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Bosnie-Herzégovine : marquer les « lieux de souffrance », pour recoudre les cicatrices de la guerre
Bosnie-Herzégovine : les victimes de tortures réclament justice ensemble
Bosnie-Herzégovine : les tribunaux de RS ruinent les anciennes victimes de torture
Tortures en Republika Srpska : le rapport du Conseil de l'Europe qui fait mal

/ Défense, police et justice, Courrier des Balkans, Société, Bosnie-Herzégovine

Bosnie-Herzégovine : marquer les « lieux de souffrance », pour recoudre les cicatrices de la guerre
Bosnie-Herzégovine : les victimes de tortures réclament justice ensemble
Bosnie-Herzégovine : les tribunaux de RS ruinent les anciennes victimes de torture
Tortures en Republika Srpska : le rapport du Conseil de l'Europe qui fait mal

/ Défense, police et justice, Courrier des Balkans, Société, Bosnie-Herzégovine

Auf dem Weg zu sauberer Energie hat ein Versorgungsunternehmen in Florida am Mittwoch den Schornstein seines letzten Kohlekraftwerks gesprengt.

Europas Regierungen suchen weiter nach einer gemeinsamen Position zu einer globalen Mindestbesteuerung großer Unternehmen. Irland verteidigte am Donnerstag beim Treffen der Euro-Finanzminister in Luxemburg die Praxis, Konzerne mit niedrigen Steuersätzen anzulocken.

MTI: Csütörtökön hivatalossá vált, hogy Fucsovics Márton, Babos Tímea és Jani Réka indulhat a tokiói olimpia tenisztornáján.

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been devastating not only for the Spanish economy but also, and above all, in terms of human lives: since March 2020 Spain’s mortality rate increased by 17%, with 492,930 new deaths directly or partially related to the pandemic, a historic mark not seen in the Iberian country since 1941.

As world leaders prepare for the COP26 climate summit hosted by the UK in November, international finance to help poorer countries tackle climate change remains a key barrier – and the recent summit between the world's seven richest nations did not bring a solution.

Monténégro : « l'affaire Srebrenica » secoue la coalition gouvernementale
Revue de presse • cohabitation musclée au Monténégro
Le Monténégro et le narcissisme des petites différences
Monténégro : le mouvement citoyen URA au défi d'une nouvelle politique
Revue de presse • Les 25 ans de Srebrenica et le virus du négationnisme

/ Monténégro, Srebrenica, Après Milo, Courrier des Balkans, Politique intérieure

Monténégro : « l'affaire Srebrenica » secoue la coalition gouvernementale
Revue de presse • cohabitation musclée au Monténégro
Le Monténégro et le narcissisme des petites différences
Monténégro : le mouvement citoyen URA au défi d'une nouvelle politique
Revue de presse • Les 25 ans de Srebrenica et le virus du négationnisme

/ Monténégro, Srebrenica, Après Milo, Courrier des Balkans, Politique intérieure

The European Union and Britain said a police raid on Hong Kong's pro-democracy Apple Daily showed that China was using a new national security law to crack down on dissent and silence the media rather than deal with public security.

The European Commission has approved Greece's plans on spending €30.5bn form the EU's post-pandemic recovery plan, with commission president Ursula von der Leyen saying in Athens Thursday: "The plan will help Greece build a better future". "Today marks the last act of the turbulence the pandemic brought," Greek prime minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis also said. EU states also have to approve the plan, which focuses on green and digital projects.

Montenegro's finance minister, Milojko Spajić, told parliament Thursday that an unnamed "European financial institution" was "in the final phase" of talks to refinance its debt to China arising from a highway construction project. "Instead of a two-percent [dollar] interest rate on the [Chinese] debt ... the rate will be one-percent in euros, grace period of six years ... and repayment of 20 years," he said, Reuters reports.

As EU energy ministers agreed last week to phase out gas-hydrogen blending projects, France did not adopt a clear position on the matter even if this means prolonging the bloc’s reliance on fossil fuels. EURACTIV France reports.

A Gibraltar-registered vessel, the Vos Triton, turned over 270 people rescued at sea on Tuesday while trying to reach the EU to the Libyan coastguard on Wednesday, which took them to Tripoli and funnelled them into detention centres, the International Organization for Migration and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, confirmed Thursday. "Libya cannot be considered a safe place," they said, criticising the move.

The World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday urged countries to increase suicide-prevention efforts, after months of living with the Covid-19 pandemic. "Many of the risk factors for suicide -  job loss, financial stress and social isolation - [are] still very much present," WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. Every year, more people die as a result of suicide than HIV or war. In 2019, more than 700,000 people committed suicide.

The EU Commission still has to prove they are ready to stand up for the rights of every citizen in the EU. Throwing the towel in would send a terrible signal to European leaders tempted to emulate Hungary and Poland.

Austria has been blocking new EU sanctions on loans to Belarusian banks so that Austrian lenders can keep making money with the oppressive regime there.

The UN refugee agency says the number of people forcibly displaced by end of last year had grown to 82.4 million, "the highest number on record according to available data."

When asked how the EU handled the vaccination strategy among different institutions, respondents in Malta and Portugal tend to be most satisfied, while in France and Germany respondents are the least satisfied with the EU.

Green groups called on the European Commission to remove forest biomass from the Renewable Energy Directive, arguing that the proposal leaked this week shows a "clear denial of science" and "dangerous greenwashing".