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World No Tobacco Day 2017 : Europe United Race Against Tobacco

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On 31 May 2017 ENSP and ERS held a successful celebration of World No Tobacco Day on in the Press Club Europe, Brussels from 09:00-12:00. This high-level meeting on tobacco control set a strong focus on the WHO World No Tobacco Day Theme 2017: Tobacco – A threat to development. The event launches the Europe United Race Against Tobacco. The event gathered responsible partners in tobacco control ...
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CPJ panel on emerging threats to journalists

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On the 28th of April 2017, the CPJ held a panel at the Brussels Press Club on emerging threats to journalists. Rising populism in the U.S. and Europe, amid concerns over terrorism and migration, pose risks to press freedom in the West and beyond. Join the Committee to Protect Journalists for a look at the challenges journalists face in the changing environment for media in the U.S. and Europe, ...
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First World Congress for North Korean Defectors

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The North Korean defectors in Europe, organised by the EUFreeNK and the INKAHRD, held the first World Congress for North Korean Defectors to address the crimes against humanity comitted by the Kim Jung Un regime. This event was hosted at the Press Club Brussels Europe on Tuesday 25th of April 2017. It's been three years since the UN's Commission of Inquiry produced the report concluding that th...
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Point presse du Conseiller Fédéral de la Confédération Helvétique Didier Burkhalter

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Point presse du Conseiller fédéral Didier Burkhalter avec les Médias suisses à l'occasion de sa participation à Bruxelles à la conférence sur l’avenir de la Syrie Le Mecredi 5 avril 2017, le conseiller fédéral Didier Burkhalter a fait un point presse à l'occasion de la conférence internationale sur la Syrie. Cette rencontre de haut niveau organisée à Bruxelles vise à appuyer un règlement...
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Civico Europa’s appeal to Rome summit “The European way for a better future”

Posted on by Laurent Brihay
On monday 20th of march, Civico Europa launched a report in the run-up to next week’s Rome Summit, presenting ambitious recommendations for Europe’s future. At this ‘Make-or-Break’ moment for the Union, citizens & civil society from across the continent have united in a new, civic Movement : Civico Europa. Background: After meeting Heads of States and Governments, as well as Presiden...
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Debate on the future of trade policy in Asia under Trump

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On the 15th of March, Eu Asia Center organised a panel-discusion on "The future of trade Policy in Asia under Trump" Background : As President Trump withdraws the US from the TPP, seen by Obama as the centre of the US pivot to Asia, what does this mean for trade policy in Asia? Is there an opportunity for the EU to play a leadership role? Could the TPP be saved under Japan-Australia leadership? C...
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Conference Debate The Euro is 18 – Time to Grow Up

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The Union of European Federalists organised on Wednesday 8 March a Conference debate "THE EURO IS 18 - TIME TO GROW UP!" - How to unshelve plans and regain consensus for an economic and fiscal union. Faced with many new challenges, Europe seems to have forgotten  that only a few years ago the euro was on the verge of collapse. Managing increased immigration, Brexit, political instability in Eur...
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Press briefing of the Secretary General of Muslim World League Dr. Mohammad Bin Abdul Karim Al-Issa

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Secretary General of Muslim World League Dr. Mohammad Bin Abdul Karim Al-Issa addressed journalists in the Press Club Brussels Europe on March 6 after meetings with parliamentarians, EU officials and Belgian representatives. Karim Al-Issa, who has also served as a former law minister of Saudi Arabia condemned and refuted international media reports blaming Saudi Arabia for financing and promoti...
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