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Russia: Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the EU on the ruling to extend Alexei Navalny’s politically motivated imprisonment by an additional 9 years
The EU issued a declaration strongly condemning the ruling by Moscow’s Lefortovo District Court, to extend the imprisonment of the Russian opposition politician Mr Alexei Navalny by an additional 9 years.
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Council of the EU takes steps towards more transparent funding of European political parties
Today the EU’s general affairs ministers reached political agreement (a partial general approach) on the recast of the regulation on the statute and funding of European political parties and European political foundations.
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TIME CHANGE Press briefing ahead the European Council of 24 and 25 March 2022
TIME CHANGE Press briefing ahead the European Council of 24 and 25 March 2022 now foreseen at 16.00
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International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 21 March 2022: Declaration by the High Representative on behalf of the EU
On the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, and in a Europe shaken by the Russian Federation’s unprovoked and unjustified military aggression against Ukraine and its population, the EU issued a declaration confirming its firm commitment to act against all human rights violations and to combat racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance worldwide.
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