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The Subcommittee on Security and Defence will discuss the current challenges and upcoming landmark decisions to be taken in relation to the EU's engagement in the Common Security and Defence Policy, with Ambassador Charles Fries, Deputy Secretary General of the EEAS for CSDP and Crisis Response. The debate will be held on 28 September and is expected to focus in particular on the future Strategic Compass, which should ensure coherence and cost-efficiency in the field of security for EU citizens.
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Die ersten Daten des Weltraumteleskops Cheops haben einen heissen Planeten enthüllt, der seinem Muttergestirn gefährlich nahekommt. In weniger als drei Tagen umrundet er seinen Stern in einer fast zwanzig Mal näheren Umlaufbahn als die Erde um die Sonne kreist.

In the context of the exponential growth of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the President of the European Parliament has announced a number of measures to contain the spread of epidemic and to safeguard Parliament's core activities.

On 2 July 2020, the Conference of Presidents adopted the revised EP Calendar 2020.

The current precautionary measures adopted by the EP to contain the spread of COVID-19 do not affect work on legislative priorities. Core activities are reduced, but maintained to ensure that the institution's legislative, budgetary, scrutiny functions are maintained.

Following these decisions, the next SEDE meeting is scheduled to take place on 28 September 2020 (online).

Recent press releases:

- Security and Defence Subcommittee: MEPs to discuss the Strategic Compass - 28 September 2020
- Report on PESCO: No member state can protect itself alone - 22 September 2020
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For further press releases please see in the SEDE press room.

New EP calendar 2020
SEDE meetings' calendar 2020
Press release: Security and Defence Subcommittee: MEPs to discuss the Strategic Compass - 28 September 2020
Press release: Report on PESCO: No member state can protect itself alone - 22 September 2020
Press release: Sahel, West Africa and the Horn of Africa: a new EU approach is necessary - 16 September 2020
Press release: MEPs to discuss new defence related priorities - 7 September 2020
Press release: Defence Subcommittee MEPs will meet new head of the European Defence Agency - 16 July 2020
Press release: MEPs debate defence priorities with Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer - 14 July 2020
Press release: MEPs adopt a report on the implementation of EU arms export rules - 13 July 2020
Press release: European defence: Exchange with the French Minister of Armed Forces - 2 July 2020
Press release: The era of naive Europe is over, says Commissioner Breton - 25 June 2020
Press release: Call for a renewed relationship with the African continent based on solidarity and respect - 24 June 2020
Press release: EU must guarantee security to its citizens, warns Defence Subcommittee Chair - 26 May 2020
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Trump hatte ihn nach dem Tulsa-Skandal aufs Abstellgleis befördert, nun ist Wahlkampfmanager Brad Parscale offenbar durchgedreht. Mitgefühl kommt selbst aus dem Anti-Trump-Lager.

Haie sollen die Menschheit vor der nächsten Corona-Welle schützen. Dazu müssten jedoch eine halbe Million Meerestiere für einen Covid-19-Impfstoff getötet werden.

Wäre es nach den Frauen gegangen, wären die Kampfjets an der Urne abgelehnt worden. 55 Prozent der Frauen, die am Wochenende abstimmten, legten ein Nein ein und 45 Prozent ein Ja. Gerade umgekehrt war das Verhältnis zwischen Ja und Nein-Stimmen bei den Männern.

L’actu en capitales décrypte l’info de toute l’Europe, grâce au réseau de rédactions d’Euractiv.

Weg damit! Der Schweizer Ski-Star Wendy Holdener schmeisst in einem Instagram-Video demonstrativ ihre Krücken weg. Offenbar geht es der 27-Jährigen nach ihrem Sturz von vor drei Wochen wieder besser.

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Die Schweizer Wirtschaft hat etwas weniger stark unter der Coronakrise gelitten als bislang geschätzt.

The OSCE Presence in Albania, together with the Faculties of Law and of Social Sciences of the University of Tirana, organized a training course from 22 to 25 September 2020, for academic staff of the new Master’s Programme in Criminology. The Master’s programme, which will start this academic year, is the first of its kind in Albania. The OSCE Presence in Albania initiated the programme as part of a project financially supported by the United States Mission to OSCE.

Some 35 academics from both the Faculty of Law and Faculty of Social Sciences participated in the training conducted by two international experts in criminology, Professor Kimberly McCabe and Professor Keith Smith, from the University of Lynchburg, Virginia, USA. The training built upon the needs assessment analysis from a workshop held in May 2020 with the same target group.

The aim of the event was to deepen the knowledge of the academic staff of the Master’s programme, and to provide them with a more detailed overview of special courses related to criminology. The four-day training course covered topics such as improving criminal justice efforts through education in criminology; teaching adult students and practitioners; teaching research methods; utilizing student research in the field, promoting leadership and staff development; victimology, ethics and corruption; legal systems and juveniles; violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism (VERLT); and organized crime and trafficking.

Throughout the entire project, the Presence aims at establishing a multi-disciplinary Master’s Programme on Criminology in Albania, offering a comprehensive, integrated curriculum, which is beneficial for various career paths in the justice system. In turn, through the Master’s programme, the Presence aims at improving the research capacities of professionals, academics and policy-makers in Albania to identify root causes of crime.

The Master’s programme will allow students to explore the inter-relationships between crime, justice and society in a comparative context, as well as promote restorative justice for victims and victim-centred responses. It will concentrate on the practice of human rights, especially in the contexts of discrimination, migration, VERLT, right to privacy, and hate crimes.

The project is implemented in close co-operation with the Faculty of Law of the University of Tirana, with the support of the Faculty of Social Sciences, the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Interior.

Im Nachhinein ist man klüger. BLICK-Leserinnen und -Leser haben uns erzählt, was sie ihrem jüngeren Selbst sagen würden. Die Ratschläge sind ganz unterschiedlich, sie betreffen Beziehungen, Ausbildung oder Jugendsünden. Wir haben die Lebensweisheiten zusammengetragen.

Le rappeur ghanéen Nana Boroo, qui dit maintenant que son nom est Berose 3sixty, a révélé que la perruque qu’il utilise pour ses cheveux dans le cadre de son processus de changement de marque coûte 2 500 dollars américain, soit environ 1,4 million FCFA. Nana Boroo qui dit être un grand garçon, est convaincu qu’il […]

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Der Baselbieter SVP-Regierungsrat Thomas Weber muss sich vor Gericht verantworten. Grund ist eine Affäre um die Zentrale Arbeitsmarktkontrolle (ZAK).

MEPs hold hearings to evaluate commissioners-designate, vote on recommendations for the Digital Services Act and present the Sakharov Prize 2020 nominees.

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MEPs hold hearings to evaluate commissioners-designate, vote on recommendations for the Digital Services Act and present the Sakharov Prize 2020 nominees.

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Heute u.a. mit dabei: Die Spannungen im östlichen Mittelmeerraum, Söders Ampel-Forderung, und in diversen EU-Staaten gab es am Wochenende Wahlen.

COPENHAGEN, 27 September 2020 – Following reports of armed clashes along the Line of Contact in the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict zone, OSCE Parliamentary President George Tsereteli condemned today’s military actions and urged restraint from Armenia and Azerbaijan to prevent further hostilities and the loss of life.

“I call on both sides to cease hostilities in the interests of civilians who live in the area and recommit to negotiations under the auspices of the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group in pursuit of long-term resolution of the conflict,” Tsereteli said. “I am deeply concerned by this most recent escalation, particularly by reports of civilian deaths and the threat that it poses to regional security. As stated today by the Co-Chairs, the sides must take all necessary measures to stabilize the situation on the ground. There is no alternative to a political solution.”

OSCE PA Secretary General Roberto Montella added that the Parliamentary Assembly will continue to offer a forum for dialogue between Azerbaijani and Armenian parliamentarians. “The OSCE PA is ready to host parliamentary talks between the parties if requested by both sides,” Montella said. “While the Minsk Group is the OSCE platform where this dispute ultimately needs to be settled, the Assembly can complement these efforts by helping to build confidence between the sides.”

Last week, EDA hosted a virtual workshop on ‘Artificial Intelligence (AI) for defence’ which brought together over 230 industrial and experts from 20 Member States who shared insight on the impact and potential of AI for defence. With the AI work strand, EDA is entering a promising territory as it prepares to foster further integration of AI in R&T projects for defence business cases. 

To pursue a more structured and focused dialogue with industry and to facilitate industry engagement in EDA activities as supported by the EDA Steering Board, EDA is organising a series of workshops with industry on a number of capability development and R&T areas in support of its work related to the Overarching Strategic Research Agenda (OSRA), the revised Capability Development Plan (CDP) and the associated Strategic Context Cases (SCC) through which the priorities are being implemented, as well as the Key Strategic Activities (KSA). 

Artificial Intelligence has become a hot topic as many countries and entities are investing in it and because it is among the top priorities for research and development of future systems and concepts. EDA is very active in this domain and has provided a number of  papers and presentations to its Steering Board, aiming at developing an action plan and a Strategic Research Agenda (SRA) on Artificial Intelligence for defence. 

This week’s industry expert-based workshop was one of several steps taken by the Agency to work towards the action plan and the SRA. The following steps will be the development of AI based ad hoc projects and technology building block (TBB) roadmaps to further stimulate the application of AI in future defence activities. 

In view of developing a meaningful SRA, the participation of and interaction with industry and academia at the early stages of drafting is particularly important in order to gather and analyse their inputs concerning technological and industrial challenges and expected developments, thus enriching the SRA. 

The ambition of this workshop was to evaluate the various possibilities in which AI can be integrated to further support defence capability needs and EU research initiatives, by exploring the AI definition and taxonomy on which AI activities will be based and by identifying enablers and obstacles as well as its possible effects on the application of AI in this domain. 

The workshop identified areas within the defence realm which are expected to become substantially impacted by AI applications (e.g. multi sensor fusion, predictive maintenance, simulation etc.) and it addressed the key challenges related to  the introduction of AI in defence. The workshop also analysed the missing enablers required for the future expansion of AI in defence while also listing various requirements needed for developing trusted AI systems. The workshop served as a consultation platform with industry which will help EDA to launch additional initiatives to incorporate AI in defence  and to experiment with current and new operating concepts.  

La campagne électorale officiellement lancée en Guinée, dans la course qui vient de s’engager, la bataille pour convaincre les électeurs guinéens ne sera pas du tout aisée. Déjà quatre militants du parti RPG Arc-en-ciel ont trouvé la mort et dix autres ont été blessés, ce dimanche. La campagne électorale du parti au pouvoir, RPG Arc-en-ciel […]

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