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19th Mar 2024

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Ombudsman slams EU Commission on tobacco lobbying

European Ombudsman Emily O'Reilly heavily criticised the European Commission on Thursday for refusing to be more open about which officials meet with tobacco lobbyists. O'Reilly said there was no reason why the "proactive transparency rules" which the commission's directorate-general health already applies, should not be copied by all other commission departments. She said it is not enough that the commission reports meetings only with the most senior officials.

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Borrell: 'Israel provoking famine', urges more aid access

70 percent of northern Gaza is facing famine, new data shows. There is one shower per 5,500 people, and 888 people per toilet. 'How can you live in these conditions?" asked Natalie Boucly of UNRWA at the European Humanitarian Forum.

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Potential legal avenues to prosecute Navalny's killers

The UN could launch an independent international investigation into Navalny's killing, akin to investigation I conducted on Jamal Khashoggi's assassination, or on Navalny's Novichok poisoning, in my role as special rapporteur on extrajudicial executions, writes the secretary-general of Amnesty International.

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