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41st
Congress of the Nonviolent Radical Party,
Transnational and Transparty (NRPTT) will be held
in Rome from 5 to 7 July 2019 at Auditorium
Antonianum (viale Manzoni 1) beginning on Friday
5th July at 11 am.
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On
May 21st Roberto Giachetti, PD deputy, suspended
his thirst strike for the life of Radio Radicale
started at midnight on Thursday May 16th and he is
continuing the nonviolent initiative with the
hunger strike. Maurizio Bolognetti, who had
suspended his hunger strike after 78 days on May
16, resumed the non-violent initiative on May
24.
294
citizens are participating in the non-violent
initiative with a few days of hunger strike for
the life of Radio Radicale.
Here the form to join
the hunger strike and the complete
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On
30 May 2019 the African Continental Free Trade
Area (AfCFTA) come into force on the
22nd ratification. The agreement aims to
increase trade between African states and to
accelerate the progress of regional and
continental integration by creating the largest
free area trade in the world, both in terms of the
number of countries involved (52 countries have
signed the agreement) and by
extension.
According to the
Un Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), if
all 55 African countries join a free trade area,
it will be the world’s largest by number of
countries, covering more than 1.2 billion people
and a combined GDP of $2.5 trillion. The ECA adds
that intra-African trade is likely to increase by
52.3% by 2020 under the AfCFTA.
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New
Hampshire has became the 21st US state to abolish
the death penalty: the state senate voted to
override the governor’s veto.
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Syria.
Over the past week, airstrikes, shelling and
ground fighting intensified across the de-
militarized zone in northwest Syria, exacerbating
the impact of the conflict on civilians, civilian
infrastructure, and humanitarian service provision
in northern Hama, southern Idleb, and western
Aleppo governorates. According the United Nations
Office for the Coordination of
Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), almost 270,000
displacements from northern Hama and southern
Idleb governatores were recorded between 1 and 22
may. Ursula Mueller, Assistant Secretary-General
for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency
Relief Coordinator, told the Security Council
“Idlib is the last example of an entirely known,
predictable, and preventable humanitarian
disaster”.
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European
Ombudsman has published the Annual Report for
2018.
The office has seen a strong increase in
complaints from citizens, civil society,
businesses and media. This year was notable “for
the use of one of the Ombudsman’s infrequently
used powers”: that of submitting a Special Report
to the European Parliament which concerning the
accountability of the Council of the European
Union. “As the public has a right to know how
their governments contribute to the making of EU
legislation”, European Ombudsman asked
the European Parliament to support its proposals
to improve legislative transparency in the
Council.
17.996 people helped by the European
Ombudsman in 2018.
The highest number of
complaints registered by the European Ombudsman in
2018 came from Spain (393), followed by
Germany (186), the United Kingdom (186), Poland
(179), Belgium (174), France (132) and Italy
(116).
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