition 

Article: https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2022/11/04/bulgarian-mps-approve-military-aid-to-ukraine-despite-opposition In late October, the Bulgarian National Assembly decided in a 175-49 vote to start sending military aid to Ukraine. There will be a decision over what kind of military aid to send to Ukraine. Previous to this decision, Bulgaria had been supporting Ukraine by working in their factories. And along with Hungary, Bulgaria was one of only a… Read more »

The EU and North Macedonia sign migration agreement 

Article: https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2022/10/26/the-eu-and-north-macedonia-sign-migration-agreement In October of 2022, North Macedonia signed a migration agreement with the EU. The goal of said agreement is to increase border cooperation with the countries surrounding North Macedonia, all of which are in the EU. Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Commission was the one who directly negotiated with North Macedonian President Dimitar Kovačevski…. Read more »