Libyan writer arrested over Lockerbie bombing documents
Libyan writer and politician Samir Shegwara has been arrested on national security charges after publishing documents that allegedly link Libya’
Quoting the president of the bloc’s executive branch, the European Union intends to fast-track some of its aid money to Egypt using what is described as an “urgent funding procedure that bypasses parliamentary oversight and other safeguards.”
According to the Associated Press the $1.1 billion intended are part of a larger package of $8 billion in financial assistance that the EU announced on March 17. It is unusual for the EU to sidestep normal “safeguards, but European Parliament elections are due June 6-9 — a timeline that if the checks were implemented, would slow the delivery of that money.”
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