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Season 3, Ep. 114
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On Europe Today this Thursday, Méabh Mc Mahon is joined by Euronews correspondents across Europe, including live reports from Madrid and Finland, as NATO stages military drills near the Russian border amid growing security fears in the Baltics. Plus: exclusive interviews with former Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk, International Energy Agency chief Fatih Birol, and European Commissioner Michael McGrath on democracy, corruption and big tech.
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