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In tears and shock, Poland bids farewell to murdered mayor

Poles will gather on Saturday in the Baltic port city of Gdansk for the funeral of murdered liberal mayor Pawel Adamowicz, whose public stabbing has raised questions about hate speech in politics in the country. Around 3,500 people, including Polish President Andrzej Duda and EU Council...

EU hails Azerbaijan, Armenia FMs meeting in Paris

The EU said Friday the meeting between the Azerbaijani and Armenian foreign ministers sent "a positive signal for progress” in resolving the Upper Karabakh conflict. “[…] most recently in Paris on 16 January 2019, [FMs of both countries] send a positive signal for progress in the...

Germany to limit asylum from Maghreb countries

The German parliament's lower house approved on Friday a contentious law to limit asylum applications from Georgia and three Maghreb countries Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia. Some 509 German lawmakers, mostly from Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative-left coalition government, voted in...

French minister urges tear gas against Yellow Vests

French Interior Minister Christophe Castaner proposed on Friday to allow police to use tear gas to ensure public order in the wake of Yellow Vest protests which have rocked the country since November. In a statement, he argued that more people will be injured when police does not use tear...