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European Union Aviation Safety Agency extends travel restrictions on PIA

RAWALPINDI: The European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has extended travel restrictions imposed on Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) for an indefinite period and has directed the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority...

8 April 2021 · 2 min read

There is nothing new about cartoons which mock religion

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There is nothing new about cartoons which mock religion

Religious leaders have long feared irreverent drawings that could challenge their authority. We should remember that amid the latest effort to prevent the use of Muhammad cartoons, says Bob Forder.…

8 April 2021 · 4 min read

Turkey says it’s not to blame for EU ‘Seatgate’

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Turkey says it’s not to blame for EU ‘Seatgate’

Turkey has denied claims it snubbed European Commissioner President, Ursula von der Leyen because of her gender. A protocol blunder during a meeting on Tuesday between Von der Leyen, European...

8 April 2021 · 3 min read

MEPs want EU leaders to answer for ‘Sofagate’ in Parliament

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MEPs want EU leaders to answer for ‘Sofagate’ in Parliament

Leading MEPs are pressuring European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen to come answer questions before the European Parliament on the diplomatic sofa snub...

8 April 2021 · 3 min read

Turkey blames ‘sofagate’ on EU and denies snub to Ursula von der Leyen

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Turkey blames ‘sofagate’ on EU and denies snub to Ursula von der Leyen

Turkey strongly rejected accusations that it snubbed Ursula von der Leyen, one of the European Union’s most powerful executives, because of her gender, insisting that the EU’s own protocol requests...

8 April 2021 · 4 min read

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EU Commissioners on 8 April: Europe has a long way to go to achieve real equality for Romani people

EU flags in front of the European Commission building in Brussels (PHOTO: Sébastien Bertrand, Wikimedia commons) Romani people continue to face prejudice, discrimination, antigypsyism and socioeconomic exclusion in their daily...

8 April 2021 · 3 min read

Struan Stevenson: How to make the world a better place - ban the political use of religion

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Struan Stevenson: How to make the world a better place – ban the political use of religion

DON’T mention politics or religion. This familiar warning was often sounded in pubs and around dinner tables in the days when meeting people socially was still a normal occurrence. Discussions...

8 April 2021 · 6 min read

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Turkey blames EU for ‘sofagate’ scandal

Turkey on Thursday blamed the European Union for seating arrangements that left European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen without a chair during a meeting with the Turkish president. Recep...

8 April 2021 · 3 min read

Turkey rejects claim it snubbed von der Leyen, blames EU

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Turkey rejects claim it snubbed von der Leyen, blames EU

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Turkey on Thursday strongly rejected accusations that it snubbed Ursula von der Leyen - one of the European Union’s most powerful executives - because of her...

8 April 2021 · 3 min read

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Report: genetically modified food majority of consumers want compulsory labelling

A majority of European consumers want to see compulsory labelling on food products containing genetically modified crops, according to a recent Ipsos report, but industry players insist that this is...

8 April 2021 · 5 min read