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Maltese Falcon Poachers: European hunters endanger Egypt’s birds (news.mongabay.com)
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Hungary plans to withdraw from International Criminal Court as Netanyahu arrives despite warrant (apnews.com)
 

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27729062

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary said Thursday it will begin the procedure of withdrawing from the world’s only permanent global tribunal for war crimes and genocide.

“Hungary will withdraw from the International Criminal Court,” Gergely Gulyás, who is Prime Minister Viktor Orbán chief of staff wrote in a brief statement. “The government will initiate the withdrawal procedure on Thursday, in accordance with the constitutional and international legal framework.”

The announcement came as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in the Hungarian capital, Budapest, despite an international arrest warrant against him over his conduct of the war in the Gaza Strip.

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EU Commission gives green light to reopen hunting season for Turtle-dove (www.birdlife.org)
 

The European Commission has announced EU countries may re-open the hunting season for the European Turtle-dove (Streptopelia turtur) in parts of Western Europe if they choose to do so. The reopening follows a three-year hunting pause despite the species’ ongoing decline and weak enforcement of hunting law

Hunting of iconic species paused since autumn 2021 will continue pushing species to brink

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Chevron to begin hydrocarbon drilling in 2026 in Greece (www.ekathimerini.com)
submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by solo@slrpnk.net to c/europe@feddit.org
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US energy giant Chevron is set to launch its first exploratory drilling for hydrocarbons south of Crete in 2026, Environment and Energy Minister Stavros Papastavrou said on Monday.

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Over 300 Gaza children killed by Israel in 10 days (www.newarab.com)
 

UNICEF revealed an average of around 100 children have been killed or maimed over the past 10 days as Israel broke the Gaza ceasefire.

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Israel’s Genocide Has Reportedly Killed More Journalists Than WWI and WWII Combined (truthout.org)
 

At least 232 journalists have been killed amid the genocide, a new Costs of War report finds.

The paper: News Graveyards: How Dangers to War Reporters Endanger the World

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Czech MEP Appointed to Climate Role While Paid £10k a Month as Car Consultant (www.desmog.com)
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Israel bombs Lebanon’s Beirut again, testing fragile truce with Hezbollah (www.aljazeera.com)
 

Lebanese officials say the attack on Dahiyeh killed at least three people and wounded seven others.

“After the water”: fighting the mud and invisible wounds. in c/europe@feddit.org
[–] solo@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 days ago

That's a very interesting site. Thanks for sharing!

Finland's president says he has heard no serious US talk about NATO withdrawal in c/europe@feddit.org
EU plans to strengthen police powers to tackle foreign threats in c/europe@feddit.org
[–] solo@slrpnk.net 3 points 3 days ago

I have the impression that this could be the press release of this EU draft/document:

EU Preparedness Union Strategy to prevent and react to emerging threats and crises

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Five dead, four injured in Spanish coal mine accident (www.reuters.com)
 

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Marine Le Pen found guilty in EU funding embezzlement case in c/europe@feddit.org
[–] solo@slrpnk.net 13 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Le Pen has also been given a €100,000 (£82,635) fine.

Only? I thought that the European parliament estimated the embezzled funds amounted to about €7m.

Or according to this article:

saw the embezzlement of €2.9m worth of European funds.

Work and money worry young people more than culture wars or climate, UK poll finds in c/europe@feddit.org
[–] solo@slrpnk.net 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

what can we influence?

Everything and I think it's a process. We influence what we can in all scales, large, small, etc. The more we do this, the more we evolve and the better we get at it. And there is room for all sort of approaches. I mean, we get better at it regardless of a specific approach. Something like that.

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Meloni tries to save Albania migration centres, again (www.euractiv.com)
 

The new decree will now allow the transfer of migrants with a return decision already in Italy to the Albania centres.

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EU Secretly Shields Banks from Accountability—Here's How (www.socialeurope.eu)
 

Powerful lobbying has quietly exempted finance from an EU sustainability law, risking Europe's environmental and human rights commitments.

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Work and money worry young people more than culture wars or climate, UK poll finds (www.theguardian.com)
 

Class, education and gender found to influence difference in views but anxiety about finances was a common theme

Giorgia Meloni rejects ‘childish’ choice between Trump and Europe in c/europe@feddit.org
[–] solo@slrpnk.net 31 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

This article a typical example of how mainstream media normalises contemporary fascist leaders.

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