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Media advisory – Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) of 7 April 2025
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Media advisory – Foreign Affairs Council (Trade) of 7 April 2025
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Japan: High Representative/Vice-President Kallas holds second EU-Japan Strategic Dialogue with Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya
Japan: High Representative/Vice-President Kallas holds second EU-Japan Strategic Dialogue with Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya Source link
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AI’s ‘Oppenheimer moment’: Why new thinking is needed on disarmament
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Human Rights
UN rolls out key initiative to combat antisemitism
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Human Rights
UN rights office calls for end to Israel’s ‘illegal presence’ in the Occupied Palestinian Territory
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Human Rights
Myanmar quake: Airstrikes continue despite ceasefire
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Asia
European Parliament urges the unconditional release of Baha’i prisoner of conscience Mahvash Sabet
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Europe
Isabel Schnabel: Reviving growth in the euro area
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Asia
Breaking Chains, Building Futures: The Uplifting Tales of ‘Finding Home’
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Winners of 2025 EU prize for women innovators announced
Agnès Arbat from Spain has won the 2025 EU prize for woman innovators. She is the co-founder of a company that develops innovative drugs to enhance fertility. Camille Bouget (France)…