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Metsola and MEPs receive survivor a Holocaust victims

MEPs honoured the memory of the Holocaust victims, 77 years after the liberation of the Auschwitz Nazi concentration camp on 27 January 1945. Survivor of Holocaust victims, Margot Friedländer, and…

28 January 2022 · 2 min read

Charities

A humanitarian train left for Afghanistan

A special "humanitarian train" carrying 750 tonnes of aid under the coordination of the Turkish government left for Afghanistan from Ankara yesterday. The train, with the help of 11 humanitarian…

28 January 2022 · 1 min read

Education

We pay tribute to the victims of the Holocaust

January 27 is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. As victims of anti-Semitism, millions of Jews from all over Europe died in Nazi death camps. Today, in 1845, the few survivors of…

27 January 2022 · 3 min read

Human Rights

EU adopts Human Rights priorities for 2022 at UN fora

Human rights: EU adopts conclusions on EU priorities in United Nations human rights fora in 2022 The Council today approved conclusions on the EU’s priorities in UN human rights fora…

26 January 2022 · 2 min read

Economy

EU should crack down on breaches of the rule of law

Disbursement of EU funds, including the Recovery Fund, must be tied to respect for the rule of law in all Member States. Systematic deficiencies in the rule of law always…

24 January 2022 · 5 min read

Europe

EU gives birth to the first union’s Asylum Agency

New EU Agency for Asylum starts work with reinforced mandate The European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) replaces the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) with more tools to support Member…

19 January 2022 · 4 min read