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#Iran: Defiant youth vow to boycott election and target the Interior Ministry
Iranian youth, who led the uprisings in November 2019 and January 2020, vowed to boycott what the upcoming parliamentary election next Friday, which they call a shame – writes Shahin Gobadi In addition to writing graffiti on walls in Tehran and many other cities, earlier this morning, they targeted the Iranian regime’s Interior Ministry, located […]
#IMO meeting: Will shipping summit act to protect #Arctic from spills and emissions?
NGOs today (17 February) called on the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to protect the Arctic marine environment from the impacts of international shipping, by agreeing to a new regulation banning the use and carriage of heavy fuel oil (HFO) as fuel by ships operating in Arctic waters during this week’s “Arctic IMO Summit” in London. […]
Vice President #Schinas and Commissioner #Johansson in Madrid
Promoting our European Way of Life Vice President Margaritis Schinas, and Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson, will both be in Madrid, Spain, today (17 February). As part of the programme of bilateral engagement with member states to prepare the New Pact on Migration and Asylum, they will meet Home Affairs Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska, as well […]
EU hosts International Donors’ Conference for #Albania
The European Union is hosting the International Donors’ Conference today (17 February) in Brussels to support the reconstruction efforts in Albania after the earthquake that struck the country on 26 November 2019. Hosted by the Commission, the Conference will gather the EU and its Member States, the Western Balkan partners, representatives from other countries, as […]
Joint statement by Commissioner for Crisis Management #Lenarčič and Swedish Minister for International Development Cooperation #Eriksson
Following the high-level meeting co-organised by the European Commission and the Swedish government on the humanitarian situation in Yemen, Crisis Management Commissioner Janez Lenarčič, and Swedish International Development Cooperation Minister Peter Eriksson, have issued the following Joint Statement: “Needs in Yemen are unprecedented. (…) We are deeply alarmed at the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian space all […]
#Slovenia president pursues quest to find new prime minister
Slovenian President Borut Pahor will hold more talks with political parties on 24 and 25 February to try to form a new government following the resignation of the centre-left Prime Minister Marjan Sarec in January, writes Marja Novak. Sarec, whose government only held 43 seats in the 90-seat parliament, resigned saying he did not have […]
UK preparing for #UKBudget but date and parameters unconfirmed
Britain’s government has yet to confirm that an 11 March budget will go ahead on time nor whether it will adhere to existing fiscal rules, with a spokesman on Friday (14 FEbruary) only willing to say that preparations for a budget were continuing, write William James and Elizabeth Piper. Prime Minister Boris Johnson was forced […]