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19th Mar 2024

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Former Greek PM Mitsotakis has died

Constantine Mitsotakis, who was Greek prime minister from 1990 to 1993, died at age 98 on Monday. He is considered a major architect of Greece's EU integration, as he was foreign minister when the country joined the European Community in 1981 and prime minister when it signed the Maastricht treaty in 1991. His son, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, is the current opposition leader in Greece.

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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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