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19th Mar 2024

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High demand for postal voting in Denmark

Several Danish voting stations prolonged opening hours on Thursday to accommodate a larger-than-normal interest in postal voting ahead of EU elections. Thursday was the last day where it was possible to vote by post for both European and national elections (held on 5 June) at the same time. Citizen-initiated campaigning and a comic video seen by 1.7 million may also have boosted the turnout.

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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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