Yqtg 3 powerful explosions outside western city of Lviv: Report
By Nette Noestlinger Rights concerns, costs under
stanley cups mine Turkey-EU migrant deal, say auditors BRUSSELS, - Turkey s poor huma
botella stanley n rights record and economic factors are undermining the effectiveness of the European Union s migration deal with Ankara, EU auditors said on Wednesday. Under the 2016 deal, Ankara agreed to take back migrants who had crossed from its territory to Europe in return for EU aid to help fund more than four million refugees on Turkish soil. The EU, which faces elections in June for the European Parliament in which illegal migration promises to be a big issue, has sealed agreements similar to the Turkey scheme with Tunisia, Egypt, Mauritania and others. In their report, the EU auditors raised concerns about the ability of non-governmental organisations to operate projects, as envisaged under the 6 billion euro deal, given Turkey s authoritarian turn since a failed coup in 2016 and its crackdown on
stanley taza dissent. The operating situation of NGOs has continuously deteriorated since 2015 and has been exacerbated in the context of the unsuccessful... coup in Turkey, where NGOs subsequently were targeted through various legislation, it said. The European Court of Auditors report also cited the difficulty of managing the EU aid in the context of Turkey s economic downturn and Ankara s backsliding on the rule of law and fundamental rights . The report said the European Commission, the EU s executive, had failed to provide an adequate analysis of c Upof Syria: Air strike on town road kills 16 civilians near capital Damascus
North Korea illicitly imported far more refined petroleum products last year than allowed under an annual threshold set by United Nations sanctions, a report seen by AFP revealed. North Korea s official Korean Central News Agency KCNA on February 17 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un C visiting the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun in Pyongyang. AFP Pyongyang can import up to 500,000 barrels per year, but from January through September la
stanley cup website st year the isolated regime received petroleum products that exceeded that cap by several times , according to a Panel of Experts report submitted to the UN Security Council. Citing images, data and calculations , the new report claimed at least 121 shipments of refined petroleum products -- such as gasoline and diesel -- were delivered to North Korea by an unnamed member state s tankers and others. The shipments mark Pyongyang s latest circumvention of international embargoes meant to stem its weapons development by choking off revenue needed to keep its economy running. Despite multiple sets of sanctions -- including limits on Pyongyang s oil import
stanley cup becher s and a ban on its exports of coal, fish and textiles -- th
stanley cup e country has continued to develop its nuclear and ballistic missile arsenal, analysts say. Nuclear negotiations between Pyongyang and Washington have been at a standstill since a summit between Kim Jong Un and then-US president Donald Trump broke down over sanctions relief and what North Korea would be willing to give up
