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Italy under fire for handling migrant crisis, rising sea deaths
Feb 23, 2024 03:51Italy is under fire for hindering the crucial sea rescue operations and the worsening migrant fatalities due to the strict immigration laws implemented in 2023.
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Only 10% of Europeans believe Ukraine can still defeat Russia: Poll
Feb 21, 2024 11:24Only 10 percent of Europeans believe Ukraine can still defeat Russia, according to a new EU-wide survey, almost two years after Moscow launched a military operation against the former Soviet state.
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Angry farmers protest outside EU Parliament in Brussels
Feb 02, 2024 03:47As farmer protests spread through many countries across Europe, producers have expressed their discontent by throwing eggs and stones at the European Parliament building, demanding the EU leaders to cut taxes and lower the rising costs.
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End of a blood-soaked year, start of another
Jan 01, 2024 10:24Today marks the start of the year 2024 of the Gregorian calendar that was ushered in at midnight in the West and in societies influenced by Western culture.
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Iran, Eurasian Economic Union sign free trade agreement
Dec 25, 2023 12:06Iran and the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) have signed a major agreement to start free trade some six years after Tehran joined the bloc in a bid to diversify its trade partners amid sanctions imposed by the West.
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Norway parliament adopts resolution to recognize Palestinian state
Nov 17, 2023 05:39Norway’s parliament has adopted a resolution calling on the government to be ready to recognize an “independent” Palestinian state.
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EU commission president in Kiev to discuss Ukraine’s accession
Nov 04, 2023 10:49European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has made a surprise visit to Kiev to discuss Ukraine’s membership in the EU with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky amid the country’s ongoing war with Russia.
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Nearly 800 EU staffers slam bloc’s chief for siding with Israel, cease to support for Palestinian statehood
Oct 21, 2023 11:39Nearly 800 staffers of the European Union across the world have denounced European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen for being too partisan toward Israel and refraining from support for Palestinian statehood.
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Rights groups slam ‘state-sponsored’ Islamophobia facing Muslims across Europe
Oct 07, 2023 10:18Several Muslim human rights groups have jointly denounced “state sponsored" Islamophobia facing Muslims across Europe, warning that Muslims are “unjustly placed on blacklists” round the continent.
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Two people shot dead in Netherlands; 5 stabbed in school in Spain
Sep 29, 2023 05:46A gunman has shot dead at least two people in the Netherlands while a 14-year-old stabbed three teachers and two students in a school in Spain.