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La nouvelle loi d’immigration en France a été présentée ce mercredi lors du conseil des ministres. En effet, ce projet qui demande le durcissement des mesures d’applications des obligations de quitter le territoire français, veut aussi la facilitation de l’intégration et la régularisation des travailleurs étrangers, par le biais de l’instauration d’un nouveau titre de […]

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Das Mega-Gebot von 826'000 Franken für zwei Baselbieter Kontrollschilder sorgte für Staunen. Nun macht es aber den Anschein, dass «UeliMueli44», der Meistbietende, den Betrag nicht zahlen will.

Wer geheime Kriegs-Daten von verschiedensten Nationen will, der muss scheinbar «War Thunder» spielen. Immer wieder tauchen dort Geheimdokumente auf. Zuletzt war Russland davon betroffen.

Ibrahim A. tötete in einem Regionalzug zwei Menschen. Bislang ging man davon aus, dass es sich bei dem Zug-Killer von Brokstedt um einen staatenlosen Palästinenser handelt. Jetzt gibts Zweifel an der Geschichte.

Erstmals haben Forscher genau nachgewiesen, wie und mit welchen Substanzen die alten Ägypter ihre Mumien einbalsamierten. Das internationale Team konnte zeigen, welche Stoffe sich hinter namentlich bereits bekannten Bezeichnungen verbergen.

Der Kreml unterstützt russische Initiativen zur Zahlung von Prämien für die Erbeutung oder Zerstörung schwerer Waffen aus Nato-Staaten in der Ukraine. Solche Sonderzahlungen könnten die Soldaten noch weiter anspornen, sagte Kremlsprecher Dmitri Peskow am Mittwoch.

VIENNA, 1 February 2023 — OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Teresa Ribeiro, made an official visit to Greece from 25 to 26 January 2023. She met with several counterparts, including Secretary General for Communication and Information Dimitris Galamatis, Adviser to the Prime Minister Konstantinos Koutras, Member of Parliament Dimitris Markopolous, President of the Journalists' Union of the Athens Daily Newspapers Maria Antoniadou, as well as journalists from the Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation ERT and representatives of the media community.

Ribeiro and her counterparts discussed current challenges to media freedom in Greece, and specifically the issue of surveillance of journalists, such as spyware, which has a negative impact on the work of individual journalists and the overall media landscape. Ribeiro highlighted the 2018 OSCE Ministerial Council Decision on the Safety of Journalists where OSCE participating States committed to addressing the impact of unlawful and arbitrary surveillance of journalists and its undermining of their right to freedom of expression and right to be free from unlawful and arbitrary interference of their privacy.

“The use of wiretapping software is very concerning. It endangers the principle that journalists must be able to work without fear for their own safety and to protect their sources so they can carry out their important democratic function. I encouraged the authorities to ensure a swift and thorough investigation into the issue of spyware surveillance of media workers, as this constitutes a major interference with fundamental rights,” Ribeiro said.

Related to safety of journalists, the Representative stressed the need to make progress on investigating the murder of journalist, Giorgos Karaivaz, and to hold all those responsible to account.

Several government counterparts mentioned recent steps to improve the media freedom situation in the country. These included establishing a task force and the launching of a training centre on safety of journalists; support for the costs of paper, distribution of newspapers, and insurance for journalists; and a recent amendment of Article 191 of the Criminal Code regarding “false information”.

The Representative also reiterated her Office’s readiness to continue providing necessary assistance to the Greek authorities in order to promote an environment that is conducive to media freedom and is in line with international standards and OSCE commitments.

The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media observes media developments in all 57 OSCE participating States. She provides early warning on violations of freedom of expression and media freedom and promotes full compliance with OSCE media freedom commitments. Learn more at www.osce.org/fom, Twitter: @OSCE_RFoM and on www.facebook.com/osce.rfom.

The European Commission wants to shore up the land border between Bulgaria and Turkey with drones. "We can strengthen the border with management capabilities," European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen told MEPs.

Will Russland aus dem Atomwaffen-Vertrag mit den USA aussteigen? Das sei ein «sehr mögliches Szenario», sagt man in Moskau. Damit würde der Deal per 2026 enden.

Zwei Klimaaktivisten aus Deutschland schwänzen einen Gerichtstermin und gönnen sich stattdessen Ferien auf Bali – per Flugzeug. Der Reisetrip sorgt in der Öffentlichkeit für rote Köpfe. Schweizer Exponenten der Klimabewegung suchen die Schuld aber lieber beim System.

Völlig unerwartet wird Kyle Smaine aus dem Leben gerissen. Nun hat sich seine Witwe zum Tod des Halfpipe-Weltmeisters geäussert. Sie verabschiedet sich mit emotionalen Worten.

Les premiers « profils sur le cancer par pays », établis dans le cadre du Registre européen des inégalités face au cancer, révèlent des inégalités préoccupantes de mortalité liée au cancer dans l’UE et ses États membres.

Florence Schelling (33) hat dem Eishockey den Rücken gekehrt. Mit Reto Scherrer spricht die ehemalige National-Torhüterin bei einem rasanten Schnee-Interview über ihre Zeit als Sportchefin beim SC Bern, über die Folgen ihres Skiunfalls und wie sie heute anderen hilft.

Medikamente werden in der Schweiz immer knapper. Der Bund stuft die Lage jetzt als «problematisch» ein – die wichtigsten News des Tages gibts im «Der Tag in 5’» auf Blick TV.

A third of heat-related deaths in Europe could have been prevented by increasing tree coverage by 30%, a study found, putting an exact number of the impact that green urban planning can have on citizens. 

Die frühere US-amerikanische UN-Botschafterin Nikki Haley will übereinstimmenden Medienberichten zufolge in Kürze ihre Kandidatur für die Präsidentschaftswahl 2024 bekanntgeben.

Im Rahmen der Biennale-Austellung wird in Kürze ein neuer Dokfilm mit Roger Federer veröffentlicht. Der Maestro zeigt auf Insta einen Ausschnitt, wie sein Profil zu einem Kunstmodell verarbeitet wurde.

Bei der Krebssterblichkeit bestehen innerhalb der EU gravierende Unterschiede zwischen den Mitgliedsstaaten. Zu diesem Ergebnis kommt eine neue, breitangelegte Studie. 

Organizations working with refugees are increasingly using information communication technologies (ICTs) in their work. While there is a rich literature in the field of media and communications studies exploring how refugees use ICTs to meet their social and economic needs, this article focuses on whether and how refugees’ ICT use maps onto the policy concept of refugee self-reliance, focusing on the economic, educational, administrative, health, and security/protection domains of self-reliance in informal urban settings. Building on the literature on refugees’ ICT use, we use semi-structured interviews with urban refugees in Malaysia to understand how they use technology in their daily lives and whether these refugees’ digital practices support self-reliance. We also interviewed practitioners from the Malaysian United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees office and non-governmental organization (NGO) sectors to better understand such institutions’ strategies for using ICTs to deliver economic, educational, administrative, health, and protection programs in local refugee communities. Our findings are twofold: refugees’ use of ICTs represented idiosyncratic ways of achieving self-reliance, but when institutions tried to implement ICT solutions to support refugee self-reliance at a population level, refugees either did not use these ICT solutions or were critical of the institutional solutions. The findings presented here have import for not only research on refugee self-reliance and ICTs but also the wider migration field, as organizations, such as the International Organization for Migration and national immigration authorities, integrate ICTs into processes that affect migrants’ and displaced peoples’ economic, social, and political inclusion in cities of arrival.

Organizations working with refugees are increasingly using information communication technologies (ICTs) in their work. While there is a rich literature in the field of media and communications studies exploring how refugees use ICTs to meet their social and economic needs, this article focuses on whether and how refugees’ ICT use maps onto the policy concept of refugee self-reliance, focusing on the economic, educational, administrative, health, and security/protection domains of self-reliance in informal urban settings. Building on the literature on refugees’ ICT use, we use semi-structured interviews with urban refugees in Malaysia to understand how they use technology in their daily lives and whether these refugees’ digital practices support self-reliance. We also interviewed practitioners from the Malaysian United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees office and non-governmental organization (NGO) sectors to better understand such institutions’ strategies for using ICTs to deliver economic, educational, administrative, health, and protection programs in local refugee communities. Our findings are twofold: refugees’ use of ICTs represented idiosyncratic ways of achieving self-reliance, but when institutions tried to implement ICT solutions to support refugee self-reliance at a population level, refugees either did not use these ICT solutions or were critical of the institutional solutions. The findings presented here have import for not only research on refugee self-reliance and ICTs but also the wider migration field, as organizations, such as the International Organization for Migration and national immigration authorities, integrate ICTs into processes that affect migrants’ and displaced peoples’ economic, social, and political inclusion in cities of arrival.