“All this ‘brain gain’ talk isn’t just a joke; it’s a massive step backward,” Aristides Hatzis, a professor at the University of Athens, said. “During the financial crisis, there was only one area where there was money invested: research, as the EU prioritized this. Now there’s nothing; it’s at the very bottom of the list […]
Continue ReadingIn its early years, military bands from EU countries, Australia and Canada took part in Spasskaya Tower, though the number of international participants has declined since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. According to the festival’s Telegram channel, “the event has been postponed until 2027 due to circumstances beyond the organizers’ control.” The move […]
Continue ReadingThe demand comes at a sensitive moment. Latvia has been one of Europe’s staunchest supporters of Ukraine, sharply increasing defense spending since Moscow’s full-scale invasion, even as sanctions and the collapse of bilateral trade have cut deeply into economic links that once ran eastward. But ahead of an Oct. 3 national election, parties arguing that […]
Continue ReadingFootage from Saturday’s hike posted to Babiš’ Facebook page showed the prime minister climbing with a small bunch of flowers before laying them at a monument on the summit. Babiš was joined by two ministers, ANO politicians and supporters on the 1,324-meter peak, the highest point in the Moravian-Silesian Beskids. An environmental expert working for […]
Continue ReadingMoritz Oppelt, the CDU justice minister of Germany’s southwestern state of Baden-Württemberg echoed the sentiment, arguing the law should serve only its original intent of protecting local politicians, who are often subject to particular vitriol. “Top politicians can and must be able to withstand tough criticism,” he said. “It is fundamental to our democracy, and […]
Continue ReadingThe dispute centers on two pillars of the EU’s corporate sustainability rulebook: the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive, which requires large companies to address human rights and environmental harms linked to their operations and supply chains, and the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, which requires companies to disclose sustainability-related information. Brussels has scaled back both laws […]
Continue ReadingDans un entretien à POLITICO, la directrice générale de YouTube pour la France et l’Europe du Sud, Justine Ryst, considère que ce n’est pas à la plateforme de financer — et de sauver — l’audiovisuel français en crise. Jun 16 6 mins read
Continue ReadingA Constitutional court in France on Friday rejected a bill that would ban access to social media for minors under 15 years old in a major blow to French President Emmanuel Macron. The Council of State, the top administrative court that advises the French government, said the restrictions in the bill disproportionately infringe on minors’ […]
Continue ReadingLatvia’s military warned that similar incidents may happen again in the future. “While the Russian aggression in Ukraine is ongoing, the recurrence of such cases when a foreign unmanned aircraft enters or approaches Latvian airspace is possible,” it said. An air raid alert was declared in four eastern Latvian municipalities at around 4 a.m. local […]
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