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Tinned tuna sold in Europe contaminated with dangerous levels with mercury, NGOs say
29 October 2024Tuna sold in cans in stores across Europe including the UK, France, Italy, Germany and Spain contain harmful levels of mercury, environmental groups said Tuesday. In a test conducted by the NGO Bloom, more of half of the sampled tinned tuna was contaminated with levels of mercury higher than the 0.3 milligrams per kilogramme limit allowed in other fish.
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Georgia launches partial vote recount after opposition protests election results
29 October 2024Georgia's central election commission said it will recount ballots from five polling stations randomly selected from each election district following the opposition's refusal to recognise the results of the weekend parliamentary election. The commission earlier said the ruling Georgian Dream party had won the election with 53.9 percent of votes.
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North Korean troops deployed to eastern Russia for training, US says
29 October 2024North Korea has sent 10,000 troops to Russia for training, the White House said Monday, as Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky warned Pyongyang may soon have as many as 12,000 soldiers on Russian soil.
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President Zourabichvili calls on Georgians to resoundingly reject 'results dealt by Georgian Dream'
28 October 2024Tens of thousands of Georgians massed outside parliament Monday night, demanding the annulment of the weekend parliamentary election that the president has alleged was rigged with the help of Russia. As pro-Western opposition parties in Georgia vehemently reject the election results, FRANCE 24's Mark Owen is joined by Tinatin Japaridze, Author and Eurasian Political Risk Analyst at Eurasia Group. She insists that the official result would have been impossible without manipulation and blatant vote-rigging.
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Back to Russia's orbit? Georgia's EU bid on hold amid claims of 'stolen' election
28 October 2024Could the nation that back in 2008 fought a war against Vladimir Putin be giving up on its EU dream? Packed crowds are massing outside Georgia’s parliament to protest what the pro-Western president calls a stolen election. We scrutinise Saturday's vote, which gave another outright majority to the Georgian Dream party of billionaire former prime minister Bidzina Ivanishvili.
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NATO chief Rutte confirms North Korean troops deployed to Russia
28 October 2024NATO chief Mark Rutte on Monday confirmed the presence of North Korean troops in Russia, calling their deployment a "threat to security" and a "significant escalation" of the war in Ukraine. Rutte hinted the troops may be a sign of the "growing desperation" of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who did not deny the arrival of the troops in Russia.
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Protests erupt in Georgia after contested vote as Hungary’s Orban visits
28 October 2024Tens of thousands of Georgians massed outside parliament Monday night, demanding the annulment of the weekend parliamentary election that the president denounced as rigged with the help of Russia. Earlier, the Kremlin's closest EU ally, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, arrived in Tbilisi for a two-day visit.
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Georgian President Zourabichvili calls for protests after ruling party wins disputed election
28 October 2024Georgia’s President Salome Zourabichvili Sunday said she did not recognize the results of the country’s parliamentary vote and said Georgia was the victim of a “Russian special operation” which was aimed at taking away the country’s European future.
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Bulgaria's centre-right GERB party leads in snap elections, falls short of majority
27 October 2024Bulgaria’s conservative GERB party, led by ex-premier Boyko Borisov, claimed around 25 percent of votes in the country's seventh election in four years, early results show. Analysts warn of persistent uncertainty due to lack of a clear majority, leaving Bulgaria's political future unresolved amid ongoing deadlock.
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'The president spent the day in consultations with representatives of the four opposition parties'
27 October 2024"The president spent the day in consultations with representatives of the four opposition parties", said Régis Gent, FRANCE 24's correspondent in Tblisi, Georgia. The four parties managed to reach the threshold of 5% of the vote and will be represented in the parliament. However, two of the parties said they won't recognize the result of Georgia's latest election and that they won't sit in the parliament, said Gent.