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Europe: Belarus to Bashkortostan

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Indigenous communities and the mental health impacts of land dispossession related to industrial resource development: a systematic review
Slovakia risks succumbing to Russian disinformation, president warns

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Belgium to probe pro-Ukraine militia using its guns inside Russia, PM says
Faroe Islands Restricts Russian Fishing Vessels on Spying Accusations
Edgars Rinkevics is elected President of the Republic of Latvia

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1523 June 6: National Day of Sweden
1944 June 6: D-Day/Normandy landings
Whose decision is it anyway? Romani women as leaders and decision makers
CLOs: Luxembourg as the new jurisdiction of choice?
Driver in Finland fined €121,000 for speeding
Biden praises Denmark for ‘standing up’ for Ukraine in war with Russia
Pope returns to Vatican after hospital check-up
EU member Slovenia overwhelmingly defeats Moscow ally Belarus for a seat on the UN Security Council
US blocks assets of Russia-linked agents involved in conspiracy against Moldova
Bulgaria’s parliament endorses new government with rotating PM
Bulgaria’s New PM Prioritises Schengen and Eurozone Entrance
Belarus’ Sabalenka defeats Ukraine’s Svitolina to reach French Open semis, comes out against war

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1905 June 7, Norway: Independence Day/Union Dissolution Day
Can EU integration break the ice in Moldova’s frozen conflict?
Moldova needs an energy overhaul

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Occupiers abducted at least 18 Crimean Tatars on peninsula in past three months

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A soldier’s hidden identity shines a light on troubled history of Crimea’s Tatars
Cyprus labors to shield reputation amid new US, UK action on Russian ‘sanctions evasion network’
Chinese-Built Armored Trucks Make Appearance in Chechnya
Perspectives: Commemorating the Circassian Genocide in Georgia
Obstacles to Russian decolonisation

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Channel Islands build partnerships with France
Serbia: Mass protests demand resignations and social change

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Minister of Foreign Affairs of Liechtenstein Dominique Hasler Visits Georgia
Switzerland: UBS completes Credit Suisse takeover
Iceland Suspends Embassy Operations in Moscow
The “Europe Now” movement wins the Elections in Montenegro
UK immigration: Little evidence Albanians at risk and need asylum
Moldova Needs Western Weapons
Why Russian-Backed Separatists Welcome Ukrainian Refugees
As Anti-War Russians Flock to Georgia, Tbilisi Warms to Moscow
Chechen–British man ‘detained and tortured’ in Chechnya

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Sami turn down participation in Lapland wind power survey
EIT launches IT hub to boost innovation in North Macedonia
Cyprus calls for EU support against Erdoğan
Erdoğan demands international recognition of northern Cyprus

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1940 June 14: Soviets shoot down Finnish commercial airliner Kaleva returning from Tallinn to Helsinki
1941 June 14: Soviet Mass Deportations from Baltic States:
Western Appeasement of Serbia Repeats Policy Mistakes Regarding Russia
Russian nuclear weapons ‘in hands of Belarus dictator’, warns opposition leader
US blocks delivery of HIMARS to Hungary for delaying Sweden’s Nato membership
Romania’s new government will struggle to deliver its promised economic miracle
Binance Set to Leave Cyprus Ahead of MiCA Legislation

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Roma facing environmental racism in a time of climate catastrophe
Luxembourg approves program to give NATO O3b mPower access
Europe’s least child-friendly country? There’s no contest
Faroe Islands resumes controversial dolphin hunt
Documentary series about Channel Islands set to air
Unrest threatens Kosovo Serbs’ ‘Last Bastion’
Slovakia’s technocrat government loses mandatory confidence vote, to stay till September snap vote
Woman Fleeing Domestic Violence Missing After Being Forcibly Returned To Chechnya

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1904 June 16: Bloomsday
Romani Gypsy calls for plaques around Cheshire to mark generations of heritage
Binance to quit Netherlands after failing to register
Canada to bolster Latvian NATO deployment with 15 Leopard 2 tanks

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1944 June 17: Icelandic National Day
1953 June 17: Uprising of 1953 in East Germany
LGBTQ: Inside Wales’ first Ballroom community

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2006 June 18: Catalan Statute of Autonomy referendum
Switzerland backs net-zero climate law in referendum
Austrians Say They Foiled Possible Attack on Vienna’s Pride Parade
Paris joins celebration of Irish language’s renaissance as it marks 50 years in EU
Petteri Orpo to be Finland’s new prime minister
Azerbaijani president meets head of Russia’s Tatarstan region in Karabakh

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Behind the Cornish language revival and the people who speak Kernewek
A week with the worst international football team in the world
Moldovan court bans pro-Russian party Sor
Slovakia adds right to cash payments in constitution over digital euro fears

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June 20: World Refugee Day
Belgium’s police raids on Romani travellers deemed discriminatory by European committee
Estonia becomes first ex-Soviet state to legalize same-sex marriage
Latvia and Estonia Agree to Joint Acquisition of IRIS-T Air Defense Systems
Norway eyes a new future in the abyss
The orcas causing boat attacks in the Strait of Gibraltar
Slovak president unnerves western allies by deciding against re-election bid
War of words over Ukrainian POWs handed to Hungary
Andrew Tate Is Charged With Rape and Human Trafficking in Romania
Russia-Installed Police In Crimea Detain Two Crimean Tatar Brothers
Zazuka’s pop-folk meshes the melodies of Circassian culture
Dan Talks with Peter Walsh, Author & Circassian Historian

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1792 June 21: Iolo Morganwg founds Gorsedd of Wales
Is Iceland banning whaling? Animal rights groups ‘thrilled’ to see summer season suspended
South Africa, Netherlands and Denmark team up on $1bln green hydrogen fund

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Swiss central bank urges review of ‘too big to fail’ bank safeguards after Credit Suisse debacle
Faroe Islands postal service issues NFT-embedded stamps
From emerging nation to dark horse: why are The Faroe Islands a team to watch at Germany/Greece 2023
Ten-year deal for a ‘lifeline’ Channel Islands freight service
“Je’vida”, a Story about Skolt Sámi Woman’s Assimilation and Finding Hope
Grief shrouds remote Pakistan mountain village after Greece migrant boat tragedy
War in Ukraine Has Changed Circassian Movement, and Moscow Is Worried
Wealthiest Arctic region boosts support for infamous war battalion

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Malta govt backs down on abortion bill after protests

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Nazarov: Belarus is a number one partner for Bashkortostan

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Lithuania Urges Beefed-Up NATO if Wagner’s Prigozhin in Belarus
Cyprus thwarts Iranian attack targeting Jews and Israelis — reports

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1917 June 26: Crimean Tatar National Flag Day
Germany to station 4,000 troops in Lithuania
Denmark to start the training of Ukrainian pilots on F-16s
Erdogan tells NATO chief Sweden must stop Kurdish protests
Serbia frees Kosovo police officers but tensions persist
Overtourism: Basque locals lament ‘disastrous’ impact of Game of Thrones fame
Opinion | The Ingush are leaving Russia
Russia’s disintegration – it can happen sooner than you think

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A company in Liechtenstein says it has come up with a unique way to buy art
Switzerland says country a hotbed for Russian, Chinese spies
Finland to ban mobile phones in schools
Spanish swimming pools in Catalonia told not to ban topless bathing

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Lithuania buys NASAMS air defence for Ukraine
Norway approves more than $18 billion in oil, gas investments
Iraqi man fills a Koran with bacon and burns it outside a Stockholm mosque
The last Brexit deal? Gibraltar fears a hard border with Spain
Belarus leader welcomes Wagner boss Prigozhin into exile
Crimean Tatars in the Vortex of War: a Decisive Moment for the Nation
Fatal clashes in Nagorno-Karabakh as Armenia-Azerbaijan peace talks begin in DC
Armenian soldiers killed by Azerbaijani forces in Nagorno-Karabakh
Russians abduct children from occupied parts of Zaporizhzhia to Chuvashia – National Resistance Center

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Corsican government unveils main bases of Statute of Autonomy proposal
Latvia, Lithuania & Poland concerned about risk of Wagner ‘serial killers’ in neighbouring Belarus
Putin receives rockstar welcome in Dagestan after quelled mutiny
Second Russian Forum-Festival ‘The Arctic. The Ice Has Broken’ Held in Murmansk

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Austria Seizes Weapons Cache in Raids on Right-Wing Biker Gang
Netherlands unveils chip tool export curbs in fresh blow to China
Latvia: Support for those fleeing Ukraine extended to end of 2023
Regional security ‘deteriorating’, says Lithuania’s president
EU leaders fail to resolve migration dispute with Poland and Hungary
US State Department Greenlights F-35 Sale for Czech Republic

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Dutch king apologizes for Netherlands’ historic role in slavery
‘This is a different world’: What to know about Channel Islands National Park
Finland’s economy minister resigns after 10 days over Nazi references

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Max Verstappen dominates in Austria to win fifth consecutive Grand Prix
White House: Biden to travel to Britain, Lithuania, Finland from July 9

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Fed up with UK and Scotland, Orkney Islands look to Norway
Next-generation mobile lands on Channel Islands with Jersey Telecom
Scotland’s iconic Orkney Islands considering quitting Britain to become part of Norway
UK’s first lithium mine set for Cornwall
Russian chief prosecutor found dead in river but ‘didn’t drown’ in latest mystery death hitting Putin’s cronies

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Bill Clinton gets Albanian public gratitude medal, wants end to Kosovo ‘nonsense’
Catalonia: Independence referendum leaders in exile: a timeline

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July 5th: Tynwald Day, Manx National Day
Flanders’ plans for mandatory migrant Dutch language classes may fall through
Hundreds of quakes in Iceland spur volcano warning
The Scottish independence events and protests to attend this year
New production demonstrates the scale and reach of early Welsh language
Scotland marks coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla with day of pageantry
MEPs urge EU to sanction secessionist Bosnian Serb leader
Prominent Russian journalist ‘severely beaten’ in attack in Chechnya

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1253 July 6: Crowning of King Mindaugas – Day of Statehood in Lithuania
Netherlands to return treasures to Indonesia and Sri Lanka
Tynwald Day 2023: Isle of Man celebrates national day
Zelensky visits Bulgaria, Czech Republic to bolster Ukraine’s NATO bid
Kremlin Slams Zelensky’s Bulgaria Visit, Says Kyiv Broadening Conflict

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Strategies for Irish language and Ulster-Scots due within year

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3d Week of July: Captive Nations Week
1995 July 11: Srebrenica Massacre
1789 July 14: Bastille Day, French National Day
1992 July 17: Slovak National Council’s Declaration of Independence of the Slovak Nation
1953 July 19: Vorkuta uprising
1831 July 21: Belgian National Day
July 25: Día Nacional de Galicia
July 30: World Day Against Trafficking in Persons
1291 August 1: Swiss National Day
1944 August 2: European Holocaust Memorial Day for Sinti and Roma
August 9: International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples