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Police in Catalonia bust two huge illegal cannabis farms in national park, 2 days after major Europol op (VIDEO)

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Spanish authorities have released footage of a helicopter airlifting thousands of marijuana plants out of an illegal farm hidden deep in a Catalan national park, two days after another major drug bust in the country. … Read More >Police in Catalonia bust two huge illegal cannabis farms in national park, 2 days after major Europol op (VIDEO)

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‘Pandemic of the unvaccinated’: German health minister says 90% of intensive care patients haven’t received Covid-19 jab

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Germany’s health minister has warned that Covid-19 is becoming the “pandemic of the unvaccinated” as 90% of the country’s intensive care patients are those who refused a potentially life-saving shot. … Read More >‘Pandemic of the unvaccinated’: German health minister says 90% of intensive care patients haven’t received Covid-19 jab

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Environmental extremists are ‘worse than climate catastrophe,’ Italy’s ecological transition minister says, prompting backlash

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Radical environmental activists are worse than climate change, Italy’s ecological transition minister has said, calling for reliance on “numbers” rather than ideology. He was quickly blasted by the country’s Green party. … Read More >Environmental extremists are ‘worse than climate catastrophe,’ Italy’s ecological transition minister says, prompting backlash

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6 charged in Germany over daring Dresden Green Vault heist, jewels worth €100mn still missing 2 years after theft

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German prosecutors have charged six men over the largest heist ever recorded in the country, at Dresden’s Green Vault museum in 2019, when the robbers stole some €113.8 million ($135 million) worth of historical jewellery. … Read More >6 charged in Germany over daring Dresden Green Vault heist, jewels worth €100mn still missing 2 years after theft

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Poland’s president declares state of emergency in regions bordering Belarus over migration surge

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Polish President Andrzej Duda has imposed a state of emergency in two regions bordering Belarus for the first time in the nation’s post-Communist history. The move was prompted by a sharp increase in migrant arrivals. … Read More >Poland’s president declares state of emergency in regions bordering Belarus over migration surge

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Italy’s Covid ‘Green Pass’ extended to cover domestic travel in bid to boost vaccination rate

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Italy extended the coverage of its Covid Green Pass on Wednesday, requiring any individual travelling via train, plane, ferry, or inter-regional coach to have received at least one dose of a Covid vaccine before travelling. … Read More >Italy’s Covid ‘Green Pass’ extended to cover domestic travel in bid to boost vaccination rate

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German companies cannot ask about employees’ Covid vaccination status – labor minister

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Germany’s labor minister has said companies will not have the right to ask staff to reveal their Covid vaccination status, though “pragmatic solutions” may be required for sectors deemed a higher risk for transmitting the virus. … Read More >German companies cannot ask about employees’ Covid vaccination status – labor minister