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GDPR to be part of third omnibus package

Euractiv.com - Fri, 03/28/2025 - 06:00
The third omnibus, which is planned for 16 April, could be pushed forward to May, Euractiv has learned.
Categories: European Union

Companies could do more to combat child sexual abuse online, UK minister says

Euractiv.com - Fri, 03/28/2025 - 06:00
"We're talking about tech companies that are flying into space and making driverless cars. I believe in them and their capacity to make it possible," UK safeguarding minister said.
Categories: European Union

New war bonds scheme invests French in rearming military

Euractiv.com - Fri, 03/28/2025 - 06:00
Macron said he wanted to involve the French in preparing defences short of military involvement.
Categories: European Union

Greenland gets new government just in time for Vance visit

Euractiv.com - Fri, 03/28/2025 - 06:00
Greenland's new leader, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, is bad news for Trump's expansionist dreams.
Categories: European Union

Commission to discuss tobacco taxation ‘at highest’ level

Euractiv.com - Fri, 03/28/2025 - 06:00
The Tobacco Excise Tax Directive (TED) was last revised in 2011 but was not included in the Commission’s 2025 working programme.
Categories: European Union

Forest culture is boosting conservation and a rich bioeconomy, say studies [Advocacy Lab Content]

Euractiv.com - Fri, 03/28/2025 - 01:51
Europe’s forest bioeconomy is about more than truffles and trekking. Studies show that expanding forest culture and utility may reduce deforestation. Should EU forest policy branch out?
Categories: European Union

Ensure drug supply with CMA, but don’t damage community access or funding, says Fitzell

Euractiv.com - Fri, 03/28/2025 - 01:21
Clare Fitzell, recently elected as President of the Pharmaceutical Group of the European Union (PGEU) spoke with Euractiv about the Critical Medicines Act and its likely impact in Ireland, and the EU.
Categories: European Union

Ireland’s health minister wants faster action on Nicotine Directive, and EU Pharma Package

Euractiv.com - Fri, 03/28/2025 - 00:19
Minister MacNeill urged the European Commission to bring forward the revised Tobacco Products Directive, she also called for an early agreement on the EU Pharma Package.
Categories: European Union

Rencontre littéraire avec Sladjana Nina Perković

Courrier des Balkans / Bosnie-Herzégovine - Thu, 03/27/2025 - 23:30

Si seulement elle était née ailleurs, aux États-Unis ou en Scandinavie ! Elle aurait envoyé balader sa mère... Mais dans les Balkans, on n'échappe pas à sa famille. Résultat des courses, la voilà embarquée dans la vieille Golf déglinguée du cousin Stojan pour assister aux funérailles de tante Stana. Sauf que rien ne se passe comme prévu, entre tonton Loir accroché à sa bouteille d'eau-de-vie, la Popesse, fausse dévote au regard diabolique, et Mileva qui tire à boulets rouges sur tous les (…)

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Categories: Balkans Occidentaux

Rencontre littéraire avec Sladjana Nina Perković

Courrier des Balkans - Thu, 03/27/2025 - 23:30

Si seulement elle était née ailleurs, aux États-Unis ou en Scandinavie ! Elle aurait envoyé balader sa mère... Mais dans les Balkans, on n'échappe pas à sa famille. Résultat des courses, la voilà embarquée dans la vieille Golf déglinguée du cousin Stojan pour assister aux funérailles de tante Stana. Sauf que rien ne se passe comme prévu, entre tonton Loir accroché à sa bouteille d'eau-de-vie, la Popesse, fausse dévote au regard diabolique, et Mileva qui tire à boulets rouges sur tous les (…)

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Categories: Balkans Occidentaux

Trump threatens the Fighting Irish with targeted pharma tariffs. Game on?

Euractiv.com - Thu, 03/27/2025 - 23:08
Tariffs will trigger some job losses, and impact future investment, but Ireland’s strategic value remains solid - ‘Pharma isn’t ditching Ireland anytime soon.’
Categories: European Union

2040 climate target to come in ‘near future’ as EU countries vow to neuter it

Euractiv.com - Thu, 03/27/2025 - 20:03
Supporting thinning among countries backing 90% cut in greenhouse gas emissions
Categories: European Union

Reporter who sued MP and won $18m hopeful he will pocket the money

BBC Africa - Thu, 03/27/2025 - 19:38
But Ghanaian investigative journalist tells the BBC that the message his victory sends is more important.
Categories: Africa

'We will be vindicated' - Anas wins $18m defamation case

BBC Africa - Thu, 03/27/2025 - 19:36
Anas Aremeyaw Anas says that his libel victory will encourage other journalists to stand up to powerful figures.
Categories: Africa

One million children could die if US cuts funding, charity warns

BBC Africa - Thu, 03/27/2025 - 18:55
The US is reported to be planning to cut funding to Gavi, which pays for childhood vaccines.
Categories: Africa

Unlocking EU tech sovereignty through SME power, EuroStack, and new finance [Advocacy Lab Content]

Euractiv.com - Thu, 03/27/2025 - 18:54
Empowering Europe’s tech SMEs is essential for digital sovereignty. Nicole Verbeeck talks EuroStacks with Sebastiano Toffaletti, Secretary-General of the European DIGITAL SME Alliance.
Categories: European Union

UN Peace Operations and Unconstitutional Changes of Government

European Peace Institute / News - Thu, 03/27/2025 - 18:44

There has been a significant increase in the number of unconstitutional changes of government (UCGs) since 2020. This presents a challenge for the United Nations, which has a presence in all countries that have recently experienced UCGs. In places like Afghanistan, Mali, and Sudan, it has also presented particular challenges to UN peace operations, which face the task of continuing to carry out their work amid a political crisis and using their good offices to facilitate a peaceful return to constitutional order.

The report examines lessons from the experiences of the UN missions in Afghanistan (UNAMA), Mali (MINUSMA), and Sudan (UNITAMS) following recent UCGs. It provides a brief overview of recent trends in UCGs and how the responses of member states and international and regional organizations have impacted the responses of UN peace operations. It then analyzes how these UN peace operations approached political engagement with the de facto authorities. It concludes with several lessons:

  • A principled approach at the highest levels of the UN: While some UCGs may bring to power leaders with greater political will to engage with the UN, they are almost always an indicator of growing political instability. The UN secretary-general, along with the African Union (AU) and other regional organizations, should thus continue adopting a principled approach to condemning UCGs.
  • A pragmatic approach for UN peace operations: While the UN should take a principled approach to UCGs at the headquarters level, UN peace operations are well-positioned to take a more pragmatic approach to engaging with de facto authorities. They should take advantage of any openness displayed by the authorities to engage despite fears that doing so might legitimize them.
  • Planning for UCGs and reviewing political strategies: Even if the UN is unable to prevent UCGs, it can better prepare for managing relationships with transitional authorities. It is therefore important to consider such scenarios in mission planning for potential and current operations and to conduct strategic assessments as soon as possible following UCGs to consider how to adapt and potentially identify a new direction for engagement.
  • The challenge of remaining impartial: Fears of “legitimizing” de facto authorities stem from the assumption that those authorities are inherently illegitimate. Yet not all elected authorities have popular legitimacy, and not all authorities who come to power unconstitutionally lack it. UN missions thus need to factor public opinion into how they respond on the ground.
  • The need for a “One UN” response: While there is unlikely to be a “one-size-fits-all” approach to engagement with de facto authorities across the entire UN presence in a country, coordination is needed to ensure UN personnel have a common understanding of core principles of engagement and a coherent approach to communication.
  • The limits of UN engagement: Ultimately, the ability of UN missions to shape political transitions following UCGs tends to be constrained by factors outside their control. Regional organizations like the AU and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) tend to adopt a more principled response, raising questions about the extent to which UN missions should seek to link their engagement to that of these organizations. Missions also face competing pressures from member states supporting different political factions.

The post UN Peace Operations and Unconstitutional Changes of Government appeared first on International Peace Institute.

Belgium maps radioligand therapy capacity as pharma investment surges

Euractiv.com - Thu, 03/27/2025 - 18:32
Belgium is capitalising on a radiopharmaceutical sector investment boom. Pharma giants are acquiring radioligand therapy companies and expanding research areas.
Categories: European Union

Egypt submarine sinking: What we know so far

BBC Africa - Thu, 03/27/2025 - 18:29
Six people have died after the submarine sank near Hurghada, a popular tourist destination.
Categories: Africa

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