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Russia and China’s unrestrained partnership is increasingly becoming a threat to the Indo-Pacific region, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said on Monday (25 April), in reference to the geopolitical fallout of Russia’s attack on Ukraine. “Countries battered by...

The impasse over the status of the Northern Ireland protocol is one of the main obstacles to a US-UK trade deal, Washington’s trade representative Katherine Tai said on Monday 26 April.

Strengthening the cultural elements and a focus on innovation-driven projects are the driving forces for Malaga’s future after the pandemic, Mayor Francisco de la Torre told EFE in an interview.

A series of explosions struck the building housing the ministry of state security in Moldova’s breakaway region of Transnistria on Monday (25 April), days after Moscow said the Russian-backed region could be drawn into the war in Ukraine. Officials from...

Turkish philanthropist Osman Kavala was jailed for life without parole on Monday after he was convicted of trying to overthrow the government by financing protests, in a case that Europe's top court and Western powers say is politically motivated.

Three-quarters of Beijing's 22 million people began lining up for COVID-19 tests on Tuesday as authorities in the Chinese capital raced to stamp out an outbreak and avert the kind of city-wide lockdown that has shrouded Shanghai for a month.

Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the European Union on the alignment of certain third countries with Council Decision (CFSP) 2022/628 of 13 April 2022 amending Decision (CFSP) 2022/266 concerning restrictive measures in response to the recognition of the non-government controlled areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts of Ukraine and the ordering of Russian armed forces into those areas

Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the EU on the alignment of certain countries concerning restrictive measures in respect of actions undermining or threatening the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine

The Committee on International Trade backed a proposal designed to counteract market-distorting foreign subsidies granted to companies operating in the EU.
Committee on International Trade

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The Committee on International Trade backed a proposal designed to counteract market-distorting foreign subsidies granted to companies operating in the EU.
Committee on International Trade

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Following Russia's invasion, the widespread internal displacement of families in Ukraine has led to a precarious situation for vulnerable children, with reports of forced deportations and illegal adoptions to Russia raising particular concerns.

A team from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN nuclear watchdog, is due to arrive on Tuesday at Ukraine's Chernobyl nuclear power plant to conduct a safety mission, following weeks of uncertainty in the wake of the Russian withdrawal from the area in March. Rafael Grossi, head of the IAEA, will head up a mission of experts to "deliver equipment, conduct radiological assessments and restore safeguards monitoring systems."

The EU should protect women fleeing Ukraine from violence and trafficking, and women should have access to essential health services, say Gender Equality Committee MEPs.
Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality

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The EU should protect women fleeing Ukraine from violence and trafficking, and women should have access to essential health services, say Gender Equality Committee MEPs.
Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality

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Robust oil and gas revenue enabled Russia to go on a military spending spree ahead of its Ukraine invasion, according to researchers in Sweden.

Green liberal newcomer Robert Golob took advantage of Slovenian prime minister Janez Janša unpopular illiberal image and soundly defeated him in the Slovenian elections on Sunday.

The EU's judicial cooperation agency, Eurojust, is to join forces with the International Criminal Court in The Hague to document Russian war crimes in Ukraine under a new agreement unveiled Monday. The deal was meant to send "a clear message that all efforts will be undertaken to effectively gather evidence ... and bring those responsible to justice," Eurojust said. Lithuanian, Polish, and Ukrainian prosecutors are to lead the Eurojust taskforce.

The EU unveiled a plan to restrict the use of harmful substances — deemed by campaigners as the "largest-ever ban of toxic chemicals".

Russia has expelled 40 German diplomats in a tit-for-tat move for earlier German expulsions of suspected spies, its foreign ministry said Monday. "Russia is ... harming itself", German foreign minister Annalena Baerbock said, noting that the German embassy in Moscow had been trying to mend ties. EU institutions also recently expelled 19 Russian diplomats, with Russia's EU envoy, Vladimir Chizhov, likewise threatening the EU mission in Moscow with looming retaliation.

The European Research Council, an offshoot of the EU Commission, has warned 98 British academics that their grants, totalling €172m, would not be paid out if the UK did not ratify its associate membership of the EU's Horizon Europe science programme, The Guardian reports. Ratification has been delayed due to the UK's non-implementation of the Northern Ireland protocol, a part of the Brexit deal governing customs matters.