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19th Mar 2024

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Top EU jurist says Malta's finch-trapping against EU law

Advocate general Eleanor Sharpston told the Court of Justice of the EU on Wednesday that Malta's legislation, which permits trapping of finch species, is against EU law. Trapping the birds is a tradition on the Mediterranean island, but forbidden under the EU Birds Directive. The advocate general, whose advice the court generally accepts, said that Malta has not sufficiently justified why it should be exempt from the ban.

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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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