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![Israel must respect UN court, control settler violence in the West Bank, says EU foreign chief](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Israel must respect UN court, control settler violence in the West Bank, says EU foreign chief
EU chief says Israel must end its offensive in the southern Gaza city of Rafah.
![Head east to find Europe's most budget-friendly city](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Head east to find Europe's most budget-friendly city
You'll want to make a pit-stop here if you're travelling across Europe on a budget.
![Can Europe’s economy ever hope to rival the US again?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Can Europe’s economy ever hope to rival the US again?
Financial Times: Worried EU policymakers are searching for ways to inject some dynamism.
![Letters: Tikanga Māori has no place in our secular legal system](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Letters: Tikanga Māori has no place in our secular legal system
OPINION: 'The role of the judiciary is to interpret our law, not to make new law.'
![NZ's 'ambitious' FTA with the EU comes into force](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
NZ's 'ambitious' FTA with the EU comes into force
Horticulture shipments likely to take immediate advantage of NZ's FTA with the EU.
![Local Waipu shop's award-winning cheeses answer to new EU regulations](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Local Waipu shop's award-winning cheeses answer to new EU regulations
Origin Northland in Waipu sells food products with the lowest possible food miles.
![Exxon chief earns four times as much as bosses at Shell and BP](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Exxon chief earns four times as much as bosses at Shell and BP
Financial Times: The $61.4m packet underlines vast disparity between European and US pay.
![Contested decision as ECB holds interest rates at 4%](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Contested decision as ECB holds interest rates at 4%
Financial Times: Some policymakers backed cut at latest meeting.
![Gor-gone-zola: Some NZ cheeses to be renamed after EU deal](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Gor-gone-zola: Some NZ cheeses to be renamed after EU deal
NZ Specialist Cheesemakers' Association says it has seven years to find alternative names.
![EU fines tech giant billions for hindering music streaming competition](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
EU fines tech giant billions for hindering music streaming competition
Apple has hit back, saying it will appeal $3.1b penalty.
![Gillian Tett: Green audits are coming for a company near you](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Gillian Tett: Green audits are coming for a company near you
Financial Times: Not-so-boring world of accountants should brace for protests - and drama.
![Thousands of Spanish farmers stage tractor protest](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Thousands of Spanish farmers stage tractor protest
Demonstrations expected to continue over the coming weeks with a major protest in Madrid.
![Martin Wolf: ‘Ukraine fatigue’ is unpardonable](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Martin Wolf: ‘Ukraine fatigue’ is unpardonable
Financial Times: West has resources but must display will so Russia does not prevail.
![European Union pushes for Palestinian statehood](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
European Union pushes for Palestinian statehood
Gaza’s future has set Israel in opposition to the United States and its Arab allies.
![What you need to know about the Danish queen's abdication](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
What you need to know about the Danish queen's abdication
After 52 years of rule, Queen Margrethe II is stepping aside for a new royal generation.
!['Huge vacuum': Can democracy survive 2024?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
'Huge vacuum': Can democracy survive 2024?
FT: A record 2 billion people are set to go to the polls as autocracy spreads worldwide.
!['Fight for freedom': EU opens membership negotiations with Ukraine](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
'Fight for freedom': EU opens membership negotiations with Ukraine
But Hungary's PM Viktor Orban remains steadfastly opposed.
![Simon Kuper: The Dutch are piloting a saner European right](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Simon Kuper: The Dutch are piloting a saner European right
Financial Times: Dutch right is Post-Thatcherite, post-Trumpian, less rabid.
![German homebuilding collapse threatens wider economic damage](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
German homebuilding collapse threatens wider economic damage
Financial Times: Once-thriving residential construction industry has slumped.
![Fonterra quashes speculation, says clean-up needed to secure export markets](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Fonterra quashes speculation, says clean-up needed to secure export markets
'Even bigger elephant to eat' as Fonterra confronts key issues.
![Sweden tourism board tired of being confused for Switzerland](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=792)
Sweden tourism board tired of being confused for Switzerland
Sweden argues that these similarities are superficial - just two letters deep.