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 moreThe European Border and Coast Guard starts its activities in mid-October
The European Union has given its final approval to the European Border and Coast Guard (EBCG). The new body is born focusing on the establishment of an operational strategy for an integrated external borders management and the coordination of assistance...
Read moreEurope's Bank loans to improve Northern Ireland social housing (GBP 280 m / 4,700 social homes) and North-West England’s water and wastewater networks (GBP 500 m / +7m customers)
EIB investment in the UK 2014. Source: EIB £280m for Northern Ireland social housing The European Investment Bank (EIB) supports two major projects that will provide a total of £280m for social housing in Northern Ireland. The long-term loans mark the...
Read moreMartin Schulz visits Portugal
Lisbon & Porto. Portugal. Martin Schulz, European Parliament President, announced his visit to #Portugal where he will meet with the Prime Minister, António Costa, and the President of the Assembly, Eduardo Ferro. Martin Schulz announced the visit in...
Read moreMost of the critical infrastructure in society is in private business ownership
Graphic credits: GSD This is why cyber know-how and expertise, as well as services and protection measures are for the most part provided by companies. Many European Union Member States have published or are in the process of publishing an NCSS (National...
Read moreTerrorists vs Refugees
Refugees taken by... G20 Summit in Antalya President Juncker: I try to make it crystal clear that we should not mix the different categories of people coming to Europe. The one who is responsible for the attacks in Paris cannot be put on an equal footing...
Read moreMEPs call to build an European Asylum and Migration System after #EU Home Affairs ministers failure
MEPs deplore #EU Member States’ failure to act and call for solidarity with #refugees. The failure so far of #EU Home Affairs ministers to agree on how to relocate 120,000 asylum seekers was severely criticised by a large majority of MEPs during the plenary...
Read moreErythréens enlevés dans le Sinaï: Un trafic d’êtres humains, qui rapporte des millions
Depuis son indépendance en 1993, l’Erythrée est dirigée d’une main de fer par l’ancien leader révolutionnaire Isaias Afewerki, 59 ans, formé dans la Chine maoïste. Son régime est considéré comme l’un des plus répressifs et paranoïaques du monde; le pays...
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