News

15 March 2020
Greece holds 450 refugees in a navy vessel for more than 10 days
The asylum-seekers were allocated in a ship docked at Mytilene port as a temporary camp before being transferred to Athens, where they expect to be deported back to Turkey. ...
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12 March 2020
MSF calls for refugee camps’ evacuation to contain coronavirus
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) alerts on the urgent need to evacuate migrants and asylum seekers on Greek islands’ camps to avoid a possible outbreak of COVID-19. ...
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12 March 2020
Egyptian FM Shoukry meets Borrell amid EU criticism of human rights violations in Egypt
Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry met with HR/VP Josep Borrell and other EU representatives on 12 March, while the EU released a statement condemning Egypt’s human rights violations. ...
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10 March 2020
Haftar meets Macron and Merkel and says he is ready to commit to ceasefire
Commander of Libya’s self-proclaimed national army Haftar told France’s President Macron that he will sign a ceasefire deal if militias backed by al-Sarraj respect it. ...
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10 March 2020
Algerian journalist Khaled Drareni released under judicial review
Algerian press freedom advocate and journalist Khaled Drareni was released on 10 March, but placed under judicial review, after being arrested while reporting on a Hirak protest. ...
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10 March 2020
Lebanon announces first ever default on country’s sovereign debt
With an economic crisis lacerating the whole country, the recently appointed Lebanese government faces its first-ever sovereign default. ...
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9 March 2020
Erdoğan meets with EU leaders to discuss the future of EU-Turkish cooperation
Ursula von der Leyen and Charles Michel received the President of Turkey in Brussels to tackle the situation in Syria and the unfolding refugee crisis in the Turkish-Greek border....
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8 March 2020
The EU unveils a new strategy for Africa
The European Commission and the HR/VP Josep Borrell have laid down the foundations for a new strategy with the African continent which aims at reinforcing future mutual cooperation....
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6 March 2020
Oil price war between Moscow and Riyadh increases European markets’ volatility
Following the collapse of OPEC talks with Russia in Vienna on 6 March, the oil price’s crunch exacerbated the panic pervading European and global markets amid the coronavirus outbreak. ...
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