Prominent Europeans call for increased European de-escalation efforts in the Middle East
Foreign policy think-tank, the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), published a statement on January 8 calling on European governments
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Croatia’s presidential hopefuls to face runoff election
Croatia’s conservative president trailed her leftist rival in Sunday’s election, but garnered enough votes to force a runoff early next
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EU prolongs economic sanctions on Russia by six months
The Council of the EU, in a decision on December 19, prolonged the economic sanctions targeting specific sectors of the Russian economy
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Asylum applications in EU+ reached a new peak in October 2019
About 587 000 applications have been lodged in the EU+ since the beginning of 2019, up by 11 per cent
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EC vice-president Schinas to lead Commission’s fight against antisemitism
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has entrusted EC vice-president Margaritis Schinas to lead the Commission’s work on the
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EU Facility for Refugees in Turkey: 6BN euro ‘fully mobilised’
The European Union has fully mobilised the six billion euro operational budget of the Facility for Refugees in Turkey, in line
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North Macedonia takes step forward towards full membership of International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance
A plenary meeting in Luxembourg of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) has agreed to raise the status of the
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Europol: 228 money mule recruiters arrested in money-laundering crackdown
Law enforcement, judicial and financial authorities from 31 countries, including Bulgaria, participated in the fifth annual crackdown on money mule
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European Parliament votes approval of Von der Leyen European Commission
Meeting in Strasbourg, the European Parliament voted on November 27 to approve the European Commission to be headed by Ursula
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