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19th Mar 2024

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EU leaders agree to 20 European Universities by 2024

EU leaders agreed on Thursday to have some twenty 'European Universities' established by 2024 in order to strengthen international competitiveness of the higher education sector. According to the conclusions students would be able to obtain a degree by combining studies in several EU countries and increase mobility with a 'European Student Card'. More language learning would enable youth to speak two European languages in addition to their mother tongue.

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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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