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The FINANCIAL -- The Council has discussed current relations with the six Eastern Partnership countries – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine – at a meeting on 14 November.

The FINANCIAL -- Presidential elections took place in the Republic of Moldova on 30 October and 13 November 2016.

The FINANCIAL -- In 2015, 2.6 million first residence permits were issued in the European Union (EU) to non-EU citizens, a record number since the data collection began (2008) and up by 12.1% compared with 2014.

The FINANCIAL -- In the European Union (EU), nearly 8 million persons were employed in 2015 as Information and Communication Technology (ICT) specialists, representing 3.5% of total employment. Over recent years, both the number and the share of ICT specialists in total

The FINANCIAL -- The European Union will help Belarus to better monitor air emissions and ensure efficient environmental management. The respective agreement worth EUR 14.5 million was signed yesterday between the EU Delegation to Belarus and the country’s Natural Resources and Environmental

The FINANCIAL -- The European Commission has released €40 million in emergency humanitarian assistance to South Sudan.

The FINANCIAL -- Freedom of expression, freedom of assembly and association were the focus of two training sessions for lawyers and judges held in the Azerbaijani capital Baku last week. The event gathered 32 members of the country’s Collegium of Advocates and

The FINANCIAL -- "The grief and the shock of Pope Francis at the killing of father Jacques Hamel is the grief and the shock of us all. I convey my solidarity and condolences to the families of the victims, to France and

The FINANCIAL -- Are you an Azerbaijani citizen between 18 and 25 years old, fluent in English and interested in international and EU affairs, international trade, education, or energy? If so, the EU Delegation to Azerbaijan and the EU OPEN Neighbourhood Programme

The FINANCIAL -- PwC’s latest IPO Watch predicts European IPO proceeds are unlikely to exceed €25bn by the end of 2016 (less than half of 2015when €57.4bn was raised) following the UK’s vote to leave the EU, however, an uptick in activity