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Swiss vote threatens free movement in heart of Europe

Euractiv.com - Thu, 09/24/2020 - 07:35
A Swiss vote Sunday (27 September) on limiting EU immigration is not expected to pass, but fears abound that a shock "yes" could deal a fatal blow to relations with the bloc.
Categories: European Union

22BET va à l’assaut du continent africain avec le PSG

Afrik.com - Thu, 09/24/2020 - 07:30

Dans un contexte où le pari sportif est en nette progression sur le continent africain, le Paris Saint-Germain et la plateforme de paris sportifs en ligne, 22BET, ont décidé d’unir leurs forces pour aller à la conquête de cet immense marché. L’annonce a été faite par le club parisien via son compte Twitter, le 21 […]

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Categories: Afrique

[Ticker] Belgium: Masks no longer mandatory from October

Euobserver.com - Thu, 09/24/2020 - 07:29
Belgian Prime Minister Sophie Wilmes has said that wearing face masks will no longer be compulsory from October 1. "Wearing a mask is very important in the management of the epidemic. However, there is no point in imposing it everywhere all the time," she said. The national security council also eased some other measures, despite the increasing number of infections.
Categories: European Union

[Ticker] Report: China built 380 Muslim internment camps

Euobserver.com - Thu, 09/24/2020 - 07:28
China has built nearly 380 internment camps for Muslims in the Xinjiang region, with construction on dozens of the continuing over the last two years, even as Chinese authorities said their "re-education" system was winding down, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute has found, the Guardian reports. The network of camps in China's far west are used to detain Uighurs and people from other Muslim minorities.
Categories: European Union

New bid but little hope to reform UN Security Council

Euractiv.com - Thu, 09/24/2020 - 07:28
A flurry of world leaders have appealed again to the United Nations to reform the Security Council, reviving a bid launched 15 years ago.
Categories: European Union

Banken: Finma rügt Bank Syz wegen Verstössen gegen Geldwäschereibekämpfung

Blick.ch - Thu, 09/24/2020 - 07:27
Die Finanzmarktaufsicht Finma rügt die Bank Syz. Während eines aufsichtsrechtlichen Verfahrens sei festgestellt worden, dass das Institut gegen die Geldwäschereibestimmungen verstossen habe, teilte die Behörde am Donnerstag mit.
Categories: Swiss News

[Ticker] Belgian government formation in final phase

Euobserver.com - Thu, 09/24/2020 - 07:27
Belgium's King Philip appointed two "co-formateurs" to create a government Wednesday, pushing the process into its final phase one year and five months after elections. The two were Alexander De Croo (from the Open Vld party) and Paul Magnette (PS). The so-called Vivaldi coalition (named after the composer's 'Four Seasons' masterpiece) will contain the socialists, liberals and greens from both sides of the language border, and the Flemish christian democrats.
Categories: European Union

The EU’s watershed moment

Euractiv.com - Thu, 09/24/2020 - 07:26
As the aggression and empire building of Erdogan's Turkey becomes clearer, the EU faces a watershed moment, argues Robert Ellis.
Categories: European Union

Amnesty urges EU to rethink Libya support over migrant abuse

Euractiv.com - Thu, 09/24/2020 - 07:25
Amnesty International on Thursday (24 September) urged the EU to reconsider cooperation with Libya over "horrific abuses" of refugees and migrants in the North African country.
Categories: European Union

Herzogin Meghan und Prinz Harry rufen zum Wählen auf – Trump giftelt: «Ich wünsche Harry viel Glück – er wird es brauchen»

Blick.ch - Thu, 09/24/2020 - 07:24
Das passt Donald Trump gar nicht: Herzogin Meghan und Prinz Harry haben am Mittwoch die Amerikaner zum Wählen aufgerufen. Der US-Präsident reagierte auf einer Pressekonferenz.
Categories: Swiss News

EU migration pact to deter asylum

Euobserver.com - Thu, 09/24/2020 - 07:23
The EU commission's newest pact on migration and asylum seeks to deter people from claiming asylum by speeding up procedures and sending most of them back home.
Categories: European Union

Dušan Kracina előzetes letartóztatásáról döntött a bíróság

Bumm.sk (Szlovákia/Felvidék) - Thu, 09/24/2020 - 07:20
Előzetes letartóztatásba kerül Dušan Kracina, aki ellen Maroš Žilinka speciális ügyész és Daniel Lipšic ügyvéd meggyilkolásának előkészítése ügyében indult büntetőeljárás. Erről a besztercebányai székhelyű Specializált Büntetőbíróság vizsgálóbírója döntött szerdán.

World solar technology summit: A blueprint for the energy intensive sector?

Euractiv.com - Thu, 09/24/2020 - 07:10
The world solar technology summit, which took place in India earlier this month, could in many ways be a model for the decarbonisation of the energy-intensive sector, which includes industries such as steel, cement, chemicals, non-ferrous metals and glass, writes Gauri Khandekar.
Categories: European Union

'Era of EU naivety ends', MEP pledges on foreign meddling

Euobserver.com - Thu, 09/24/2020 - 07:08
The special committee, only created in June, will start its hearings on Thursday with experts from the EU's foreign service on hybrid threats and disinformation.
Categories: European Union

Gebrauchtwagen-Markt: In der Romandie sind Occasionen günstiger

Blick.ch - Thu, 09/24/2020 - 07:08
Wo gibts die günstigsten Occasionen, wo sind sie am teuersten – und wo haben sie das beste Preis-Leistungs-Verhältnis? Auf diese Fragen hat AutoScout24.ch, das grösste Auto-Onlineportal der Schweiz, die Antworten.
Categories: Swiss News

[Coronavirus] Anti-mask protesters pose challenge for EU authorities

Euobserver.com - Thu, 09/24/2020 - 07:08
Recent weeks have seen a sudden flare-up in anti-mask protests and coronavirus-denial - posing questions on how to regulate social media.
Categories: European Union

[Coronavirus] EU 'failed' to safeguard civic freedoms during pandemic

Euobserver.com - Thu, 09/24/2020 - 07:07
A new report details how the Covid-19 pandemic triggered bans on protests and demonstrations, censorship of free speech, denial of access to information and the weakening of democratic oversight on many of policy-making procedures.
Categories: European Union

[Opinion] The corruption fuelling the Bulgaria protests

Euobserver.com - Thu, 09/24/2020 - 07:07
The protests in Bulgaria clearly open the debate on whether the rule of law remains the central shared value for all Europeans.
Categories: European Union

[Ticker] Lukashenko sworn in at secret ceremony

Euobserver.com - Thu, 09/24/2020 - 07:07
Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko has been sworn in for a new term in office, in a hasty and secret ceremony attended by a few hundred people at the palace of independence in Minsk after racing through the city in his motorcade to get there, the BBC reports. The opposition had previously planned a massive rally and general strike for the occasion, which had been expected in November.
Categories: European Union

[Ticker] Study: No-deal Brexit more costly than corona for UK

Euobserver.com - Thu, 09/24/2020 - 07:07
The long-term economic cost of a no-deal Brexit for the UK would amount to £160bn (€174bn), compared to government estimates for the coronavirus pandemic cost of £40bn, the London School of Economics said in a study. The UK left the EU in January but a transition period still allows for normal trade with the EU until 2021, amid faltering talks between the two sides to agree a long-term trade regime.
Categories: European Union

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