Tbilisi, Georgia – Crowds of protesters have been braving tear gas and water canons after more than two weeks of protest against the Georgian government’s draft law targeting civil society. The new law would require non-profit entities (NGOs and media outlets) receiving more than 20 percent of their funding from…
The attack comes amid a rise in anti-Semitic incidents across the globe in the wake of the Israel-Gaza war. Poland’s political leaders have condemned a firebomb attack on a synagogue in Warsaw. The Nozyk Synagogue in the capital was attacked with three firebombs early on Wednesday. The building sustained minimal…
Huge crowds have rallied in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi calling for the country to pursue a course of Western orientation in response to a draconian bill seen as influenced by Russia. About 20,000 people joined the “March for Europe” on Sunday, calling on the government to scrap the “foreign influence” bill….
The premiers of Spain and Ireland are set to meet on Friday to discuss a collective plan to recognise Palestinian statehood. This meeting comes as the death toll of Israel’s war in Gaza has surpassed 33,000. The mounting deaths, starvation and infrastructure in the besieged enclave have resulted in growing…
Non-governmental organisations (NGO) have criticised the package for undermining human rights. The European Parliament has approved a landmark overhaul of the European Union’s asylum and migration rules. The parliament’s main political groups overcame opposition from far-right and far-left parties to pass the new migration and asylum pact – a sweeping…
Farmers threw beets, sprayed manure at police and set hay alight in Brussels as hundreds of tractors sealed off streets close to the European Union headquarters, where agriculture ministers sought to ease a crisis that has led to months of protests across the 27-member bloc. The farmers on Tuesday protested…
Security Council expected to vote on Friday on US-drafted ceasefire resolution with talks to continue in Qatar. The United Nations Security Council is expected to vote as soon as Friday on a United States-drafted resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza as the European Union called for a “humanitarian pause”,…
Beset by angry farmer protests, EU to implement ‘safeguards’ to prevent cheap imports flooding market. The European Union has agreed a provisional deal to cap duty-free agricultural imports from Ukraine. The agreement was reached on Wednesday as member states and lawmakers extended a policy of tariff exemptions on many Ukrainian…
The agreement, which lifts the EU’s relationship with Egypt to a ‘strategic partnership’, has drawn criticism from rights groups. The European Union has announced a 7.4 billion-euro ($8.06bn) aid package and an upgraded relationship with Egypt, part of a new deal to stem migrant flows to Europe that has been…
The move provides a welcome boost for Kyiv as support from its other major backer, the United States, wavers and its outgunned forces struggle to hold back Russia. European Union countries have agreed to provide five billion euros ($5.48bn) for military aid to Ukraine as part of a revamp of…
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