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FILED - 09 December 2021, Belgium, Brussels: High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell and German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock hold a joint press conference after their meeting. Any provocation or aggression against Ukraine would have serious consequences, Borrell said in a message to Moscow ahead of a meeting with Ukrainian officials on Wednesday. Photo: Kay Nietfeld/dpa.

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WAR IN UKRAINE

EU announces further €500 million to buy weapons for Ukraine

The Nomad Today/dpa 5/13/22

The announcement brings the EU's total financial assistance to Ukraine to €2 billion

06 April 2022, France, Strasbourg: President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen speaks during a plenary session of the European Parliament. Photo: Philipp von Ditfurth/dpa.

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WAR IN UKRAINE

EU's von der Leyen and Borrell head to Kiev by train

The Nomad Today/dpa 4/8/22

In response to the murder of hundreds of civilians in Bucha, von der Leyen on Wednesday proposed a fifth sanctions package targeting Russian coal, wood and vodka

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TENSIONS

Borrell warns Russia of consequences for Ukraine provocations

The Nomad Today/dpa 1/5/22

Borrell's efforts are part of an international push to calm a brewing crisis at the Ukrainian border

FILED - 25 January 2021, Belgium, Brussels: European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell speaks during a press conference following an EU Foreign Ministers meeting at the EU headquarters. Borrell is due in Moscow on Friday just days after the jailing of prominent Russian dissident Alexei Navalny that provoked an international uproar. Photo: Zucchi-Enzo/EU Council/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only in connection with the latest coverage about (the transmission/the film/the auction/the exhibition/the book) and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full

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AFGHANISTAN

Taliban won the war so we must speak to them, top EU diplomat says

The Nomad Today/dpa 8/17/21

EU countries have so far granted almost 400 visas for people working with the bloc's delegation in Afghanistan plus family members

FILED - Participants of a bicycle rally of this year's Christopher Street Day (CSD) cycle through the city of Cologne with a rainbow flag. Instead of a large parade, which fell victim to the Corona pandemic, lesbians, gays and transsexuals marched through the streets in a bicycle demonstration during Corona Year to protest for their cause. Photo: Roberto Pfeil/dpa

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DISCRIMINATION

EU: Pandemic has increased violence against LGBTI people

The Nomad Today/dpa 5/17/21

The International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia is observed every year on 17 May.

HANDOUT - 05 February 2021, Russia, Moscow: European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell (L) welcomed by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov ahead of their meeting. The European Union's highest-ranking diplomat Josep Borrell has repeated the bloc's call for Russia to release anti-corruption campaigner Alexei Navalny. Photo: Vasily Maximov/European Commission/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full.

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POISONING

Russia expels EU diplomats for Navalny protests as top envoy visits

The Nomad Today/dpa 2/5/21

Moscow, which has repeatedly accused the European Union of interfering in its internal affairs, declared the three diplomats "undesirables" and told them to leave the country immediately.

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