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    Presidential elections in Ukraine

    Rebecca Harms, Co-President of the Greens/EFA group, will go to Ukraine between 5 and 8 February to observe the second round of presidential elections. Harms is the Greens/EFA representative in a delegation of eight MEPs.The second round of the presidential elections is due to take place on 7...
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    Humanitarian Aid Commissioner hearing

    Following the withdrawal of Rumiana Jeleva as the Commissioner-designate for international cooperation, humanitarian aid and crisis response, her replacement Kristalina Georgieva participated this afternoon in a hearing at the EU Parliament development committee.
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    New Entrants Reserve

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    Honduras

    Today the European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee and Central American Delegation held a joint meeting on the subject of Panama and Honduras. Green MEP Raül Romeva, a member of the EP Delegation to Central America, commented:"Today's meeting in the European Parliament represents a clear ma...
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    Illicit tobacco trade

    Today Belgian Green MEP Bart Staes hosts a conference on the illegal tobacco trade (1), ahead of a crucial UN meeting in March (2) that could secure a binding international agreement to combat this huge worldwide problem. Illicit tobacco is estimated to represent 12% of the global market.Calling on...
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    Russia - human rights

    Following the arrest of Lyudmila Alexeyeva on New Year's Day, Oleg Orlov - a fellow laureate of last year's EU parliament Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, was yesterday arrested and detained. Finnish Green MEP Heidi Hautala, Chair of the EU Parliament human rights subcommittee, said:"The arres...
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    Kosovo

    Ahead of this week's European Commission Delegation visit to Kosovo, Austrian Green MEP Ulrike Lunacek – European Parliament Kosovo Rapporteur and a Greens/EFA Group spokesperson on foreign affairs – commented:"The EU Commission delegation visit to Kosovo represents the first concrete step in t...
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    EU-Russia

    On the occasion of the 12th meeting of the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee, Werner Schulz- Greens-EFA MEP and Vice-Chair of the EUDelegation - commented:"The best we can say about this meeting is that it took place at all. Unfortunately the two Delegations could not find a compromise ...
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    EU-US SWIFT bank data agreement

    An interim EU agreement to supply data from SWIFT bank transfers to the US authorities is due to come into effect on 1 February. The European Parliament, which has a co-legislative role on this issue, is expected to vote on 8 or 9 February at its plenary session in Strasbourg. Following today's EU P...
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    UN climate talks

    The EU today decided on the emissions reduction target it will submit to the UN Convention on Climate Change as specified under the Copenhagen Accord - a 20/30% reduction by 2020 from 1990 levels. The European Greens have already submitted an alternative target of 40% to the UNFCCC on behalf of the...