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The Belarusian authorities have blocked news website tut.by - the country's most popular online media outlet and one of the last independent sources of information. Its editorial offices and the flats of staff were also searched, and several employees were arrested. The official line is that they are suspected of tax fraud. The authorities justified the blocking of the website by saying that it had published "prohibited information".

Around 8,000 migrants have arrived in the Spanish exclave of Ceuta on the Moroccan coast in recent days. The government in Rabat apparently reduced the military controls on the border with the enclave in retaliation for Spain allowing Brahim Ghali, leader of the Polisario Front Western Sahara independence movement, to receive treatment in a Spanish hospital. Commentators suspect there is more behind this diplomatic crisis.

According to a recent study, cogeneration or, as it is also called, Combined Heat and Power (CHP) in district heating, is thought to be an efficient enabler for reaching carbon neutrality by 2050.

Az egyszerű emberek a megszokott párt és politikusi FB-profilok mellett már régóta működtetnek egyéb politikai oldalakat, amelyek közvetlenül nem köthetőek hozzájuk, de az OĽaNO politikáját hirdetik. De van, amikor porszem kerül a gépezetbe.

Animal health and welfare are key dimensions of the Farm to Fork strategy (F2F), the European Commission’s pivotal agri-food policy at the heart of the EU Green Deal.

Ninety youth leaders and volunteers to their communities from all over Uzbekistan participated on 20 May 2021 in an OSCE Day, held in a hybrid format, dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the children's organization Kamalak. The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan organized the event in co-operation with the Child’s Rights Ombudsperson and the Youth Union.

Participants had the opportunity to learn about the OSCE, enhance their knowledge about its executive structures and understand the work undertaken by the Organization in Uzbekistan. The interactive sessions provided an opportunity for a lively exchange of thoughts and ideas on the role of youth in promoting a culture of peace, tolerance and equality.

Mathieu Lemoine, Human Dimension Senior Project Officer, in his opening remarks noted that the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan recognizes the advancements in expanding and further increasing the effectiveness of youth reforms in Uzbekistan. “Today’s event introduces participants to the OSCE and its activities in Uzbekistan, giving them the chance to learn how the Organization works, what problems it aims to solve, and also providing the opportunity to try to approach some of the common problems, like true development practitioners”.

The event is part of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan’s activities aimed at involving young people in promoting peace and security and protecting the rights of youth, as per the 2014 Basel Ministerial Council Declaration on Youth and the 2018 OSCE Declaration on the Role of Youth in Contributing to Peace and Security Efforts.

Un homme que l'on croyait mort et enterré en 1962 est réapparu 18 ans plus tard dans son village, dans une étrange affaire liée à une potion utilisée par "des sorciers vaudous".

Russia's military and hybrid activities in the EU and its immediate neighbourhood will be analysed throughout several debates set to be held by the Subcommittee on Security and Defence, on 25 May. The Committee will also hold a debate with Deputy Defence Minister of the Czech Republic, Jan Havránek, on the attacks against the ammunition depot perpetrated by Russian Intelligence services in Vrbětice, Czech Republic.
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As talks on the EU's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) approach crunch time, EURACTIV spoke with Renew Europe's Ulrike Müller, rapporteur on the CAP horizontal regulation, to hear her take on the current state of play and her expectations for next week's discussions between Parliament, Council, and the Commission.

The Council adopted conclusions welcoming the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the "EU’s humanitarian action: new challenges, same principles".

A technical background briefing on current foreign policy topics, including recent violence in and around Gaza in the follow-up to the informal VTC of EU Foreign Ministers will be take place on 21 May at 14.00.

Der Rat hat einen Beschluss angenommen, mit dem die Aufnahme von Verhandlungen über einen internationalen Pandemievertrag unterstützt wird.

Der Rat hat einen Beschluss über die Ermächtigung zur Aufnahme von Verhandlungen mit Island, dem Fürstentum Liechtenstein und dem Königreich Norwegen über ein Übereinkommen über die künftigen finanziellen Beiträge der EWR-EFTA-Staaten zum sozialen und wirtschaftlichen Zusammenhalt im Europäischen Wirtschaftsraum angenommen.