We welcome the EU Council's adoption of a new sanctions regime against Russia.
The new framework is part of a broader EU policy to support those who dare to speak out against Russia's brutal war of aggression in Ukraine and the related disinformation spread by the Russian regime.
It includes designations of persons involved in human rights abuses and denial of the repressive apparatus goods and technologies that can be misused for internal repression.
130,000 war crimes. Millions of lives ruined. The world has seen so many horrible things done by Russian soldiers. Now, it's time for justice. The First Global Peace Summit, organized by Ukraine and Switzerland, will take place in Bürgenstock on June 15 and 16. This is where all democratic leaders will gather to restore world order and finally bring peace to the world. The aggressor must pay for all the damage caused! Putin must release and return the 4 million Ukrainians hostages held in Russia.
Nothing justifies kidnapping thousands.
Nothing justifies bombing children.
Nothing justifies bombing homes, hospitals, schools.
No border.
No ethic.
No politic.
No history.
No leader.
No idea.
Putin's Russian army war criminals are kidnapping more than 12,000 CHILDREN from one town, Ukrainian children forced into vast Russian network of Russian camps, Report.
“The level of mass re-education crime clear systematic attempt to erase the history, culture and language of Ukraine,” said one of the report's authors.
STOP MASS KIDNAPPING OF UKRAINIANS. RETURN THE CHILDREN FROM RUSSIAN CAPTIVITY.
"[…T]he current mainstream mobile software ecosystem […] is dominated by a small number of American technologies, which are known for collecting large amounts of data on users. They are closed-source and use proprietary data and standards, resulting user-‘lock-in’ and monopolizations of markets.
The Ambition of MOBIFREE is to support the digital sovereignty of European citizens and organizations by further developing open-source software […]"
"Meet the CRANKs: How China, Russia, Iran and North Korea Align Against America
Setting aside “Axis of Evil,” or its calibrated stepchild “Axis of Upheaval,” what might be a better name for the China-Russia-Iran-North Korea cluster? Consider an acronym—" #CRANK ,” representing #China -Russia - #Iran - #NorthKorea."
🎓 From quantum physics to axiology, Erasmus Mundus is celebrating 20 years of empowering your academic passion and perseverance.
This EU-funded initiative has allowed nearly 50,000 students across the globe to study at several universities in Europe and beyond, spearheading the way for a European degree.
It supports internationalisation and mobility, awarding EU-funded scholarships to the best-ranked candidates.
#EU#Poland#Surveillance#Privacy: "The case Pietrzak and Bychawska-Siniarska and Others v. Poland (applications nos. 72038/17 and 25237/18) concerned a complaint by five Polish nationals about Polish legislation authorising a secret-surveillance regime covering both operational control and the retention of telecommunications, postal and digital communications data (“communications data”) for possible future use by the relevant national authorities. In particular, they alleged that there was no remedy available under domestic law allowing persons who believed that they had been subjected to secret surveillance to complain about that fact and to have its lawfulness reviewed.
In today’s Chamber judgment in this case the European Court of Human Rights held, unanimously, that there had been three violations of Article 8 (right to respect for private and family life and correspondence) of the European Convention on Human Rights in respect of the complaints concerning the operational-control regime, the retention of communications data for potential use by the relevant national authorities, and the secret-surveillance regime under the Anti-Terrorism Act.
Given the secret nature and wide scope of the measures provided for by the Polish legislation and the lack of effective review by which persons who believed that they had been subjected to surveillance could challenge this alleged surveillance, the Court found it appropriate to examine the legislation at issue in abstracto. It considered that the applicants could claim to be the victims of a violation of the Convention, and that the mere existence of the relevant legislation constituted in
itself an interference with their Article 8 rights.
The Court then held that all the shortcomings identified by it in the operational-control regime led to a conclusion that the national legislation did not provide sufficient safeguards against excessive recourse to surveillance..."
Massentourismus auf griechischen Inseln EU-weit am stärksten
Nirgendwo in der EU ist der Massentourismus stärker ausgeprägt als auf den griechischen Inseln in der südlichen Ägäis. Vor allem Santorin und Mykonos sind bei deutschen Urlaubern besonders beliebt.
#Belgium will deliver 30 of its F-16 fighters to #Ukraine by 2028, Foreign Minister Hadja #Lahbib announced on Tuesday in La Matinale de Bel RTL. The first planes should already be delivered "by the end of the year".
This commitment will be formalized in an agreement which will be signed this Tuesday in #Brussels on the occasion of the visit to the capital of Ukrainian President Volodymyr #Zelensky.
#Poland has announced that it will impose restrictions on Russian diplomats’ movements in the country in response to #Moscow’s involvement in “hybrid warfare.”
“These will be limitations on the movement of Russian diplomats in our country,” Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw #Sikorski said.
He said the restrictions stemmed from Russia’s involvement in destabilising activities against the #EU, including Poland.
We've opened formal proceedings against Meta regarding the protection of minors on Facebook and Instagram.
The systems of both platforms, including their algorithms, may stimulate behavioural addictions in children, as well as create so-called 'rabbit-hole effects’.
Scholz und Macron werben gemeinsam für Reformen der EU
Bürokratieabbau, Klimaneutralität, Förderung von Schlüsseltechnologien - Macron und Scholz haben gemeinsam Vorschläge zur Reform der EU veröffentlicht. Zum Abschluss des Staatsbesuchs von Frankreichs Präsident stehen gemeinsame Regierungsgespräche an.
In Syrien herrschen nach jahrelangem Bürgerkrieg Hunger und Elend. Bei einer Geberkonferenz in Brüssel wird nun erneut viel Geld mobilisiert - besonders in Berlin. Beim Thema Flüchtlinge gibt es allerdings Dissens.