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		lazyjones on May 25, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: EU bans Belarusian airlines from European skies Also, it sounds wrong that they can allegedly ban Belarusian planes from "European" skies, with Belarus being a country in Europe...

simonh on May 25, 2021 [–]

By European skies, they just mean the skies over the European Union. News articles routinely say Europe when they man the European Union. Sometimes confusingly, but I think the context is clear here.

lazyjones on May 25, 2021 | [–]

It's clearly wrong, that it's pretty common to write it like that doesn't make it any better.

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