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19th Mar 2024

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MEPs accept Amsterdam as seat for EU medicines agency

The plenary of the European Parliament voted on Thursday, with 507 against 112, to approve the decision that the European Medicines Agency should move from London to Amsterdam, due to Brexit. None of the amendments tabled by mostly Italian MEPs to reject the proposal attracted more than 129 votes. The parliament did stress it was not happy with the new HQ-selection procedure, in which it was not involved.

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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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