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Spain will soon send the first shipment of six Leopard 2A4 tanks to Ukraine and plans to send more German-made armoured vehicles of the same type in the near future, Defence Margarita Robles confirmed on Wednesday. Speaking before parliament, Robles...

President Vladimir Putin said Russia will maintain increased attention on boosting its nuclear forces in an address to mark Thursday's Defender of the Fatherland public holiday (23 February) and a day before the first anniversary of his invasion of Ukraine.

Amid growing concerns over a subsidy race between the US and Europe, Tesla has announced it will be backtracking on its investments in Germany due to higher subsidies in the US. In 2019, Tesla said it would build one of...

Threats to Sweden’s security are increasing and are coming mainly from Russia amid a rise in disinformation campaigns, according to the latest report from the Swedish Security Services (Säpo) released Wednesday. Russia, together with China and Iran, are increasingly going...

Luxembourg, which has been sending supplies to Ukraine since the start of the war, is buying weapons from open markets to ensure it can keep delivering aid as it has already depleted its relatively limited military stockpiles. Luxembourg set up...

France is to adopt a series of water restriction measures and a major water plan, as it currently faces an unprecedented winter drought, Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion Minister Christophe Béchu announced in an interview on Wednesday.

Russia was the largest importer in Bulgaria in the year of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, replacing Germany at the top spot among importers. Russia imported goods to Bulgaria for nearly €5.86 billion, double that of 2021. Imports from Russia...

Journalists are now banned from attending the upcoming OSCE assembly in Vienna, in addition to growing woes which include a boycott by Ukraine and Lithuania over the attendance of Russia and unanswered calls to kick them out. The two-day assembly...

An Israeli army raid killed 11 Palestinians including a teenager Wednesday (22 February) in Nablus, the Palestinian health ministry said, in the deadliest escalation in the occupied West Bank since 2005.

This paper provides a snapshot of multilateral financial assistance provided to Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion in February 2022 by the European Union and its bodies (European Investment Bank), international financial institutions (International Monetary Fund, World Bank Group, and European Bank for Reconstruction and Development) and informal groups of bilateral creditors (“The Group of Creditors of Ukraine”). The paper aims to increase understanding and support public scrutiny related to international financial assistance to Ukraine and will be updated with new elements regularly.
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As more young children than ever are given commercial milk formula (CMF) in addition to, or in place of, breastfeeding, experts have called for stricter controls against exploitative CMF marketing alongside stronger maternity protections. In 1974, a controversial report, The...

The international community needs to rapidly agree on a new debt relief programme worth $148 billion by 2029 to avoid a new debt crisis, the United Nations has argued ahead of a key G20 summit on international finance. 

In the future, major social investment will be needed for the welfare state to reach everyone — but how can the EU-27 finance it?

The EU Commission assessed northern Germany needs only two liquified natural gas terminals to replace Russian supply, memos show, but the Berlin government is eyeing 12 potential sites — vastly exceeding assessed needs.

Almost a year since Russia launched its full-scale attack on Ukraine, Kremlin-backed narratives have strategically shifted their focus to denying responsibility for the war and obscuring military failures, a leading disinformation expert told EURACTIV. 

Geopolitical rivalry was the new game in town when African leaders gathered for the annual African Union summit in Addis Ababa, proof that summitry exists outside of Brussels.

As EU diplomats talked of unprecedented momentum to seal the deal, the old hurdle remained: having a UK premier invest and risk sufficient political capital at home to convince his parties' Brexit hardliners and DUP to move on.

Recognition-rates for asylum hovers at around 40 percent across the EU (plus Norway and Switzerland), according to the European Union Agency for Asylum. But this seemingly-low figure doesn't include cases won on appeal and others who received humanitarian status.

The next AFET Committee meeting is scheduled to take place on 28 February 2023 in Brussels.

The meeting will be web-streamed.
AFET-SEDE-DROI meetings 2023
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Sweden has urged faith in its "unique" Nord Stream blast enquiry, as Russia repeats allegations of a Western conspiracy.