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European Union provides 268 million euros in humanitarian support for the Afghan people
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European Union provides 268 million euros in humanitarian support for the Afghan people

19 January 2022
The European Union (EU) has allocated 268.3 million euros to support the Afghan population through the current major humanitarian crisis. Through the United Nations, projects are being funded that focus on access to education and health care, and help to provide livelihoods for civilians, including refugees and displaced persons.
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Blinken flies to Europe as fears increase of an imminent Russian invasion of Ukraine
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Blinken flies to Europe as fears increase of an imminent Russian invasion of Ukraine

19 January 2022
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in Kiev for talks with the Ukrainian leadership as fears increase of an imminent Russian invasion. In Brussels, European Union officials are bracing themselves for the biggest crisis on the European continent since the war in Yugoslavia in the early 1990s. There are still some hopes that Russia will de-escalate the situation, but most observers think this is now unlikely and that some sort of aggression - even if not an all-out invasion - is imminent.
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Opinion: UNBA makes a landmark contribution to Ukraine as a state governed by Law
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Opinion: UNBA makes a landmark contribution to Ukraine as a state governed by Law

18 January 2022
In essence, European standards in relation to the status and operation of the Ukraine National Bar Association have been in place for more than nine years, writes Lydia Izovitova. This is a truly landmark contribution to the development of Ukraine as a state governed by law. This important achievement turns the constitutional rights and freedoms of citizens into real opportunities, and provides a mechanism for their protection, primarily from the encroachments by the State.
Lydia Izovitova
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Houthis attack on Abu Dhabi airport is a dangerous escalation
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Houthis attack on Abu Dhabi airport is a dangerous escalation

18 January 2022
There has been widespread international condemnation of a drone attack on Abu Dhabi International Airport. The Yemeni Houthi Group, which is backed by Iran, has claimed responsibility for the attack which killed three persons. The attack on the airport of the UAE capital is seen as a serious escalation of the ongoing conflict in Yemen where a regional coalition including Saudi Arabia and the UAE is assisting the internationally recognised government of Yemen in its efforts to regain control of the country from the Houthi movement which seized the capital and large swats of the country in 2015.
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Widespread condemnation after government websites in Ukraine are shut down by 'massive' cyber hack
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Widespread condemnation after government websites in Ukraine are shut down by 'massive' cyber hack

14 January 2022
NATO and the European Union led strong condemnation after Government websites of various Ukrainian ministries were hacked on Thursday evening (13 January). The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported this on Friday. According to Ukraine's Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Oleg Nikolenko, it is too soon to draw conclusions about who could have been behind the attacks. However it is widely suspected that Russia was behind the attacks.