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30th Mar 2023

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Bulgaria sending troops to Turkish and Greek borders

Bulgarian defence minister Georgi Panayotov said that a contingent of 400 soldiers equipped with specialised equipment for the protection of land and sea borders has set off for the frontiers with Turkey and Greece, Polish news website Onet.pl writes. In total, 700 soldiers are expected to support over 1,000 border police officers. Since the beginning of the year, some 14,000 migrants have been stopped at the Bulgarian border.

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Firms will have to reveal and close gender pay-gap

Employers will no longer be able to hide behind secret contracts to disguise how much less they pay women than men for the same work, due to new EU law. Countries will have three years to transpose the new rules.

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The overlooked 'crimes against children' ICC arrest warrant

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EU approves 2035 phaseout of polluting cars and vans

The agreement will ban the sale of carbon-emitting cars after 2035. The EU Commission will present a proposal for e-fuels after pressure from German negotiators via a delegated act, which can still be rejected by the EU Parliament.

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