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27 February 2019
The Assembly of Regional and Local Authorities of the Euro-Mediterranean Region (ARLEM) holds its Plenary Session in Seville
On 26-27 February, ARLEM held its 10th Plenary Session focusing on “Governance and Transparency” and “Youth Entrepreneurship in the Mediterranean”....
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26 February 2019
HR/VP Mogherini visits Lebanon
On 25 - 26 February, HR/VP Federica Mogherini visited Beirut making it the first high-level visit since the new Government was formed on 31 January 2019. ...
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26 February 2019
British government recognizes Hezbollah as a terrorist group
On 26 February the House of Commons of British Parliament approved the government proposal to ban all the branches of Lebanese political movement Hezbollah....
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26 February 2019
UN raises $2.6 billion in donations to address Yemen’s humanitarian crisis
On 26 February, the United Nations led a donors conference for Yemen which raised about $2.6 billion of the $4 billion the country needs to address the humanitarian crisis. ...
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25 February 2019
EU-League of Arab States Summit
On 24-25 February, heads of state and government of the EU and of the the League of Arab States (LAS) met in Sharm El Cheikh.  On the EU side, President of the European Council Donald Tusk, President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker, HR/VP Mogherini and Commissioner Hahn also...
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25 February 2019
French Iraqi cooperation targets fight against jihadism
On 25 February, Iraqi President Barham Salih and French President Emmanuel Macron met in Paris. ...
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25 February 2019
Assad’s first visit to Iran since the start of Syrian civil war
On 25 February, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad met with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Hassan Rouhani. ...
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25 February 2019
Limitations of EU migration policies
On 25 February, questioned by the German parliament through a minor interpellation, the German federal government had to confirm the several difficulties in working with Libyan coastguard. ...
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24 February 2019
France asks Germany to soften arms export rules
On 24 February, French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire stated that Germany should ease its hard arms export rules for countries outside the EU to revitalize the defence industry. ...
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