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WARSAW, 2 August 2024 – We must move beyond commemoration to education in order to overcome the bias against Roma that allows hatred to fester, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) said on today’s Roma Genocide Remembrance Day.

“To honour the memory of all those who were murdered in the Roma genocide 80 years ago, we need to do more to address the discrimination and prejudice Roma and Sinti face across the OSCE region today,” said ODIHR Director Matteo Mecacci. “By educating young people and raising awareness more broadly of the Roma genocide, we help protect the memory of victims and build more tolerant societies.”

On 2 August 1944, 4,300 Roma and Sinti were murdered in the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz-Birkenau. The majority of these victims were elderly, women, and children. Today, ODIHR will join survivors as well as representatives of governments, parliaments and international organizations at the location of the former Nazi camp in Oswiecim, Poland, to honour the memory of Roma and Sinti victims of persecution and murder during the Second World War.

Together with other international organizations, ODIHR is a member of the campaign #ProtectTheFacts, developed by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance to commemorate the Roma victims of the Nazi era and combat attempts to downplay or deny the persecution and murder of Roma and Sinti.  

Holocaust remembrance and education forms an important part of the framework of the Action Plan on Improving the Situation of Roma and Sinti within the OSCE Area. Adopted in 2003, this framework calls for the inclusion of Roma history and culture, and in particular the genocide of Roma and Sinti during the Holocaust, in educational materials.

All OSCE states have recognized “the particular difficulties faced by Roma and Sinti and the need to undertake effective measures in order to achieve full equality of opportunity” for Roma and Sinti. ODIHR continues to support countries across the region in addressing hatred and discrimination of Roma, working with governments, civil society, and Roma communities to increase their participation in political and public life.

Eine zweite Trump-Präsidentschaft würde Europa wahrscheinlich dazu zwingen, seine Sicherheitsausgaben zu erhöhen. Die Bundesregierung, die angesichts eines sich abzeichnenden globalen Machtvakuums mehr Verantwortung in der EU übernehmen will, könnte jedoch zu gelähmt sein, um ihren Anteil deutlich zu steigern.

Industrial activity in the eurozone continued to contract in July, a closely-watched business survey confirmed on Thursday (1 August), as Europe’s economic woes showed little sign of abating despite growth data slightly above analysts' forecasts earlier this week.

Turkey will continue to block NATO-Israeli cooperation, insisting Israel is violating NATO's core principles, said Turkish President Erdogan.

Americas Lockheed Martin won a $19.2 million modification for the acquisition of Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) Configuration 3.1 Part A Ground Modernization equipment to support the US government. The THAAD Configuration 3.1 Part A, and associated labor and equipment, will be procured under a firm-fixed-price contract line item. Expected completion date is January 1, 2027. Fiscal 2023 and fiscal 2024 U.S. government procurement funds in the amount of $19,161,388 are being obligated at time of award. The Missile Defense Agency, Huntsville, Alabama, is the contracting activity. Japan will sell Patriot missiles to the US to help replenish its stocks following Ukraine deliveries. A handful of Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missiles will be sold to the $19 million, Japan’s Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (ATLA) announced on Sunday. The missile sale’s official quantity has not been disclosed. However, it is likely to be around 10, Nikkei revealed, citing a former Pentagon official. Middle East & Africa The United States sanctioned five people and seven companies in China and Iran on Tuesday, accusing them of aiding Tehran’s ballistic missile and drone programs. The sanctions targeted individuals and companies in China, Hong Kong, and Iran involved in procuring key components for “subordinates” of […]

THAAD: In flight (click to view full) The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system is a long-range, land-based theater defense weapon that acts as the upper tier of a basic 2-tiered defense against ballistic missiles. It’s designed to intercept missiles during late mid-course or final stage flight, flying at high altitudes within and even outside the atmosphere. This allows it to provide broad area coverage against threats to critical assets such as population centers and industrial resources as well as military forces, hence its previous “theater (of operations) high altitude area defense” designation. This capability makes THAAD different from a Patriot PAC-3 or the future MEADS system, which are point defense options with limited range that are designed to hit a missile or warhead just before impact. The SM-3 Standard missile is a far better comparison, and land-based SM-3 programs will make it a direct THAAD competitor. So far, both programs remain underway. The THAAD System THAAD operations concept (click to view full) An ideal multi-layered anti-ballistic missile system should have both land and naval options, as well as theater-level and point defenses backed by a 3rd tier of longer ranged midcourse-defense missiles (q.v. GBI) and/or space-based weapons that […]

Bulgaria's counter-intelligence service (SANS) and the Anti-Corruption Commission have launched an investigation into health rights activists advocating for the establishment of a state-run children's hospital. The move provoked an intense backlash.

The constitutive meetings of the European Parliament's standing committees and subcommittees took place in Brussels on 23 July 2024, following the appointments of their members in the plenary sitting of 16-19 July.

During the constitutive meetings, each committee and subcommittee elected its respective bureau, made up of a Chair and Vice-Chairs, for a two-and-a-half year mandate. The newly set up committees then started holding their regular meetings during the same week following their constitutive meeting.

The AFET constitutive meeting took place on Tuesday 23 July from 09.00 to 09.30 (Brussels).

The meeting was webstreamed.
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The European Commission has deemed sanctions imposed by Ukraine on Russian oil producer Lukoil to be of no risk to the oil supply for Hungary and Slovakia, as they do not affect the transit of oil via Ukraine to Hungary.

Left-back Yasser Larouci joins Championship side Watford on loan from Troyes.

Bruxelles a donné jeudi 1er août son feu vert au rachat du spécialiste américain des équipements de télécommunications Juniper Networks par son compatriote Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) pour 14 milliards de dollars.

Plus que cinq mois avant l'entrée en vigueur du règlement de l'UE pour lutter contre la déforestation des chaînes d’approvisionnement européennes. Mais le retard de la Commission européenne quant à la publication des lignes directrices suscite l'inquiétude des acteurs du secteur.

A second Trump presidency would likely force Europe to up its security spending, but the German government, which wants to take more responsibility in the EU amidst a looming global power vacuum, could be too paralysed to significantly increase its share.

Le règlement de l’UE pour encadrer l’intelligence artificielle (AI Act), une législation inédite au niveau mondial, est officiellement entré en vigueur le 1er août, avec l’objectif de favoriser l’innovation en Europe tout en limitant les possibles dérives.

La frappe aérienne à Téhéran qui a tué le chef politique du Hamas constitue une escalade majeure dans une région déjà en proie à la discorde.

Environ 92 % des emplois spécialisés dans les technologies de l’information et de la communication (TIC), dont quelque 10 millions rien que dans l’UE, pourraient être menacés par le développement de l’IA. Tels sont les résultats d'une étude menée par de grands acteurs de la technologie.

Le chômage a légèrement augmenté en juin dans la zone euro à 6,5 % de la population active, après avoir atteint son plus bas niveau (6,4 %) en avril et mai, selon des données publiées le 1er août par Eurostat.

L’UE a appelé « toutes les parties » au Moyen-Orient à faire preuve de « la plus grande retenue » alors que les craintes d’une guerre régionale à grande échelle sont vives après l’assassinat d’un haut responsable du Hamas en Iran mercredi 31 juillet.

Les Nigérians protestent contre les difficultés économiques alors que les prix des denrées alimentaires et d'autres biens atteignent des niveaux record dans le pays. Les autorités ont demandé plus de temps pour redresser l'économie et pour que les manifestations prévues soient suspendues par crainte de violences, mais les militants affirment qu'elles auront lieu.

Valeo, MA France, Walor, Bosch : les équipementiers automobiles multiplient les cessions, fermetures de sites, et suppressions de postes, soumis à une concurrence accrue et à une électrification piégeuse.