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With U.S. spy comedy on bill, Moscow drive-in cinema re-opens

June 12, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Arts / Culture / Entertainment, CINEMA, CIS Countries, CORONAVIRUS, East European Countries, Emerging Market Countries, Entertainment Production (TRBC), Epidemics, Epidemiology, Europe, European Union, HEALTH, Health / Medicine, Pictures, RUSSIA, US, Video

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russians got a taste of open-air cinema under balmy twilit skies on Thursday when a Moscow drive-in

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Russia opens criminal case against Arctic city mayor over fuel spill

June 11, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Basic Materials (TRBC), Central / Eastern Europe, CIS Countries, Coal, Commodities News (3rd Party), Company News, Crime, Crime / Law / Justice, East European Countries, Emerging Market Countries, Energy (Legacy), Energy Markets, Environment, Europe, General News, INVESTIGATION, Judicial Process / Court Cases / Court Decisions, Metals and Mining (TRBC), Mineral Resources (TRBC), MINING, Pollution, Refined Products, RUSSIA, Specialty Mining and Metals (TRBC), US

A view shows water barriers during recovery works following a diesel fuel leak at a thermal power station near Norilsk

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Fuel from Russian Arctic spill reaches large lake, says governor

June 9, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, CIS Countries, Company News, Disasters / Accidents, East European Countries, Emerging Market Countries, Environment, Europe, Fuel Oil, General News, LAKE, Nature / Wildlife, Oil and Gas (TRBC), Pictures, Pollution, Power Markets, RUSSIA, Specialty Mining and Metals (TRBC), US, Video, Water

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Diesel fuel from a major spill in the Russian Arctic has reached the waters of a pristine

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Kremlin dismisses talk of ousting Nornickel President after fuel spill

June 5, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Asia / Pacific, Base Metals, Central / Eastern Europe, CIS Countries, Company News, Disasters / Accidents, East European Countries, Emerging Market Countries, Environment, Europe, General News, Governmental Organizations, KREMLIN, Metals and Mining (TRBC), Metals Markets, Mineral Resources (TRBC), MINING, Nickel, Non, NORNICKEL, Oil and Gas (TRBC), Palladium, Platinum Group Metals, Pollution, Precious Metals, RUSSIA, Specialty Mining and Metals (TRBC), United Nations, US

FILE PHOTO: President and Chairman of the Board of MMC Norilsk Nickel Vladimir Potanin attends a session of the St. Petersburg International

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European lawmakers to consider tougher climate law: draft

May 8, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Carbon / Emissions Markets, Central / Eastern Europe, CHANGE, CLIMATE, Climate Politics, Diplomacy / Foreign Policy, East European Countries, Eastern Europe, Environment, EU, EU Institutions, Europe, European Union, General News, Government / Politics, International Trade, LAW, Lawmaking, Pollution, South, US, Weather Markets / Weather, Western Europe

(Reuters) – European Union lawmakers are considering toughening the bloc’s planned climate law, with stricter near-term emission goals and a

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Polish composer Penderecki dies at 86 after long illness

March 30, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments East European Countries, Emerging Market Countries, Entertainment Production (TRBC), Europe, Exclude story from DNP, Music, PENDERECKI, Poland, US

FILE PHOTO: Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki conducts the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra during a performance of his Polish Requiem in Tel

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EU should scrap emissions trading scheme, Polish official says

March 18, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Carbon / Emissions Markets, CORONAVIRUS, Diplomacy / Foreign Policy, East European Countries, Emerging Market Countries, Environment, ETS, Europe, European Union, HEALTH, Health / Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Major News, Pictures, Poland, Pollution, Transportation (TRBC), US, Western Europe

WARSAW (Reuters) – The European Union should scrap its Emissions Trading System or exempt Poland from the scheme, which helps

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Ex-boxer mayor seeks EU green funds to get Polish coal town off the ropes

March 3, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments CHANGE, CLIMATE, Climate Politics, East European Countries, Emerging Market Countries, Environment, Europe, European Union, General News, Government / Politics, Labour / Personnel, Major News, MINING, Poland, US

BYTOM, Poland (Reuters) – As a teenager, Mariusz Wolosz was a promising boxer in Bytom in southern Poland, where his

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Amazon in Holocaust row about ‘Hunters’ series, anti-Semitic books

February 24, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments AMAZON, AUSCHWITZ, Broadcasting (TRBC), Central / Eastern Europe, COM, Company News, Conflicts / War / Peace, Department Stores (TRBC), East European Countries, Emerging Market Countries, Europe, Germany, Human Rights / Civil Rights, Internet / World Wide Web, Israel, Judaism, Media / Publishing (Legacy), Media and Publishing (TRBC), Middle East, Military Conflicts, Poland, Publishing (TRBC), United States, US

WARSAW (Reuters) – The Auschwitz Memorial criticized Amazon on Sunday for fictitious depictions of the Holocaust in its Prime series

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Environment 

Eight EU countries call on Timmermans to raise 2030 climate goal to 55%

October 8, 2019 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Carbon / Emissions Markets, Central / Eastern Europe, COMMISSION, Diplomacy / Foreign Policy, East European Countries, Eastern Europe, Environment, EU, EU Institutions, Europe, European Union, France, General News, Germany, Government / Politics, Governmental Organizations, Latvia, Netherlands, Non, Pollution, PORTUGAL, South, Spain, Sweden, TIMMERMANS, US, Western Europe

FILE PHOTO: Frans Timmermans, first Vice President of the European Commission, speaks during an Emergency Declaration for Nature and People

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