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1 day ago
Monday's high-level meeting of the EU-27 foreign affairs ministers and the Brussels Ministerial Conference on Syria will determine the EU policy and reconstruction funding. Unfortunately, Syrian led-civil society organisations, the actors closest to the reality on the ground, are often put on the margins of such conversations.
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4 hours ago
Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán has set the stage for civil disobedience in a culture war in Budapest on 28 June by banning Budapest Pride.
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3 hours ago
The European Commission is intensifying relations with a host of countries to curtail irregular migration as it seeks to get the EU's overhaul on asylum implemented among EU states.
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Rule 241: the EU’s hidden ‘bombshell’ against anti-democratic forces

5 months ago
Legal scholars have dubbed it a "sleeping beauty" — a potent yet practically unused EU Parliament instrument akin to the EU's own Article 7, designed to safeguard the rule of law and the integrity of its institutions.
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Dekonspiratsiya: Meet 20 of Putin's EU spies

7 days ago
Russian spies are still active in the EU capital and have a "higher risk appetite" than before the Ukraine war — despite Belgium's efforts to push back against their plots.
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As Trump sells out Europe’s security, ‘war is not over’ in Ukraine

1 month ago
The US and Russia have agreed to start negotiations “immediately" to end the war in Ukraine. But experts keep warning about the moral and strategic consequences of a bad deal — especially for Europe. Meanwhile, it is clear that Ukrainians have no trust in any peace deal with Moscow without strong security guarantees.
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