First gay pride rally held in North Macedonia
Several hundred LGBT activists marched through the North Macedonian capital Skopje on June 29 for the country’s first Gay Pride Parade.
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EU prolongs economic sanctions on Russia by six months
The Council of the EU has prolonged economic sanctions targeting specific sectors of the Russian economy until January 31 2020, the
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New EU rules to protect children caught in cross-border parental disputes to come into force
The Council of the EU adopted on June 25 a revision of a regulation which sets out rules on the
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EU study: ‘No East-West divide in food products’
An analysis of nearly 1400 food products in 19 European Union countries has found that nine per cent of the
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Strategic defeat for Erdogan, Imamoglu the new mayor of Istanbul
With a clear victory, 49-year-old Ekrem Imamoglu won the repeat municipal elections in Istanbul on June 23. The opposition candidate
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EC’s working group on antisemitism to hold first meeting on June 20
European Commissioner for Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Věra Jourová will open on June 20 the first meeting of the
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European Commission increases funding for EU’s beekeeping sector
The European Commission will provide 120 million euro to the EU’s beekeeping sector over the next three years to support
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Asylum applications in EU+ increase, pushed up by Venezuelans, Turks and Colombians
So far in 2019, applications for asylum in the EU+ are 15 per cent higher than last year, especially for
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Racial discrimination, harassment remain commonplace in EU – rights agency report
Racial discrimination and harassment remain commonplace throughout the European Union, according to the annual report by the EU Agency for
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