Another Mexican Reporter Gunned Down In Deadly Year For Local Media
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The EU proposal came under fire from countries in favour of a gas price cap to reduce citizens' high energy bills - with Poland's energy minister calling the proposal "a joke" and analysts suggesting it was designed with such strict criteria that it would never be used.
After months of infighting among EU countries who disagree on whether to cap energy costs, the European Commission last week proposed a price cap that would kick in if the front-month Title Transfer Facility gas price exceeded 275 euros per megawatt-hour for two weeks and was 58 euros higher than a liquefied natural gas reference price for 10 days.
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MEXICO CITY, Nov 22 (Reuters) - A part-time Mexican journalist was shot dead in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz, SKOPELOS ATHENS TAXI home turf for several violent drug gangs, adding to the death toll for the bloodiest year to date for local media workers.
(Reporting by Adriana Barrera and Lizbeth Diaz; Writing by Valentine Hilaire; Editing by David Alire Garcia and Leslie Adler) The group has documented 18 killings and 331 attacks against local journalists in the first eight months of the year.
EU gas prices have soared this year as Russia slashed gas deliveries to Europe following its invasion of Ukraine, VOLOS PATRAS TRANSFER although even a record-breaking price spike in August would not have triggered the EU's proposed cap.
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) - Ethnically divided Cyprus ranks first among European Union member nations in the number of migrants it repatriates relative to its population of just over a million people, the country's interior SKIATHOS THESSALONIKI TAXI minister said Thursday.
But gas price caps have split the 27-country bloc.
While Italy, Spain, Belgium, Malta and Greece criticised the proposed cap for being too high or unlikely to ever kick in, countries including Germany and the Netherlands are sceptical of capping gas prices - warning that this could deter suppliers from sending much-needed gas to Europe.
Applications for asylum in the Mediterranean island VOLOS IGOUMENITSA TRANSFER nation rose to 18,345 between January and October of this year, Nouris said, adding that the number of people with pending asylum claims or already granted a more limited protection status together is equal to more than 6% of Cyprus´ population.
BRUSSELS, VOLOS LARISSA TRANSFER Nov 30 (Reuters) - The European Union's energy chief on Wednesday defended the bloc's proposal to cap gas prices and said countries will negotiate possible changes to the proposal, VOLOS LARISA KTEL after a backlash from EU member states.
Migrant returns are facilitated through a newly established office that coordinates between different state ministries and agencies including the Asylum Service, SKIATHOS THESSALONIKI TAXI police and VOLOS LARISA KTEL the European border agency Frontex.
Nouris said some 95% of all asylum-seekers enter from the breakaway Turkish Cypriot north and cross a United Nations-controlled buffer zone to apply in the south, where the island nation's internationally recognized government is seated.
The minister told a meeting in Nicosia of the European Commission´s High-Level Network on Returns that Cypriot authorities overcame "bureaucratic procedures" and signed agreements with countries including India, Bangladesh, CRUISES VOLOS TAXI Pakistan and VOLOS IGOUMENITSA TRANSFER Vietnam that have enabled so many repatriations.
