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Lithuania to ban pro-Russian elements from public activity and buying real estate

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Lithuania is poised to impose new restrictions on Russian...

Paks nuclear power plant in Hungary to remain closed for weeks due to Danube’s low water levels, the prime minister says

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On Friday, 31 July, Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar...

Spain to install containment fence at Ceuta-Morocco border following deadly frontier rush

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Spain has announced plans to install a 500-metre-long containment...

EU funds 7 AI gigafactories to catch up with US and China

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The European Union has announced a significant initiative to...

Ilham Tohti awarded the 2019 Sakharov Prize

ASIA Theodoros Benakis -
Uyghur economist and human rights activist Ilham Tohti has been awarded this year’s European Parliament Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. European Parliament President David...

NGOs saving lives in the Mediterranean: MEPs take stock of the situation

EU INSTITUTIONS Theodoros Benakis -
2018 Sakharov Prize finalist NGOs, which carried out rescue operations in the Mediterranean and are now prevented from operating, discussed their work with MEPs...

Iran to stop criminalising the work of women’s rights defenders

ASIA Theodoros Benakis -
MEPs deplore human rights violations and all forms of political repression in Iran. On Thursday, the European Parliament adopted a resolution taking stock of...

Chechnya must immediately release human rights defender Oyub Titiev

EU INSTITUTIONS Theodoros Benakis -
Chechnya has experienced a dramatic deterioration in the human rights situation over the last few years. MEPs urge its authorities and Russia to stop...

S&Ds: NGOs saving lives of migrants among the finalists for the Sakharov Prize

EU INSTITUTIONS Theodoros Benakis -
Under the leadership of the S&Ds, NGOs saving lives of migrants across the Mediterranean Sea were selected as one of three final nominees for...
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Paks nuclear power plant in Hungary to remain closed for weeks due to Danube’s low water levels, the prime minister says

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EU funds 7 AI gigafactories to catch up with US and China

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Japan officially in Horizon Europe

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On 30 July, Japan officially became associated with Horizon...