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Care crisis in Central and Eastern Europe at risk of deepening further, trade unions warn

A report from the European Federation of Public Service Unions points to the widening gap between rising care demands and limited resources in Central and Eastern Europe, leaving care workers overwhelmed

Workers rally in Brussels against EU industrial failures

Thousands of workers took to the streets of Brussels to protest the planned closure of an Audi production site, highlighting broader concerns over the EU’s failed industrial strategy

Von der Leyen’s second term: more money for armament and border control

Ursula Von der Leyen announces increased funding for EU armament and border control as she is confirmed for a second term as President of the European Commission

Greek health workers intensify protests for pay hike, more staff

Workers are demanding a significant pay rise to compensate for cuts in their real wages, made as part of structural adjustments as dictated by the European Troika

EU-Tunisia migrant deal
EU releases funds to Tunisia as part of controversial migrant deal

Human Rights Watch says that the migrant deal will make the EU complicit in the human rights violations committed by the Tunisian security forces as they try and prevent migrants and asylum seekers from reaching Europe

Leftist parties condemn EU-Tunisia agreement to curb migration

The Workers’ Party of Tunisia and the Italian leftist party Potere al Popolo said that Tunisia’s deal with the EU on migration and an upcoming agreement with the IMF are a “perfect pact between liberalism, authoritarianism and xenophobia” 

EU-Tunisia deal on migrants
EU signs border control pact with Tunisia to stop migration

Tunisia will be the second country after Libya to play the role of border patrol to stop the inflow of migrants into European countries through the Mediterranean sea

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WHO Europe’s health workforce guidance doesn’t protect East European health systems

A recent health workforce declaration by WHO’s European region misses on the opportunity to protect East European health systems from health workers’ brain drain

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EU’s withdrawal of tariffs on Ukrainian grain backfires as eastern European countries rise in opposition

The European Union and five countries in eastern Europe at are loggerheads over the tariff-free import of grain from Ukraine. The five countries say that the removal of tariffs has affected their internal markets and their farmers

UN report on Libya
UN report reveals complicity of EU in crimes committed by Libyan authorities

Ever since NATO’s invasion of the country in 2011, Libya has seen an almost complete deterioration of the rule of law, with armed groups in control of different parts of the country

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Human rights groups denounce EU’s gas deal with Israel 

The Europe Union is looking for alternative sources of gas supply in an attempt to reduce dependence on Russian gas following sanctions imposed against the country after its attack on Ukraine

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European Union reaches agreement to ban Russian oil imports 

The sanctions will immediately impact two-thirds of Russian crude oil imports which are transferred via the sea. Following opposition by Hungary, the remaining one-third which is supplied through the Druzhba pipeline is temporarily exempt