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After weeks of fierce political horse-trading, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen unveiled Tuesday her new top team to help steward the EU through the next five years of global uncertainty. Faced with Russia's war in Ukraine, the potential return of Donald Trump as US president and competition from China, the formation of the new ...
par This Is Beirut, 01/03 18:54 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
In a press release issued on Friday, the European Commission announced that it would pay "50 million euros to UNRWA," and that it would "increase emergency aid to the Palestinians by 68 million euros in 2024." This decision is intended to alleviate the financial crisis hanging over the UN agency assisting millions of Palestinian refugees in five ...
par This Is Beirut, 10/04 22:14 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
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The EU parliament on Wednesday adopted a contentious reform of Europe's asylum policies that will harden border procedures and force all the bloc's 27 nations to share responsibility. The parliament's main political groups overcame opposition from far-right and far-left parties to pass the new migration and asylum pact -- a sweeping reform nearly ...
par This Is Beirut, 29/04 16:23 - Reading : less than a minute
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, will visit Beirut on Thursday, May 2, accompanied by Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides. They will meet with caretaker Prime Minster Najib Mikati at the Grand Serail, then proceed to Ain el-Tineh for talks with Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri.
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“He went straight for the jugular.” That is how one can summarize the position of caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, following his meeting with the Cypriot President and the President of the European Commission on Thursday. Mikati is seemingly preparing a deal to sell Lebanon off for a billion euros “at the expense of the ...
par This Is Beirut, 16/05 11:52 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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Fifteen European Union countries, led by Denmark and the Czech Republic, are calling for “new solutions” to facilitate the transfer of migrants to countries outside the European Union, including during rescue operations at sea. These fifteen countries, including Italy and Greece, but not Hungary, want to go further than the migration pact ...
par This Is Beirut, 28/06 11:54 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
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EU leaders struck a deal Thursday to return Ursula von der Leyen as head of the powerful European Commission, while tapping Estonia's prime minister Kaja Kallas as the bloc's top diplomat. The late-night accord carves up the EU's top institutional jobs for the next five years, with former Portuguese prime minister Antonio Costa to head the ...
