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Genau eine Woche nach dem Blutbad auf der Piazza Nazionale klickten die Handschellen. Armando D. (29) ist verhaftet. Hintergrund für seine rücksichtslose Schiesserei soll eine verkorkste Liebesgeschichte sein.

EDA has issued a call for applications from parties interested in participating in the third edition of the ‘EDA Defence Innovation Prize’ contest rewarding companies and research entities who come up with innovative and ground-breaking technologies, products, processes or services applicable in the defence domain.

The area that has been selected for this year innovation prize is “AI applications for defence” and will include:

• Supporting decision-making tools in command and control
• Improve intelligence gathering and processing of information to improve the common operational picture
• Supporting the autonomy of unmanned systems
• Demonstrating the efficient use of AI in combination with 5G and Internet of Things

 
The winning idea/concept will be worth 30,000€

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is recognised as a disruptive technology with potentially revolutionary effects already in the short term. 

Even though civil applications and commercial producers are the main drivers behind the Artificial Intelligence evolution, Ministries of Defence and armed forces do not ignore the potential benefits of using these technologies to improve European defence capabilities.

Against this backdrop, contesters for this EDA Defence Innovation Prize are expected to propose ideas or concepts which, if implemented between now and 2035, would help improve and enhance specific EU defence capabilities.

No specific defence background is required to participate in the contest which is open to innovators from ALL types of industries and research institutions in Europe: defence & civil/commercial producers, large companies & SMEs, defence-related & civil research communities. Applications from dual-use and civil/commercial innovators and researchers are even particularly encouraged.

The rules of the contest and the criteria for participation are available here. 

Deadline for submissions: 30 August 2019 (5pm Brussels time).

Information on how to apply can be found in the contest documentation under the link above.

The prize winners will be notified not later than October 2019. An EDA Defence Innovation Prize award ceremony is scheduled to take place at the 2019 EDA Annual Conference in Brussels.

 

Status of the 2nd edition of the EDA innovation

The selection committee of the 2nd EDA Innovation prize, after a thorough evaluation of the submitted project ideas, decided not to award the prize to any of the participating project ideas. The reasoning behind this decision of the selection committee wasn’t because of the quality or merit of the submitted ideas but due to the fact that none of them could demonstrate a clear contribution of the project idea to a defence problem.
 

More information:

• Call for applications
• EDA Defence Innovation Prize webpage

 

Les citoyens de la ville de M’sila sont sortis, ce 12e vendredi, en masse pour exiger, ni plus ni moins, la satisfaction de toutes les revendications du Hirak le départ de tous les symboles du système.

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US-Aussenminister Mike Pompeo wird am Dienstag vom russischen Staatschef Wladimir Putin empfangen. Das Treffen wird im russischen Badeort Sotschi stattfinden, wie das Aussenministerium in Washington am Freitag mitteilte.

Az ír parlament a világon másodikként, környezeti és klímaváltozási szükséghelyzetet jelentett be.

Az idén május 10. az európai túlfogyasztás napja: ha mindenki úgy élne, mint az európaiak, a Föld éves tartalékai már ezen a napon kimerülnének.

SARAJEVO, 10 May 2019 - Women’s participation and leadership is not just good for women; it can benefit whole societies. This was the message delivered by Ambassador Melanne Verveer, the Special Representative of the Slovak OSCE Chairmanship on Gender, during a three-day visit to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH).

At a meeting with staff of the OSCE Mission to BiH in Sarajevo, Verveer praised efforts to mainstream gender across all dimensions of the Mission’s work - from its engagement with security actors and work aimed at preventing violent extremism, to efforts to promote and protect fundamental freedoms and stamp out corruption. “Women must be given the space to contribute what they see, think and hear to decision-making processes. Otherwise, societies cannot get ahead,” she said. “The Mission’s work is, gradually, helping to make this is a reality in Bosnia and Herzegovina.”

Head of the OSCE Mission Bruce G. Berton elaborated on the country’s progress since Verveer’s last visit in 2016. “There have been some bright spots on the horizon, for example the adoption of new laws at the state and entity levels, dealing with issues such as discrimination and domestic violence,” said Berton. “However, these laws have not always been followed up by implementation, with the current political impasse significantly hampering progress,” he added.

During her visit to Sarajevo and Banja Luka, Verveer met with the Minister of Defence of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Marina Pendeš, as well as officials of Federation of BiH and Republika Srpska.

Other meetings on her agenda included interactive discussions with civil society representatives from across the country - many of whom focus on reconciliation and peacebuilding, as well as domestic violence - , working lunches with businesswomen and women mayors, meetings with the BiH Gender Agency and gender centres from the Federation of BiH and Republika Srpska . She also attended a brainstorming session with multilateral partners operating in BiH, as well as meetings with other ministries and officials at the state and entity level.

Speaking at a public event in Sarajevo, Verveer reflected on her first trip to BiH as a White House official during the conflict. Since then, she noted, the women of BiH have continued to demonstrate their resilience, determination and strength, including through their ability to “cross the lines” and promote reconciliation.

Verveer concluded with a message of unity: “When we start crossing our divides - our ethnic divides, our religious divides, and our divides between men and women - only then can we really move forward.”

Les Mauritanies - A ce jour, il y a 86 930 nouveaux inscrits dans la liste électorale. Selon donc le Recensement Administratifs à Vocation...

Lecsapott a Nemzeti Bűnüldözési Ügynökség (NAKA) annak az emberrablásnak a tetteseire, akik 2018 decemberének késő délutánján hurcoltak el egy külföldi férfit a pozsonyi Sheraton szállodából.

Einige Teams hatten Probleme, die ganz grossen NHL-Stars für die WM zu begeistern. Nicht so die Russen.

30 Jahre nach der Gründung umfasst das Schweizer Blutstammzellenregister fast 130'000 Spenderinnen und Spender. Das sind 11 Prozent oder knapp 15'000 mehr als im letzten Jahr.

Kanzlerin Angela Merkel hat sich teilweise hinter eine Initiative mehrerer EU-Staaten gestellt, die Ziele in der Klimaschutzpolitik zu verschärfen.

Two French citizens are among four foreigners freed in the operation, in which two French soldiers die.

Szergej Dorenko, az egyik legismertebb orosz újságíró csütörtökön Moszkva központjában szenvedett balesetet, amelynek pillanatait térfigyelő kamera is rögzítette – írta a Newsru.com-ra hivatkozva az index.hu.

Südafrikas Regierungspartei ANC hat sich bei der Parlamentswahl trotz Einbussen erneut eine absolute Mehrheit gesichert. Der Stimmanteil des Afrikanischen Nationalkongresses fiel von 62 Prozent im Jahr 2014 auf 57 Prozent.

Ab sofort fährt Roland Grädel mit dem E-Bike die legendäre Route 66 in den USA ab. Eine Parforce-Leistung: Dem Solothurner fehlt nach einer Krebsoperation ein Lungenflügel. Für sein letztes Abenteuer hat sich der 65-Jährige akribisch vorbereitet.

C'en est fini du cirque Nock, le plus vieux de Suisse. C'est en raison des déficits que l'entreprise argovienne a dû prendre cette décision.