In today’s news from the Capitals
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TALLINN
Estonia is “seriously” considering granting Russian opposition leader and Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny asylum in case he is either banished or voluntarily leaves Russia, Estonian Foreign Minister Eva-Maria Liimets said on Tuesday.
The anti-corruption campaigner, who is on hunger strike and whose allies say his life is in danger, is being treated at a prison hospital about 180km east of Moscow, amid reports of mistreatment and deteriorating health. Read more.
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EU PRESIDENCY
Portuguese presidency to give MEPs a new eco-scheme offer in CAP talks. The Portuguese presidency of the EU Council aims to meet the European Parliament halfway by increasing up to 25% the eco-scheme ring-fencing, in a bid to break the deadlock on the green architecture of the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) reform. Read the full story.
A permanent migrant camp in Lipa village near the northern town of Bihać should be completed in the next three months, Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Security Minister Selmo Cikotić said on Wednesday, news agency Hina reported.
Cikotić, together with officials from the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and Austria’s ambassador to BiH, Urlike Hartmann, visited the makeshift tent settlement in Lipa, which is currently catering for several hundred migrants resettled there from Bihać upon demand by local authorities.
Work on equipping the Lipa camp is progressing on schedule and the minister believes that the camp will be able to accommodate about 1,500 people by the summer. They will then be housed in containers instead of tents.
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