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With little time before the expiration of wartime trade benefits granted to Kyiv, and despite the compromise deal reached with the European Parliament last week, a Polish-led coalition of EU countries has succeeded in reopening negotiations to enhance safeguards against market distortions.

La Commission européenne veut encourager les universités de l’UE à coopérer dans le but de décerner des diplômes qui seraient reconnus partout dans l’Union européenne, afin de les rendre plus attrayants pour les employeurs et les étudiants du monde entier.

The EU Council on Tuesday (26 March) formally adopted a revised version of the EU's Geographical Indications (GIs) regulation, which protects the names of products that come from specific regions and have specific qualities and a certain reputation through special labels.

French lawmakers reached a compromise on Tuesday (26 March) on a hard-fought all-encompassing digital bill, agreeing to water down provisions that would otherwise conflict with EU legislation, white putting sovereign cloud requirements into law.

The approval of much-anticipated legislation loosening the EU’s strict rules on New Genomic Techniques (NGTs), will have to wait until the next legislative mandate, Belgian Agriculture Minister David Clarinval confirmed at the Agriculture and Fisheries Council (AGRIFISH) on Tuesday’s (26 March).

Considéré comme une possible «infraction à l’interdiction d’accepter un avantage», le privilège est révoqué pour les sept Sages. Il en va de même pour leur loge au théâtre de Berne.

L'Autorité de Régulation des Marchés Publics (ARMP) a saisi l'autorité hiérarchique de la Personne responsable des marchés publics de la commune de Glazoué et du Chef de la Cellule de contrôle des marchés publics de ladite commune aux fins de prononcer les sanctions de suspension à leur encontre.

A la suite d'irrégularités relevées dans la procédure d'appel d'offre ouvert le 24 avril 2023 pour la construction en R+1 de la salle de conférence de la mairie de Glazoué, l'ARMP a ordonné la suspension de Monsieur ZOHOUN Armel Hervé Létondé, Personne responsable des marchés publics de la commune de Glazoué et de Monsieur BADJAGOU Codjo Guillaume, Chef de la Cellule de contrôle des marchés publics de la commune de Glazoué.

Il a été constaté un défaut de publication dans les canaux requis des résultats de l'appel d'offres. Un des soumissionnaires a dénoncé la variation dans les motifs de rejet de son offre.

Pour la PRMP il y a eu « erreur dans la notification des résultats de l'évaluation des offres et qu'il s'agit d'une erreur d'inattention du secrétariat de la personne responsable des marchés publics ».

La PRMP et le C/CCMP ont violé plusieurs dispositions de la règlementation en vigueur en matière de la commande publique et ainsi impacté l'atteinte des résultats et la performance du système de passation des marchés publics de la commune de Glazoué.
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Italian central banker Piero Cipollone in his first monetary policy speech since joining the ECB's board in November, said that the bank should be ready to "swiftly dial back our restrictive monetary policy stance."

L’ancienne ministre de l’Énergie Agnès Pannier-Runacher a déclaré mardi (26 mars) que la France devait maintenir la pression contre l’inscription d’objectifs renouvelables dans son plan énergie-climat a remettre à la Commission européenne en juin.

The ratification of CETA, the trade agreement between the EU and Canada, rejected last week by the Senate, will not be submitted to the National Assembly before the European elections, the government has confirmed, so as not to "instrumentalise the debate".

La Gambie a pris des mesures pour lever l'interdiction de l'excision, ce qui pourrait en faire le premier pays au monde à annuler les protections juridiques contre cette pratique pour des millions de femmes et de jeunes filles. Les mutilations génitales féminines (MGF), c'est-à-dire l'ablation des organes génitaux féminins, sont interdites dans la plupart des pays du monde, mais elles sont pourtant pratiquées quotidiennement.

La Gambie a pris des mesures pour lever l'interdiction de l'excision, ce qui pourrait en faire le premier pays au monde à annuler les protections juridiques contre cette pratique pour des millions de femmes et de jeunes filles. Les mutilations génitales féminines (MGF), c'est-à-dire l'ablation des organes génitaux féminins, sont interdites dans la plupart des pays du monde, mais elles sont pourtant pratiquées quotidiennement.

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On 26 and 27 March, the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department and the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, in co-operation with the Judicial Training Centre of Montenegro organized a two-day training course for judges and prosecutors in Podgorica, Montenegro.

The discussions were aimed at raising awareness of the importance of applying asset recovery provisions in the fight against organized crime, corruption, money laundering and other crimes.

Conducted by a national expert and a representative of the Italian Guardia di Finanza, the training course enhanced practitioners' knowledge and promoted a common understanding of financial investigations, identification and recovery of assets acquired through illegal activities, money laundering and cross-border tracing of illicit financial flows. Interactive sessions required participants to apply the knowledge to case scenarios involving complex money laundering schemes and illicitly acquired property, including across national borders. 

The participants also discussed important rulings of the European Court of Human Rights on stand-alone anti-money laundering cases, as well as international and European Union standards and their importance in advancing national efforts in the fight against organized crime and corruption.

Prosecutor Milos Soskic of the Special Prosecutor's Office emphasized that “the exchange of experiences and good practices given us hope to be able to identify and confiscate illegally proceeds of criminal activities in an efficient manner, and that criminal prosecution against offenders of money laundering will be more effective”.

The training course was conducted as part of the OSCE’s multi-year regional project “Strengthening Asset Recovery Efforts in the OSCE Region”, which is funded by Austria, Germany, Italy and the United States.

Marine Le Pen, son père Jean-Marie Le Pen, le RN et la direction du parti des années 2010, sont soupçonnés de détournement de fonds européens et seront jugés du 30 septembre au 27 novembre par le tribunal correctionnel de Paris.

Le Centre dépose deux initiatives pour corriger la discrimination des époux. Si l’inégalité est attestée, il faudrait des milliards pour la corriger.

Avec ses villes fortifiées, ses anciennes citées romaines et son large désert, l’Algérie regorge de merveilles qui ne demandent qu’à être visitées. Et pourtant, très […]

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While the European Commission released its guidelines on how to avoid the abuse of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in June's EU elections, the internet was ablaze with theories that a video intended to show the wellbeing of Kate Middleton, a member of the British Royal Family, was fake and created by AI.

Frankfurt, Germany, March 27, 2024 (AFP) - The German economy is expected to barely grow this year, leading economic institutes said Wednesday, as weak demand at home and abroad slows the path to recovery.

Europe's largest economy will expand by just 0.1 percent in 2024, five think-tanks said in a joint statement, a sharp downgrade from their earlier forecast of 1.3 percent growth.

"Cyclical and structural factors are overlapping in the sluggish overall economic development," said Stefan Kooths from the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel).

"Although a recovery is likely to set in from the spring, the overall momentum will not be too strong," he added.

The German economy shrank by 0.3 percent last year, battered by inflation, high interest rates and cooling exports, and is struggling to emerge from the doldrums.

Even though inflation has steadily dropped in recent months, consumer spending was picking up "later and less dynamically" than previously forecast as wages lag behind, the institutes (DIW, Ifo, IfW Kiel, IWH and RWI) said.

And Germany's export sector, usually a key driver of economic growth, was suffering from cooling foreign trade against a fragile global economic backdrop.

Energy-intensive businesses in particular have been hit hard by soaring energy prices following Russia's war in Ukraine, contributing to a manufacturing slump in Europe's industrial powerhouse.

Corporate investments meanwhile have been dampened not just by the European Central Bank's interest rate rises, which have made borrowing more expensive, but also by "uncertainty about economic policy", the institutes said.

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The criticism of Berlin comes after a shock legal ruling late last year threw Chancellor Olaf Scholz's budget into disarray, forcing the government to rethink its spending plans.

The government recently also drastically downgraded its own economic forecasts, expecting output to expand by just 0.2 percent this year.

Economy Minister Robert Habeck last month acknowledged the economy was "in rough waters" and in need of a "reform booster".

But Scholz's three-way coalition government -- made up of the Social Democrats, the Greens and the liberal FDP -- is divided over how to turn the tide.

Calls have grown for the government to relax its constitutionally enshrined "debt brake", a self-imposed cap on annual borrowing, in order to turbocharge much-needed spending on infrastructure modernisation and the green transition.

Habeck is in favour of relaxing the debt rules, but Finance Minister Christian Lindner from the FDP is deeply opposed.

The think-tanks said they recommended "a mild reform" of the debt brake to allow "for more debt-financed investments than before".

Looking ahead, the institutes expect the recovery to quicken next year as inflation eases further and demand picks up.

They now expect the economy to grow by 1.4 percent in 2025, only slightly below their previous forecast of 1.5 percent.

Ce mercredi, le Premier ministre, Nadir Larbaoui, a dirigé une réunion gouvernementale, avec l’analyse et à l’évaluation de plusieurs dossiers, dont l’accélération du processus de […]

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SARAJEVO, 27 March 2024 - The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina welcomes the initiative "Streets for Peace Project" by the youth of Srebrenica suggesting to rename streets with neutral, inclusive names.

This approach to renaming transcends political divides and sets a powerful example of reconciliation, co-operation and understanding, paving the way for a better future for all residents of Srebrenica.

The Mission stands ready to assist relevant authorities in Srebrenica in ensuring citizen inclusion and transparency in approaching the issue of renaming streets.