Sputnik is live from Brussels, where EU leaders are gathering for the first day of the European Council meeting. Heads of European states and governments are set to discuss the pandemic situation across the...
LONDON: The European Union (EU) on Thursday set out contingency plans as talks with the UK on a post-Brexit trade agreement continue to hang in the balance after both sides declared that there are...
The package comprises the EU's €1.1 trillion ($1.3 trillion) Multi-annual Financial Framework, which is paid into by every member state and distributed across the bloc over a seven-year period, and a special Covid recovery...
The greatest challenges we face to today are global. This is true for climate change and the need to build new models of sustainable and resilient development. It is equally true for the coronavirus...
The presentation focused on three specific points in time when young people need particular support to maintain their integration progress. These are when turning 18, when getting a positive asylum decision and at first...
The training manual will be developed using the guidance set in the FRA’s and the European Commission’s Handbook on Guardianship for children deprived of parental care, as well as principles in the UN’s child...
During the discussion, FRA drew on its existing findings in the field of AI and big data, in particular those related to facial recognition technology, data quality, discrimination in data-supported decision making. It also...
The presentations focused on the legal framework as well as good practices from practitioners in Member States. Some of the discussions related to best interests of the child throughout the return process, the right...
They discussed human rights in the digital age and how to make digital technology work for human rights. Director O’Flaherty spoke on making digital technology work for freedom of expression and access to information....
“One year after Boris Johnson promised us an oven-ready deal he has completely failed. The failure to deliver the deal he promised is his and his alone," Labour Party’s deputy leader Angela Rayner wrote...
<div id="attachment_607771" class="wp-caption alignnone" readability="32"> <p id="caption-attachment-607771" class="wp-caption-text">UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson: Britons will need visas for long stays in EU from...
Never say never when negotiating with the European Union, says UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab as London and Brussels are engaged in last-minute talks over the future of their trade relationship post-Brexit.
He noted that...
Ukraine
On December 10, 2020, the new, free from gender stereotypes online medium Fight Like a Girl was launched in Ukraine. It aims to equip young women and girls with useful tips on legal...
Simmering institutional tensions between the EU and the African Union resulted in the last-minute cancellation of a ‘mini-summit’ between European Union and African leaders planned for Wednesday (9 December).
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, the...
Asia-Pacific markets reacted negatively to the unpromising Brexit trade deal perspective as well as to the indeterminate second US coronavirus relief bill in Thursday morning trade, according to CNBC News.
Japan's Nikkei 225 and Topix were...
Signature d’un contrat de financement de 40 M€ pour le projet Corridor H2 en Occitanie
Engagée dans le développement de nouvelles énergies d’avenir et non émettrices de gaz à effet de serre, la Région Occitanie...
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