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Georgian police used tear gas on Tuesday to disperse a large protest outside the parliament building against a proposed bill that would require media and non-profit organizations to register as foreign-influenced if they receive more than 20% of their funding from abroad. Opponents of the proposal argue that it could derail Georgia's ambitions to become a member of the European Union and refer to it as "the Russian law," likening it to similar legislation in Moscow that targets and discredits independent media and organizations viewed as contrary to Kremlin interests. The parliament debated th...
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Residents in the Canary Islands are planning protests and strikes in a backlash against overtourism. Campaigners say the unsustainable influx of visitors is ruining life in the holiday hotspot. One activist group on the island of Tenerife has planned a hunger strike over the construction of two new hotels. Others report locals sleeping in cars and caves due to soaring house prices. Graffiti has appeared on buildings and a rental car telling tourists to 'go home'. In 2023, the archipelago attracted 14.1 million foreign visitors, a record for the island group. Canary Island residents plan hunger...
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Governments aren’t doing enough to protect the world’s oceans and need to make major commitments at an important conference taking place in Athens, Greece, this week, according to Greenpeace. Messages like “Our Ocean is Not for Sale”, “Ratify the Global Ocean Treaty” and “Stop Deep Sea Mining” were projected at sites around the city including the iconic Acropolis Hill and under the Temple of Poseidon, in Cape Sounio. They were also projected onto the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre where governments will meet this week for a major conference on the challenges our oceans are facing....
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Europe has been heavily dependent on North Sea infrastructure for several decades. Although this mainly includes oil and gas, the North Sea also provides wave and wind energy, fishing opportunities, and hosts a lot of telecommunications infrastructure. Recognising this area's inherent importance, European nations have significantly ramped up North Sea exploration and drilling in the last several years, with a number of projects lined up for the next few years. The UK, the Netherlands, Denmark, Germany and Norway are the five European countries leading this race to make the most of the North Se...
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Farmers protests in Brussels turned violent this week as EU agricultural ministers met to try and quell the ongoing crisis. Months of rallies have taken place across Europe from Finland to Greece, Poland and Ireland. Demonstrations again came to a head in Brusselsthis week when farmers threw beets, sprayed police with manure and set hay alight close to the European Union headquarters. Police used tear gas and water cannons to keep the violence at bay. Farmers set the entryway to a subway station alight and one person was arrested for throwing Molotov cocktails at security personnel. Over half ...
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Second division Osnabrück are the first German club to appeal sanctions over weeks-long fan protests against an external investor for the German Football League (DFL), and won't rule out taking the case to a civil court. The German Football Federation (DFB) fined Osnabrück €20,000 ($21,700) for "unsportsmanlike conduct" by their fans who threw tennis balls and other objects onto the pitch at three home games as part of the protests, leading to interruptions. The protests at many Bundesliga and second tier matches were one reason why the DFL eventually dropped its strategic partner plan. The DF...
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Second division Osnabrück are the first German club to appeal sanctions over weeks-long fan protests against an external investor for the German Football League (DFL), and won't rule out taking the case to a civil court. The German Football Federation (DFB) fined Osnabrück €20,000 ($21,700) for "unsportsmanlike conduct" by their fans who threw tennis balls and other objects onto the pitch at three home games as part of the protests, leading to interruptions. The protests at many Bundesliga and second tier matches were one reason why the DFL eventually dropped its strategic partner plan. The DF...
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Second division Osnabrück are the first German club to appeal sanctions over weeks-long fan protests against an external investor for the German Football League (DFL), and won't rule out taking the case to a civil court. The German Football Federation (DFB) fined Osnabrück €20,000 ($21,700) for "unsportsmanlike conduct" by their fans who threw tennis balls and other objects onto the pitch at three home games as part of the protests, leading to interruptions. The protests at many Bundesliga and second tier matches were one reason why the DFL eventually dropped its strategic partner plan. The DF...
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Piotr Korycki picks up a handful of wheat and watches as the yellow grains run through his fingers. All around him, grain is piled high in a warehouse on his farm north of the Polish capital: hundreds of tons of wheat, rye and corn left over from last year's harvest that he is unable to sell for a profit. With a new harvest on the horizon, he feels pressure to sell what he has to prevent it from going bad. “The situation on our markets is really very, very tough," Korycki said. “And if nothing changes, in a year or two it could become critical.” Korycki’s frustrations have pushed him to help o...
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Monday marked another day of protests at prisons in Spain after a cook was murdered by an inmate in a centre in Catalonia last week. Prison workers are demanding safer working conditions. Despite a deal this Sunday, prison workers in Catalonia have taken to the streets again, putting up barricades and burning tyres at the entrances of detention centres to prevent both the entry and exit of officials and prisoners, as well as food and other services. The aim is to generate tension inside the centres by preventing shift changes, although in some prisons workers were urged to stay overnight to en...
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