Russian propaganda Last Friday, President Obama signed the 2017 US National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) providing nearly EUR593 billion for war and military spending and restricting transfers from the Guantánamo Bay detention centre, guaranteeing...
Read moreNew Art of Ukraine: Vitaliya Yemchenko
'Love is in the air.' Collection. Vitaliya Art. The post-perestroika generation of Ukrainian artists find ways of bringing the country's unique traditions, sensibility, and worldview to the high European cultural landscape. The legacy and the achievements...
Read moreSakharov Prize awarded to Nadia Murad and Lamiya Aji Bashar
Nadia Murad and Lamiya Aji Bashar. Sakharov Prize 2016. Parliament’s 2016 Sakharov Prize has been awarded to Nadia Murad and Lamiya Aji Bashar, two young Iraqi Yazidi women, Daesh/ISIS survivors and activists. “More than 3,500 children and women are still...
Read moreAssociate citizenship for Brits after Brexit not on Parliament's table
The European Parliament has issued a note to refute the news published in the weekend press about the consideration by the European Union of granting Britons "associate citizenship status" to counter the effects of Brexit on their EU citizenship, actually...
Read moreRemarkable discrepancies in EU Member States in terms of gross hourly earnings
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, has issued the latest results of a four-yearly Structure of Earnings Survey which figures out notable discrepancies in EU Member States in terms of gross hourly earnings, not only between the employees...
Read more€1 trillion paid in bribes and €2.6 trillion stolen through corruption every year
United Against Corruption Under the theme 'United against corruption for development, peace and security,' today we celebrate the International Anti-Corruption Day 2016. A serious issue across the EU, no country, region or community is immune, corruption...
Read moreThe House of Commons calls on the British Government to invoke Article 50 TEU by 31 March 2017
EU flags. British Parliament. Article 50 TEU. Last Wednesday, the House of Commons of the British Parliament passed a motion for resolution calling on the Government of Theresa May to invoke Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union to cease to be a...
Read moreFree WiFi in public buildings and spaces #WiFi4EU
#WiFi4EU The Council of the European Union has agreeded to promote free Internet in local communities by means of WiFi4EU, a digital scheme to help provide free WiFi in city/town halls, public parks, libraries, health centres, museums and other buildings...
Read moreEU smart power: the Commission proposes a European Defence Action Plan
The Plan includes the establishment of a European Defence Fund and other actions to support Member States' more efficient spending in joint Defence capabilities, strengthen European citizens' security and foster a competitive and innovative industrial...
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