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Georgia is now more vulnerable than it has been in a long time, captured by the oligarch Ivanishvili threatening to turn the country into a Russian satellite.

Die Super League kocht international derzeit ein ganz dünnes Süppchen. In der Fünfjahreswertung ziehen sowohl Norwegen als auch Griechenland an der Schweiz vorbei. Es droht der Verlust eines Startplatzes.

Die irische Koalitionsregierung hofft, bei den Parlamentswahlen am Freitag (29. November) ihre Regierungsmacht halten zu können. Jedoch verzeichnen unabhängige Kandidaten laut Umfragen einen steigenden Zuspruch.

Decemberre napolta el a Speciális Büntetőbíróság (ŠTS) Peter Kažimír, a Szlovák Nemzeti Bank elnöke, expénzügyminiszter vesztegetési ügyében folytatott tárgyalását. A védelem az eljárás megszüntetését kérte, elévülés miatt, és a legfelsőbb bíróság alkotmányra és a módosított Btk-ra vonatkozó jogértelmezésére hivatkozva.

Biathlon, Langlauf, Skicross, Freestyle oder Snowboard: Egal, welcher Wintersport, im Ticker haben wir immer die aktuellsten News und Resultate für dich.

L’ambassadrice de la compétition a déambulé dans la gare Cornavin ce vendredi. Elle rend hommage à une pionnière du foot féminin.

Nach dem Fussballspiel zwischen dem FC Lugano und der belgischen Mannschaft KAA Gent in Thun sind am Donnerstagabend Einsatzkräfte der Polizei angegriffen worden. Die Polizei setzte gegen die Angreifer Gummischrot, Reizstoff und Wasserwerfer ein.

Langsam aber sicher kommt Weihnachtsstimmung in der Schweiz auf. Zürich eröffnete letzten Donnerstag seine Weihnachtsmärkte, gefolgt von Basel, Bern und Luzern. E-Domizil zeigt in einem neuen Ranking die beliebtesten Vorweihnachtsstädte. Eine Auswahl findest du hier.

Pro Velo ist der nationale Dachverband für die Interessen der Velofahrenden in der Schweiz. Für Blick beantwortet Pro Velo regelmässig Leserfragen rund ums Thema Velofahren.

Immer mehr Menschen berichten von Lungenentzündungen. Besonders junge Personen sind betroffen. Doch wie gross ist die Gefahr tatsächlich und wie beugt man vor? Zwei Ärzte liefern Einschätzungen.

Im Wallis ist der invasive Japankäfer entdeckt worden. Der Kanton will nun die Ausbreitung des gefrässigen Pflanzenschädlings stoppen.

581860 Participants in national training course discuss how to identify suspected foreign terrorist fighters and other criminals at border crossings, Samarkand, 25 November 2024. Communication and Media Relations Section

From 25 to 28 November, the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department and the Border Troops and Customs Committee of Uzbekistan held a national training course for border and customs officers to identify suspected foreign terrorist fighters and other criminals at border crossings.

“We must be mindful of cross-border threats related to movement of foreign terrorist fighters, drugs, artifacts, human, organ and other forms of trafficking. This training was a great opportunity to exchange experience and knowledge in their identification at the borders and develop new skills in this area,” said Zakirov Bekhzod, Deputy Head of the Customs Department for the Samarkand Region of Uzbekistan.

The 18 first- and second-line border and customs officers participated in practical exercises and were trained on identity management, crisis management, methods for detecting illicit small arms and light weapons, and techniques for preventing trafficking in human beings. The course also included a site visit to “Jartepa”, an Uzbek-Tajik border checkpoint, where in-person demonstrations of specialized equipment and operational procedures for inspecting passengers and cargos took place.

The training course was delivered by seven members of Uzbekistan’s National Mobile Training Team (NMTT). This was their second deployment mission since completing their own training with the OSCE in 2023, where they had learned from international experts from Belgium and the United Kingdom as well as members of the OSCE-led Mobile Training Team from North Macedonia. Training materials were provided by the OSCE and the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism.

These activities are part of the OSCE extra-budgetary project “Strengthening the resilience of Uzbekistan to address cross-border challenges emanating from Afghanistan”, funded by Germany, Sweden and the United States of America. The NMTT plans to carry out further training courses in 2025 at pre-selected border checkpoints throughout Uzbekistan.

The Central African nation cites "sovereignty" as it ends a years-long deal with its former colonial ruler.

The Central African nation cites "sovereignty" as it ends a years-long deal with its former colonial ruler.

Der Spionageprozess in London hält einige brisante Enthüllungen bereit: Es geht um eine Dreiecksbeziehung zwischen Agenten, «Honigfallen» und mögliche Verbindungen zu Ex-Wirecard-Banker Jan Marsalek.

Public Affairs Unit, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights Katya Andrusz

The 2024 European Parliament elections were genuinely competitive, with fundamental freedoms respected. The elections were run professionally and effectively, and the bodies administering them enjoyed a high level of confidence. Aspects of electoral legislation needing further review related primarily to insufficient efforts to involve under-represented groups to form a fully inclusive parliament, differences in voting and candidacy rights across Member States that created unequal conditions for universal suffrage, disinformation and instances of political violence and threats during the campaign both against politicians and journalists, an absence of provisions allowing both citizen and international observers to access the process, and limited transparency and scope of campaign finance regulations.

These are some of the main conclusions from the final report on the June 2024 elections published by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR). The report offers recommendations to bring elections further in line with OSCE commitments and other international obligations and standards for democratic elections.

Key recommendations include:

• Ensuring equal suffrage rights and autonomous voting conditions for voters with disabilities;
• Further harmonizing the rules for the right to vote and to be elected across Member States;
• Making greater efforts to increase women’s participation in public and political life;
• Protecting journalists from threats and intimidation and ensuring swift investigation when pressure occurs;
• Urging contestants not to use intolerant and discriminatory rhetoric and calling on authorities to promptly condemn and investigate any such cases;
• Allowing for international and citizen observation of all aspects of the electoral process;
• Ensuring members of minority communities can enjoy their rights both as voters and candidates.

ODIHR deployed a Special Election Assessment Mission for these elections from 15 May to 14 June. Expert teams visited 20 of the EU Member States in the run up to election day and the mission observed the entire process across the EU.

All 57 countries across the OSCE region have formally committed to promptly following up on ODIHR’s election assessments and recommendations. The ODIHR Electoral Recommendations Database tracks the extent to which recommendations are implemented by states across the OSCE region.

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Schockierender Fall in Australien: Ein Kinderbetreuer wurde zu lebenslanger Haft verurteilt. Er missbrauchte über 60 Kinder in Tagesstätten, einige jünger als ein Jahr. Die Ermittlungen begannen vor zehn Jahren nach Funden im Darknet.