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Former Serbian president Aleksandar Vucic conceded defeat in Sunday's parliamentary election, as leaders of a student-backed movement confirmed an outright parliamentary majority that ends the Serbian Progressive Party's 14-year rule of the country. #Serbia chinadaily.com.cn/a/202610/2…
Giant panda Ran Ran will be sent to #Belgium to join an ongoing conservation and research program. The adult female panda, born on May 31, 2017, is currently cared for by the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, according to a media release on Monday. chinadaily.com.cn/a/202610/2…
Law enforcement agencies across Europe are braced for more trouble after cost-of-living #protests turned violent again on the weekend, leading to more than 1,300 arrests in #France, mass unrest in #Spain, and turmoil in many other countries. chinadaily.com.cn/a/202610/2…
Across Europe, rising prices and shrinking purchasing power are driving people onto the streets — but behind the protests are personal stories of financial pressure, housing insecurity, and uncertainty about the future.
China Daily reporters traveled to Paris, Madrid, and Brussels to find out what the cost-of-living crisis means for ordinary people and hear voices that can get lost amid scenes of street unrest.
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Hundreds of tents have sprung up in central Madrid as protesters stage a peaceful demonstration against Spain's housing crisis. Sparked by the death of an 87-year-old woman after being evicted from the apartment she had been renting for 71 years, the protest has continued for more than three weeks, with demonstrators vowing to stay until the government takes further action. China Daily reporter speaks with protesters and takes a look inside their campsite.
Reporter: He Xiating
Video editor: Han Jing, Liao Enli (intern)
French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that the government recommends that no demonstrations be held across the country in the coming days, particularly on Saturday. #FranceProtests bit.ly/4yG0JtJ
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham and Oman's Sultan Haitham bin Tariq agreed Wednesday on the need to open the Strait of Hormuz, according to a statement released by British government on Wednesday.
Reopening the Strait of #Hormuz would reduce the pressure on global supply chains and ease the impact on people at home, said Burnham in a meeting with Oman's sultan in Downing Street. #MiddleEast
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#FMsays In response to the European Union's fresh criticism of China's presence in the Arctic, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said setting up different blocs based on Cold War thinking and stirring up geopolitical confrontation are "not conducive to the peaceful and stable development of the Arctic region".
The education section of the Chinese embassy in the United Kingdom hosted a reception recently in London for students in the Mandarin Excellence Program, or MEP, to celebrate the completion of their summer study trips to China. bit.ly/4sexqg0
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China Daily Editorial: Paying for European market access by importing the EU's trade tensions would squander the UK's hard-earned strategic autonomy. Worse, it would allow Brussels to collect the political benefits of protectionism while the UK shares the bill. #ChinaDailyEditorial bit.ly/4BlHM20
Foreign Minister Wang Yi highlighted four keywords: trust, friendship, cooperation, and partnership, as he wrapped up his Eurasia tour on Monday in Sofia, the capital of #Bulgaria.
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In Paris, the entrance to the #Louvre Museum was blocked by student protesters on Monday morning, French daily Le Parisien reported, citing the museum's management and two trade unions. #ParisProtests
According to the trade union General Confederation of Labour, the museum would remain closed.
China's Foreign Ministry and its diplomatic missions in France have renewed their safety advisory for Chinese citizens traveling to the country following large-scale demonstrations and violent clashes in several French cities. #FranceProtests bit.ly/4i1GdgI
About 160 schools across Northern Ireland received bomb threats by email on Monday, prompting evacuations and school closures, local authorities said. bit.ly/4iudT7W
Law enforcement agencies in #Albania, #Belgium, and #Portugal have grappled with anti-government protests amid growing anger over Europe's worsening cost-of-living crisis.
The demonstrations, which flared as police in France arrested about 1,800 people after violent weekend protests, follow Europeans being hit by rapidly rising prices, fuel shortages, and a lack of affordable housing.
#FranceProtests
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Yin Yuzhen, who has devoted more than four decades to combating desertification in northern China, has been announced as the special laureate among the 100 Women Heroes in Agrifood Systems and Rural Development honored by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Rome, Italy, on Thursday. @FAO
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Yin Yuzhen, who has devoted more than four decades to combating desertification in northern China, has been announced as the special laureate among the 100 Women Heroes in Agrifood Systems and Rural Development honored by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Rome, Italy, on Thursday.
The second round of China-EU trade and investment consultations concluded in Beijing last week with a series of understandings and deliverables.
Experts said it underscored both sides' continued engagement to stabilize and balance one of the world's most vital bilateral economic relationships.
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On Oct 16, the newly announced FAO 100 Women Heroes laureate Yin Yuzhen, her close American friend Ronald Sakolsky and FAO director-general Qu Dongyu planted a tree in FAO headquarters in Rome.
