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European Union
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China and Russia block Antarctic protection
China and Russia are expected to block plans for protecting the seas around the Antarctic from over-fishing.
FFS explains: Rwanda flights and European Court of Human Rights
Ferret Fact Service looks at how the European Court of Human Rights intervened to stop the first asylum seeker flight to Rwanda.
Scottish Government ‘breaking promise’ on EU dead fish dumping rules
Scottish ministers have been accused of breaking their promise to uphold European environmental rules by “legalising” the dumping of dead fish at sea.
Claim there’s a deadline for European Health Insurance Cards is False
Ferret Fact Service looks into a claim about the European Health Insurance Card after Brexit.
FFS explains: Refugees, migration and channel crossing
Ferret Fact Service looks at some of the questions around refugees, migration and channel crossing.
Oil industry lobbied senior EU officials 568 times
Top-level officials from the European Commission have held 568 meetings with big oil lobbyists since 2015, according to a new study.
Revealed: Scotland’s new environmental watchdog to investigate air pollution
Air pollution will be the subject of a Scotland-wide investigation – the first to be carried out by the country's new environmental watchdog, The Ferret can reveal.
FFS explains: Scottish independence, the EU and a ‘hard border’
Ferret Fact Service looks at UK-EU trade and what the implications would be for the border between England and an independent Scotland.
Marks and Spencer to up welfare checks on migrant farm workers after rights fears
A major UK supermarket has pledged to interview migrant agricultural workers on a Scottish fruit farm following claims of unfair working practices.
