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Slovakia pushes for new law on NGOs, critics fear Hungary-like restrictions

Euractiv.com - Wed, 03/04/2024 - 06:47
Slovakia’s ruling coalition party has proposed an amendment to the country’s NGO law that would introduce the labelling of organisations receiving more than €5,000 a year in foreign funding as ‘organisations with foreign support’ – a move criticised by Slovak NGOs, who are urging the government not to follow Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s lead.
Categories: European Union

Poland’s EU enthusiasm fades

Euractiv.com - Wed, 03/04/2024 - 06:46
Poles are much less enthusiastic about EU membership than they were in 2020 – a year after the previous EU election – according to the latest opinion poll, even though the recent elections that went in favour of pro-EU Prime Minister Donald Tusk would suggest otherwise.
Categories: European Union

Spain could recognise Palestinian statehood before summer

Euractiv.com - Wed, 03/04/2024 - 06:39
Spain could recognise the Palestinian state before next July, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said on Tuesday, as he faces pressure from his political ally in government, the progressive Sumar platform, to get Spain’s Council of Ministers to back recognition before EU elections in June.
Categories: European Union

Israel says airstrike unintentionally killed aid workers in Gaza, allies demand explanations

Euractiv.com - Wed, 03/04/2024 - 06:38
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday (2 April) Israel mistakenly killed seven people working for the aid charity World Central Kitchen in a Gaza airstrike, and the US and other allies called for explanations amid widespread condemnation.
Categories: European Union

Norway wants to increase the number of conscripts by 50% each year

Euractiv.com - Wed, 03/04/2024 - 06:37
The government announced on Tuesday that it will do this by modernising training infrastructure and creating new positions within the defence forces.
Categories: European Union

Blinken urges EU to strengthen defence industrial base, think long-term

Euractiv.com - Wed, 03/04/2024 - 06:36
The EU must strengthen its defence industrial base and look beyond Ukraine’s immediate military needs to more sustainable and long-term production, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday during a visit to Paris ahead of NATO’s 75th anniversary, as Western nations step up efforts to provide long-term financial and military support to Ukraine.
Categories: European Union

Ukraine lowers mobilisation age ahead of anticipated Russian offensive

Euractiv.com - Wed, 03/04/2024 - 06:30
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday (2 April) decided to walk a mobilisation tightrope as the country enters decisive preparations for an anticipated Russian offensive as support from Kyiv’s allies remains underwhelming.
Categories: European Union

In election speech Trump calls migrants ‘animals,’ ‘not human’

Euractiv.com - Wed, 03/04/2024 - 06:19
Donald Trump called immigrants illegally in the United States "animals" and "not human" in a speech in Michigan on Tuesday (2 April), resorting to the degrading rhetoric he has employed time and again on the campaign trail.
Categories: European Union

Botswana vows to send 20,000 elephants to Germany in hunting row

Euractiv.com - Wed, 03/04/2024 - 06:02
The Botswanan president on Tuesday (2 April) threatened to send 20,000 elephants to Germany in a dispute over the import of hunting trophies.
Categories: European Union

Rutte’s road to NATO leadership faces hurdles in four countries

Euractiv.com - Wed, 03/04/2024 - 06:00
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and those who support him are facing an uphill battle for the NATO top job, likely to delay the decision by weeks.
Categories: European Union

VDL on tightrope: Indulging the right without losing the left

Euractiv.com - Wed, 03/04/2024 - 06:00
On this episode of our daily Today in the EU podcast we are talking about Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s effort to gain support from both ends of the political spectrum.
Categories: European Union

China/Colombia/France/Vietnam : French domestic spy agency's role in citizenship applications under judicial scrutiny

Intelligence Online - Wed, 03/04/2024 - 06:00
Julien Zanatta, the lawyer for a Chinese national whose application to become a French citizen was rejected by an administrative court in Nantes in February (IO, 14/03/24), confirmed to Intelligence Online that he has appealed the ruling and intends to
Categories: Defence`s Feeds

Ukraine : How threat intelligence has become a commodity between Kyiv and its allies

Intelligence Online - Wed, 03/04/2024 - 06:00
Western governments supporting Ukrainian cyber defence favour strengthening the country's threat intelligence capabilities, as Cyber Capacity Building programmes come with
Categories: Defence`s Feeds

Georgia/United States : Pentagon contractors return to Georgia, on the front line against Russia

Intelligence Online - Wed, 03/04/2024 - 06:00
The US defence services group Amentum is stepping up its recruitment drive in Tbilisi, as new Pentagon funds are released
Categories: Defence`s Feeds

Thailand : Defence networks in flux

Intelligence Online - Wed, 03/04/2024 - 06:00
Datagate and RV Connex are striving to update their networks in Bangkok. As partners of Western defence groups, the two
Categories: Defence`s Feeds

China/France : Differences over Ukraine cloud Xi's trip to France

Intelligence Online - Wed, 03/04/2024 - 06:00
China's special envoy for Ukraine Li Hui's mission to Europe from 3 to 11 March has thrown a spanner in
Categories: Defence`s Feeds

United Kingdom/United States : CT Group sees Russian litigation funder's hand behind legal woes

Intelligence Online - Wed, 03/04/2024 - 06:00
Strategic communications provider and private investigator CT Group must have let out a sigh of relief on 28 March when
Categories: Defence`s Feeds

Brazil/France/United Kingdom/United States : Audere, CLP Risk Management, SITE in Riyadh, Prisme Intelligence

Intelligence Online - Wed, 03/04/2024 - 06:00
London/New York - Audere expands into US with Glenn JohnstonThe British investigations and private security provider Audere Group has brought
Categories: Defence`s Feeds

A Détente Option for Iran

Foreign Affairs - Wed, 03/04/2024 - 06:00
America needs a simpler policy—but not rapprochement.

What the TikTok Bill Gets Wrong

Foreign Affairs - Wed, 03/04/2024 - 06:00
Congress should regulate all social media apps—not just Chinese ones.

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