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In Fight for Votes, Moldovan Parties Fail Marginalised Groups

The rights of women, Roma, people with disabilities and the LGBT community barely feature in Moldova’s July 11 election. Where Moldova’s pro-European Action and Solidarity Party, PAS, devotes an entire chapter of its 45-page election manifesto to the rights of women, its chief rival in this month’s election, the pro-Russian …

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A Global US Can’t Avoid Confronting China and Russia

Forget talk about ‘re-sets’ in relations; the US is on collision course with two implacable adversaries that are bent on testing its leadership and resolve. The US is on a collision course with China and Russia over both ideology and influence. As a liberal democracy, the US system of government …

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Ausverkauf der Identität

Stefan Löfven und die schwedischen Sozialdemokraten retten sich erneut an die Macht. Aber ist es den Preis wert? Schweden hat wieder einen Ministerpräsidenten. Und dass der neue auch der alte ist, gibt jenen Recht, die den Sozialdemokraten Stefan Löfven mit der sprichwörtlichen Katze vergleichen: Die hat in Schweden nicht nur …

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Greek Consulate in Benghazi opened

A Greek delegation headed by the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for Economic Affairs, Kostas Fragogiannis, accompanied by the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Economic Affairs, a member of the Greek Parliament, the Greek Ambassador to Libya and the Greek Consul in Benghazi visited Benghazi Municipality, where …

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Italy opens its consulate in Benghazi – Consul meets Hafter

Italian Consul Carlo Batori finally arrived in Benghazi yesterday to reopen the Italian Consulate in the city. Officially, his arrival was a very low-profile affair. The Italian embassy in Tripoli has made no official announcement. Instead, it was left to the General Command of the Libyan National Army (LNA) to …

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