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EU commits additional 7 million euros to support UNICEF in Iraq

A family carries humanitarian supplies on a donkey cart away from a distribution point in eastern Mosul, Iraq.

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Volunteering: your next New Year's resolution?

With 2017 just around the corner, it's time to start thinking about New Year's resolutions. One option could be to volunteer. Since 1996 the European Voluntary Service has enabled some 100,000 young people to volunteer in projects in and outside...

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As winter blows in across Lebanon, refugees struggle

As strong winds buffeted their tent and rain turned the surrounding land in this highland valley to mud, Syrian refugee Mohammed’s wife went into labour.

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Restrictions to fundamental freedoms, political rights, media and civil society in Russia challenge democratic commitments, says OSCE/ODIHR report on State Duma elections

The final report by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on the 18 September 2016 State Duma elections in the Russian Federation recommends that national legislation concerning the freedoms of association, assembly and...

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