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Europe is working on "a structural reform of the electricity market
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Ukraine: UN atomic energy experts head to Zaporizhzya nuclear power plant
A team of UN atomic energy experts set out on Monday for Zaporizhzya nuclear power station in Ukraine, after months of rising tensions between Ukrainian and Russian forces, who have…
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Ukraine: More than one million tonnes of grain exported under Black Sea Grain Initiative
Exports of Ukrainian grain and other foodstuffs under a landmark agreement amid the ongoing war, have surpassed one million metric tonnes, the UN Coordinator for the Black Sea Grain Initiative,…
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Ukraine: Top UN aid official appeals for access across frontline
The UN's top aid official in the country issued an urgent appeal for access across frontline for guarantees from Russia and affiliated forces, to allow humanitarians to deliver “absolutely necessary”…
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Braving mines and missiles to bring aid to Ukraine’s displaced population
Almost a third of those displaced by the conflict come from the region around the country’s second largest city of Kharkiv, in the east. To bring aid to Ukraine’s displaced…
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Ukraine: UN agencies deliver food, health and other support amid fighting
Matilda Bogner, head of the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, called for greater efforts to spare and protect civilians. The Mission has been in the country since 2014,…
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Ukraine: Urgent agreement needed to end fighting around Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
Agreement is urgently needed to reestablish the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (ZNPP) in Ukraine as purely civilian infrastructure and prevent a potentially “catastrophic” disaster amid the ongoing conflict, UN political…
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Ukraine prisoner of war trials in Mariupol could be a war crime: OHCHR
The United Nations Human Rights Office (UNHRO) has expressed concern about the construction of metal cages, apparently to house prisoners of war (POWs) in an upcoming "show trial.
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EU budget for 2023: Council agrees its position
Ambassadors of member states to the EU agreed the Council's position on the 2023 EU draft budget.
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Droughts in Europe in August 2022: severe rainfall deficit is affecting crops and increasing fire risks
Pond of Bages-Sigean, France The drought situation in many regions of Europe remains severe, according to the Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC) latest ‘Drought in Europe - August 2022' report,…