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EU invites Filipino president to Brussels

Filipino president Rodrigo Duterte has been invited by the European Union to attend the Asia-Europe Meeting in Brussels in October. EU Ambassador to the Philippines...

Groups call on EU to stand up for Rohingya

More than two dozen civil society organisations from inside and outside Myanmar have called on the European Union to take stronger steps to stand...

EU support for Palestinian capital in East Jerusalem

President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority met with European Union foreign ministers in Brussels on January 22. The ministers supported Abbas’ ambition to...

Thailand: forced labour, trafficking, fishing fleets

Forced labour and other rights abuses are widespread in Thailand’s fishing fleets despite government commitments to comprehensive reforms, Human Rights Watch said in a...

EU trade schemes promote economic development, human rights

The European Union's duty-rebate schemes have had a positive impact on developing economies, according to a new report published jointly by the European Commission...

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