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La UE aumenta en 4 millones de euros la ayuda humanitaria y sigue pidiendo la plena aplicación de los acuerdos de Minsk. El invierno, con temperaturas inferiores a -30°C y medias siempre por debajo de 0°C provocadas por el anticiclón siberiano, hace que...
Read moreLa UE presenta un Plan de Acción contra la desinformación
La rápida diseminación a través de Internet de desinformación ha sido identificada como una de las diez tendencias más importantes en las sociedades modernas y constituye para las democracias europeas una amenaza ante la que la Unión, blanco habitual...
Read moreIndependentistas respaldados por Rusia convocan pseudoelecciones en el este de Ucrania
La Unión Europea ha reiterado su total apoyo a la independencia, soberanía e integridad territorial de Ucrania Pseudoelecciones en Ucrania oriental. © European Union 2018 (photo by Iman Begum). La Unión Europea ha reiterado su total apoyo a la independencia,...
Read moreOleg Sentsov Premio Sajarov 2018
"Sabemos lo que le hicisteis a Sentsov" El director de cine ucraniano Oleg Sentsov ha sido galardonado este año con el Premio Sajarov a la libertad de pensamiento del Parlamento Europeo. Sentsov fue condenado por Rusia a 20 años de prisión por "tramar...
Read moreBrexit: sólo habrá acuerdo de salida si hay acuerdo en todos los asuntos
Incluyendo la garantía de protección (backstop) para la frontera con Irlanda del Norte que formaría parte del territorio aduanero de la UE . El pasado viernes 20 de julio, Michel Barnier, jefe del equipo negociador de la Comisión para el Brexit, informó...
Read moreLa Unión Europea se prepara para un Brexit duro
El Consejo abordará hoy viernes el libro blanco en el que el Gobierno británico expone su posición sobre las relaciones futuras entre la UE y el Reino Unido. La Comisión Europea remitió ayer una comunicación al conjunto de las instituciones UE en la que...
Read moreSigning ceremony of the Treaty of Prespa on Macedonia name issue
Signing ceremony of the agreement on Macedonia name issue at Prespa lake © European Union, 2018 / Source: EC - Audiovisual Service Today, 17th June 2018, the signing ceremony of the Treaty of Prespa, the historic agreement between Greece and FYROM (the...
Read moreThe European Union and Iran confirm their commitment towards the implementation of the pre-Trump nuclear deal
Yesterday, Commissioner Miguel Arias Cañete met with Ali Akbar Salehi, Iranian VicePresident and Head of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI), in Teheran. © European Union, 2018 / Source: EC - Audiovisual Service Arias Cañete, in charge of Climate...
Read moreRadicalisation and cybercrime remain challenges in the EU
Radicalisation and cybercrime remain challenges in the EU In France, for example, Facebook took action against over 30,000 fake accounts just days ahead of the last country's presidential election. Pressure on Social Media sites including Twitter, Google's...
Read moreMaite Pagazaurtundúa recibe la Corona de Esther
Maite Pagazaurtundúa, Miembro del Parlamento Europeo por UPyD (ALDE), ha sido galardonada con el premio Corona de Esther por su compromiso con la defensa de la justicia, con la libertad y con las víctimas del terrorismo y de todo tipo de violencia. El...
Read moreEl resto de España sigue la estela de Barcelona y se moviliza a favor de la política de la Unión Europea y del Gobierno sobre inmigración
El Ministerio del Interior está situando a España en la esfera de la política exterior del Kremlin (English below) Barcelona. Manifestación de solidaridad con los refugiados. Crisis migratoria. Este domingo, más de treinta ciudades españolas se movilizarán...
Read moreUS sanctions in place until Russia returns control over Crimea to Ukraine
US Ambassador Nikki Haley, UN Security Council. Credits: UKMC In the heat of speculations about possible changes in US foreign policy on Russia and US President Donald Trump's relationship with Russian President, Vladimir Putin, the keynote speech addressed...
Read moreTrump’s “New Nationalism” rhetoric in trade policy puts EU-US TTIP under threat
US elections 2016. Trump tower in Istanbul (Turkey) As the US President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take the oath and move into the White House on a wave of anti-globalization and protectionist rhetoric paradoxically accompanied by a call to fight...
Read moreUS centre for countering propaganda and disinformation campaigns
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 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 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...
Read more2.5 years of conflict, 2.5 million displaced. Filippo Grandi visits Ukraine
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Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, urges safety nets for those really in need – the elderly, the disabled and poorest. Filippo Grandi in Ukraine Two and a half years of conflict have left more than two million Ukrainians displaced...
Read moreEUISS EUSatCen agreement
ISS SatCen agreement. Credits EUISS On 16 November 2016, the European Union Satellite Centre, SatCen, and the European Union Institute for Security Studies, EUISS, signed an Administrative Arrangement to provide a basis for a structured relationship and...
Read moreZuckerberg en Lima. Foro de Cooperación Económica Asia-Pacífico.
Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's founder. "La conectividad debe ser una de las prioridades de todos los líderes del mundo porque permitirá luchar contra la desigualdad social", afirmó este sábado el creador de Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, en conferencia magistral...
Read moreEuropean Union to chair the Kimberley Process on conflict diamonds in 2018
Kimberley Process on conflict diamonds. Africa. The Kimberley Process, KP, the International initiative to stem the trade in conflict diamonds, has appointed the European Union as its Chair for 2018. As well, the EU will serve as Vice-Chair in 2017, during...
Read moreI Anniversary of terrorist attacks in Paris
I Anniversary of terrorist attacks in Paris #PlusEurope1 #Jesuisparis "On 13 November 2015, terrorists arbitrarily and barbarically hit at the heart of Paris. The memory of the victims of that brutal night will remain forever etched in our hearts. They...
Read moreNATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg congratulates Donald Trump
"I congratulate Donald Trump on his election as the next President of the United States. And I look forward to working with President-elect Trump... Jens Stoltenberg, NATO Secretary General; Donal Trump, US President-elect ... We face a challenging new...
Read moreCanadian journalists tour EU institutions
Young Canadian journalists tour EU institutions. Credits: EU Three young Canadian journalists had the opportunity to tour EU institutions in Brussels. Exceptionally this year, they also attended a Plenary Session at the European Parliament in Strasbourg,...
Read moreUS abstains for first time in 25 years in UN annual vote on ending embargo against Cuba. What's in a handshake?
US abstention UN vote on Cuba's embargo. Credits: UNPC In an almost unanimous action, the United Nations General Assembly has adopted a resolution underlining the need to end the economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the United States...
Read moreSpain contracts Bominflot to provide assistance at Brussels Airport
Vessels in the Strait of Gibraltar Germany-based Bominflot, Bomin, has been granted a contract by the Spanish Ministry of Defence to provide assistance to Spanish military aircrafts at the Brussels airport and other places. According to what has being...
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