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EU ministers reach agreement on key asylum and migration laws

June 9, 2023June 9, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees

At a June 8 meeting of the European Union’s Justice and Home Affairs council, EU ministers agreed on a negotiating

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UK journalists held in Türkiye with would-be refugee group allege torture, physical abuse by Turkish authorities

June 7, 2023June 7, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees, Turkey

Two UK journalists who were detained in Türkiye with 104 members of a persecuted US-based minority religion have been released

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EU mobilising support after Nova Kakhovka dam destruction

June 7, 2023June 7, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The European Union is already channelling aid via its Civil Protection Mechanism following the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam

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Ukraine accuses Russia of attack on Nova Kakhovka dam

June 6, 2023June 6, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Ukraine’s military has accused Russia of breaching the Nova Kakhovka dam on the Dnipro river in the southern Kherson region

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EC’s 98.4B euro SURE instrument ‘protected jobs and incomes’ during pandemic – report

June 2, 2023June 2, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff new coronavirus

The European Commission’s (EC) SURE instrument of close to 100 billion euro, designed to protect jobs and incomes affected by

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Religious minority asylum-seekers detained at Turkish-Bulgarian border say they were beaten, tortured

June 1, 2023June 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Refugees, Turkey, Türkiye

Thirty of 104 members of religious minority group Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light who had presented themselves at the

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European Parliament endorses plan to provide more ammunition for Ukraine

June 1, 2023June 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

The European Parliament voted on June 1 to approve a draft bill to increase European production of ammunition and missiles,

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EU ministers approve EU’s accession to Istanbul Convention

June 1, 2023June 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff

The Council of the European Union approved on June 1 the EU’s accession to the Convention on preventing and combating

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ECRI report: Russian leaders’ false narrative that Ukrainian government are neo-Nazis is absurd

June 1, 2023June 1, 2023 The Sofia Globe staff Russia, Ukraine

Russian leaders’ false narrative, from the highest political level, describing the democratically elected Ukrainian government and Ukrainians who did not

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