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<p>Promotion of active European citizenship - Support for European NGOs - possible funding opportunity for LGBT organisations</p>

<p>EU leaders finally agreed to open membership negotiations with Turkey. Please find below a statement by the Turkish LGBT organisation and their report on the LGBT situation in Turkey.</p>

<p>On 30 September, around 50 people gathered on the Europe Square in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius to protest against possible gay pride march and ‘spread’ of homosexuality in Lithuania. All major Christian denominations expressed their support for this demonstration.</p>

<p>MDAC successfully challenges Russian state denial of employment on basis of homosexuality classified as “mental disorder” </p>

<p>Latvia’s First Party, popularly known as the Preachers’ Party, which initiated and actively conducted hysterical homophobic campaign against the first LGBT Pride March in Latvia last July, prepared a proposal to amend the Latvian Constitution and to ban same-sex marriage. </p>

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