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15 hours ago
As well as pushing for more powers for lawmakers to initiate changes to existing laws, the committee will look at the thorny issue of how many MEPs each member state gets.
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13 hours ago
Moldova is facing a severe energy crisis after Ukraine declined to extend a gas transit agreement with Russia on 1 January. 
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14 hours ago
Greece is set to face its first ever judgement dealing with pushbacks of migrants attempting to reach its islands by the European Court of Human Rights.
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A 'silent pandemic' the EU is not prepared for

2 years ago
"Mental health is the silent pandemic," Irish centre-right MEP Maria Walsh, who spearheads several parliament initiatives on mental health, said, arguing that the EU needs to have a strategy implemented in "weeks, not years".
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Gaza's children paying 'high price' for war, UN envoy says

17 days ago
Without shelter from bombs, access to water, food, hygiene, healthcare, or education, Gaza's children are paying “a high price” in the war, UNICEF’s envoy for Palestine told EUobserver.
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Drainpipe of shame: How Orbán hypocrisy became a gay icon in Brussels

3 months ago
The drainpipe in Brussels where a far-right MEP fled a gay orgy still attracts tourists, who take pics to remember what Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán really represents.
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