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EU to lose key ally in Slovakia as president won’t seek new term

Bloomberg Slovak President Andrej Kiska won’t seek a second term in next year’s election, removing a key pro-European voice in a country that is at the center of a region gripped by a rise of euroskeptic and anti-establishment sentiment. Kiska told a news conference that he would step aside, saying some of his decisions had divided society. His departure would ...

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Russia probe in Congress puts ‘unity’ to test

Bloomberg Unlike just about everyone else on Capitol Hill, the Republican and the Democrat who head the Senate Intelligence Committee have made a determined show of bipartisanship in their Russia probe. Soon that unity will be put to the test. From the start of the Senate committee’s probe in January 2017, Chairman Richard Burr and top Democrat Mark Warner sought ...

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Scottish parliament rejects Brexit bill in challenge to May

Bloomberg The Scottish Parliament voted against Theresa May’s landmark Brexit legislation, setting up a potential constitutional crisis and further complicating the path to an orderly departure. Lawmakers in Edinburgh voted 93-30 to withhold consent for the EU withdrawal bill. The UK can disregard the vote, but it would be the first time London asserts its dominance over the regional parliament. ...

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