Price of major food staple spikes 50% in EU

Olive oil costs across the bloc have been on the rise since mid-2023, according to Eurostat Olive oil prices have skyrocketed across the EU over the past year amid unfavorable weather conditions, which have harmed harvests. According to data from Eurostat, the bloc’s statistics office, costs spiked by 50% in annual terms in January.

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Ukraine names condition for continued Russian gas transit to EU

Kiev has said that it has no intention of prolonging its current agreement with Gazprom, which expires at the end of this year Ukraine would continue the transit of Russian natural gas through its territory to Western Europe after 2024 only if EU countries ask it to do so, Prime Minister Denis Shmigal has announced.

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France enshrines abortion in its constitution

Lawmakers in Paris have voted overwhelmingly to ratify the right to terminate a pregnancy France has responded to the rollback of abortion rights in the US by becoming the first nation in the world to constitutionally guarantee that its women can terminate their pregnancies.

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