Wednesday, 29 October 2025

[Ticker] EU wants joint military force by 2025

Added: 09.11.2021 19:32 | 163 views | 0 comments

The EU wants to create a joint intervention force of some 5,000 soldiers by 2025 that can be deployed without unanimous consent for "rescue and evacuation missions or a stabilisation operation in a hostile environment", according to an internal EU document seen by Bloomberg. "Our strategic competitors should not question the EU's common resolve to respond to aggression and malicious activities against any of our member states", the document added.

Tags: Soldiers

Source: euobserver.com

[Ticker] Stoltenberg calls for regulation of AI in weapons systems

Added: 09.11.2021 19:32 | 168 views | 0 comments

Nato secretary general Jens Stoltenberg has called for international standards to regulate the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in weapons systems. "Autonomous systems, drones and facial recognition linked into weapons systems changes completely the nature of warfare just like the industrial revolution did", he told parliamentarians in the Nordic Council in Copenhagen. "We need some systems established for weapon control and ethical warfare".

Tags: Copenhagen , Drones , Facial recognition , Genes , NATO

Source: euobserver.com

Nato alarmed after Belarus soldiers cross Polish border

Added: 09.11.2021 19:32 | 163 views | 0 comments

Nato has voiced alarm over "escalation" of the Belarus migration crisis after Poland accused Belarusian soldiers of crossing into its territory.

Tags: Migration , NATO , Poland , Soldiers

Source: euobserver.com

MEPs in Taiwan: 'You are not alone' against China

Added: 09.11.2021 19:32 | 153 views | 0 comments

MEPs visiting Taiwan have voiced EU solidarity with the self-ruled island in the face of Chinese military threats and propaganda attacks.

Tags: Taiwan

Source: euobserver.com

First days of COP26 summit marked by chaos and 'outrage'

Added: 09.11.2021 19:32 | 166 views | 0 comments

The opening days climate summit in Glasgow (COP26) has been marked by heavy weather, travel disruption, large crowds, Covid-19-related restrictions, and long queues outside the conference centre – which have triggered criticism of the organisers of the conference.

Tags: Beer , Fire , Mars

Source: euobserver.com

[Interview] MEP: Macron push for gas and nuclear could derail Green Deal

Added: 09.11.2021 19:32 | 176 views | 0 comments

The French push to include nuclear energy and natural gas in the EU taxonomy on sustainable finance threatens to derail the Green Deal, MEP and rapporteur Bas Eickhout warns.

Tags: Natural Gas , Tom Green

Source: euobserver.com

Rights watchdog removes video of women in hijab

Added: 09.11.2021 19:32 | 158 views | 0 comments

A French government minister reportedly pressured the Strasbourg-based Council of Europe to remove the video, posted on Twitter, of young women wearing the hijab as part of a wider campaign to combat hate speech against Muslim communities.

Tags: AfD party , Government , Muslims , Women

Source: euobserver.com

[Investigation] EU's 'secret' vaccine negotiators: Who's dealing with Big Pharma?

Added: 09.11.2021 19:32 | 158 views | 0 comments

The EU Commission still withholds the names of its vaccine negotiators, amid protests from MEPs and civil society. Investigate Europe has been able to find several of them.

Tags: Beer , Protests

Source: euobserver.com

[Ticker] Ukraine to punish those who make and use fake Covid passes

Added: 08.11.2021 20:12 | 165 views | 0 comments

fewer than a fifth of the total population. Eastern and Central European countries are registering a surge of infections due to the relatively low vaccination rates in some countries.

Tags: FIFA , Ukraine

Source: euobserver.com

[Podcast] The climate allies Europe needs

Added: 08.11.2021 20:12 | 178 views | 0 comments

With the COP26 climate conference about to get underway in Glasgow, major breakthroughs look elusive. Among the spectres at the feast are raging geopolitical tensions, high energy prices, the ongoing pandemic and a lack of diplomatic vigour from Europe.

Tags: Panda

Source: euobserver.com

[Ticker] EU pledges billions for South Africa to end coal power

Added: 08.11.2021 20:12 | 163 views | 0 comments

Britain, France, Germany, the EU, and the US have pledged $8.5bn (€7.3bn) to help South Africa, the world's 12th biggest emitter of CO2, transition away from coal-fired power at the 'COP26' summit. The funds would help in "choking off international finance for coal", British prime minister Boris Johnson said. It was a "watershed moment" for South Africa and an example for other states to follow, its president, Cyril Ramaphosa, noted.

Tags: Africa , Boris Johnson , France , Germany , President , Prime minister , South Africa

Source: euobserver.com

[Ticker] Australia hits back at Macron on submarine 'lies'

Added: 08.11.2021 20:12 | 259 views | 0 comments

French president Emmanuel Macron knew his submarine deal with Australia was in doubt days before Australia made its decision, according to messages from Macron to Australian prime minister Scott Morrison, leaked Tuesday to Australian media. "Should I expect good or bad news for our joint submarines ambitions?", Macron said on 14 September. France has repeatedly accused Morrison of lying. "Deceit was intentional," France's ambassador to Australia, Jean-Pierre Thebault, said Wednesday.

Tags: Ambassadors , Australia , France , Morrisons , President , Prime minister

Source: euobserver.com

[Ticker] Likely next Czech government rules out euro for now

Added: 08.11.2021 20:12 | 166 views | 0 comments

The Czech Republic will not enter the euro under its next government, Zbyněk Stanjura, the man tipped to be its next finance minister said Tuesday, Reuters reports. "We have to put our public finance in order, so even if someone wanted [the euro], we don't have a shot at entering now," he said. "We should adopt the euro only when it's favourable for the Czech Republic," he added on TV.

Tags: Government

Source: euobserver.com

[Ticker] Report: Group of MEPs head to Taiwan

Added: 08.11.2021 20:12 | 167 views | 0 comments

Seven MEPs have put themselves in the firing line for Chinese sanctions after visiting Taiwan Tuesday to study Chinese disinformation, Politico reports, citing EU Parliament sources. The MEPs - Petras Auštrevičius, Marco Dreosto, Andrius Kubilius, Georgios Kyrtsos, Markéta Gregorová, Raphaël Glucksmann, and Andreas Schieder - hail from all the major political groups, as well as France and Italy, among other member states, making them harder to blacklist.

Tags: Fire , France , Georgia , Italy , Mars , Taiwan

Source: euobserver.com

[Ticker] EU joins pledge to boost 'clean' steel production

Added: 08.11.2021 20:12 | 194 views | 0 comments

Britain, the US, India, China, and the EU were among 40 nations who pledged to increase production of so-called near zero-emissions steel around the world by 2030 at the 'COP26' climate summit. "Near-zero emission steel is the preferred choice in global markets, with efficient use and near-zero emission steel production established and growing in every region by 2030," the UK said in a statement announcing the accord.

Tags: India

Source: euobserver.com

[Ticker] EU law clears way for Google News in Spain

Added: 08.11.2021 20:12 | 143 views | 0 comments

The Google News service is likely to return to Spanish internet users after Madrid enacted an EU law on copyright Tuesday. "Conditions look promising for the potential launch of Google News in Spain," the US firm said. The EU law means Spain cannot force Google to pay collective licencing fees to publishers in return for using snippets of their content, which saw Google abandon its service in Spain in 2014.

Tags: Fire , Google

Source: euobserver.com

[Ticker] Right-wing TV pundit riding high ahead of French election

Added: 08.11.2021 6:25 | 164 views | 0 comments

French far-right TV pundit Eric Zemmour would likely make it into the second round in presidential elections next year with 17 percent of the vote in the first round, according to an Ifop-Fiducial poll Sunday. Incumbent Emmanuel Macron would get 23 percent and far-right contender Marine Le Pen would come third on 16 percent, the survey showed. Zemmour said Sunday he was "ready" to soon officially declare his bid.

Tags: Election , Fire , Mars , President

Source: euobserver.com

Bosnia break-up threatens Western Balkans peace, envoy warns

Added: 08.11.2021 6:20 | 171 views | 0 comments

Mounting Serbian separatism in Bosnia risks aggravating other old conflicts in the Western Balkans, an international peace envoy has warned.

Tags: Serbia

Source: euobserver.com

Belgians urged to work from home as EU infections soar

Added: 08.11.2021 6:20 | 199 views | 0 comments

Belgium has urged people to start working from home once again from Monday due to surging Covid infections, as Europe grapples with the pandemic's fourth wave.

Tags: Belgium

Source: euobserver.com

[Ticker] Russia stops gas flows to Germany, again

Added: 08.11.2021 6:16 | 163 views | 0 comments

Gas flows via the 'Yamal-Europe' pipeline from Russia, via Poland, to Germany stopped again on Saturday, following a previous, temporary, stoppage last weekend, German pipeline operator Gascade said. The previous stoppage caused prices to jump 23 percent on gas futures markets. Russia denies accusations it is using gas cuts to force Germany to let it run its new pipeline, Nord Stream 2, as a monopoly in violation of EU laws.

Tags: Germany , Poland , Russia , Tom Ford

Source: euobserver.com

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