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Pope Francis greets new Swiss Guard recruits – Vatican News
Ahead of the October 4th Swiss Guard swearing-in ceremony, Pope Francis on Friday receives 38 new members of the Corps, telling them the oath they will take is also “a…
Month: October 2020
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Bulgaria satisfied with decision of European Council on Turkey
Bulgaria is ready to join the production of face masks, protective clothing and ventilators amid the efforts of the EU to ensure own supply of protective equipment during the Covid-19…
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Emmanuel Macron’s plans to protect French values alienate Muslims
Macron's discourse was a curtain-raiser of sorts for an upcoming draft bill against "separatist" threats, which officials say also include groups like white supremacists. But with many observers considering it clearly…
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Cardinal Tagle: Season of Creation a call to rediscover our vocation as stewards – Vatican News
Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, the Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, highlights the Season of Creation as a time to celebrate in prayer and also to rediscover…
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Press statement by von der Leyen with Gitanas Nausėda, Jüri Ratas, Mateusz Morawiecki, and Krišjānis Kariņš
Press statement by President von der Leyen with President of Lithuania, Gitanas Nausėda, Prime Minister of Estonia, Jüri Ratas, Prime Minister of Poland, Mateusz Morawiecki, and Prime Minister of Latvia,…
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European Parliament committee shows solidarity with protests in Bulgaria
With 35 votes in favor, 30 against and 1 abstention the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs has adopted a draft resolution on Bulgaria. It calls…
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To Cuba, With Gratitude: Local Author Recalls the Island as a Haven for Jews in New Book
Last December, Ann Arbor resident Ruth Behar returned to Havana, her place of birth, to put the finishing touches on her newest novel, Letters from Cuba. She stayed in the…
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Armen Ashotyan: European Parliament’s Foreign Relations Committee holding closed session devoted to Karabakh
Vice-President of the Republican Party of Armenia Armen Ashotyan posted the following on his Facebook page: “My colleague, Member of the European Parliament Charlie Weimers has reported fresh news from…
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Member of European Parliament: Macron to raise issue of expulsion of Turkey from OSCE Minsk Group
Member of the European Parliament Charlie Weimers tweeted that the European Parliament is holding a closed meeting devoted to the escalation in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone. “President Emmanuel Macron confirmed…
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ECB intensifies its work on a digital euro
Publication of Eurosystem High-Level Task Force report on digital euroEurosystem needs to be ready for possible future decision to introduce digital euroPublic consultation and experimentation to be launched The European…