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Az orosz embargó miatti gazdasági veszteségeket számos cég próbálja fejlesztéssel kompenzálni, erre kiváló példa az Alföldi Tej Kft. több beruházása is - közölte az Oroszország által elrendelt embargóból fakadó külgazdasági intézkedésekért felelős miniszteri biztos szerdán Debrecenben.

Concise information about Mali and its people, including figures for area, population, main languages, religions, exports, and more.

Réunis mardi à Alger en présence du nouveau représentant de l'ONU pour la Libye, des représentants des pays de la Méditerranée ont appelé à "l'intensification et la coordination" des efforts contre le "terrorisme" dans le pays.

ARI 70/2015 - 2/12/2015
Iliana Olivié y Aitor Pérez
En noviembre de 2015, pocas semanas después de la celebración de la Cumbre en la que se aprobaron los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS), tuvo lugar un seminario para abordar las implicaciones de esta nueva agenda global de desarrollo para la Cooperación Española. Este documento resume las principales ideas de este seminario.

La bataille d’Austerlitz, dont on célèbre aujourd’hui le 210e anniversaire, est l’une des plus grandes victoires napoléoniennes. C’est également une des traditions des écoles de Saint-Cyr Coëtquidan à travers la célébration du « 2 S ». Explications.

The Embassies of the Association of South East Asia Nations (ASEAN) in Athens and the Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy (ELIAMEP) organized a seminar on ‘Security Issues in Europe’s Southern Neighborhood and in Southeast Asia: A Comparative Analysis’ on Monday, 30 November 2015, 10.00-13.00, at Divani Caravel hotel.

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On 1 December the Subcommittee on Security and Defence will debate the outcome of the EDA Ministerial Steering Board of 17 November 2015 with Jorge Domecq, Chief Executive of the European Defence Agency.
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Speech by Jorge Domecq, Chief Executive, EDA
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On 2 December 2015 the EU signed a short-stay visa waiver agreement with Colombia, at a ceremony that took place in Brussels. The EU’s relations with Colombia are built on political dialogue, trade, and development cooperation, and cover a wide range of bilateral, regional and multilateral issues, whilst also helping to address the legacies of its internal armed conflict.

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Andrej Klisasz, az orosz parlament felsőháza alkotmányügyi bizottságának elnöke a legfőbb ügyészhez intézett beadványában indítványozta a törökországi Szürke Farkasok szervezetének terrorszervezetté nyilvánítását és Oroszország területén való működésének törvényen kívül helyezését. A Szu-24 lelövését követően az ő tagjaik voltak azok, akik a katapultálás után a levegőben lőtték le a pilótát.

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The Single Market is seen as a major European Union success. Twenty percent of the world’s trade flows among EU member states, taking advantage of the free movement of goods under the single market.

This success was achieved by tearing down regulatory walls, standardising rules, and creating a transparent business environment for both supply and demand. Now, the European Commission has announced its plans for a Digital Single Market.

Under the slogan “bringing down barriers to unlock business opportunities”, Digital Economy Commissioner Günther Oettinger has identified the sector’s fragmentation and obstacles to online trade as among the factors most holding back growth.

“Europe needs to assess whether the current competition policy framework is adequately equipped to deal with the increasing occurrence of platform markets and their challenges to market power”

Oettinger says an integrated digital market could contribute an extra €415bn to the European economy – roughly the size of Poland’s entire GDP.

Europe is lagging behind the United States where companies enjoy a level playing field free from the array of legal frameworks that are a nightmare especially for start-ups in Europe.

The multiplicity of European systems might be one of the reasons why leading digitised and innovative research hubs are found in Palo Alto, New York or around the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, rather than on this side of the Atlantic.

Standardising and simplifying the framework sounds sensible, but it’s easier said than done. The Commission is currently trying to bundle together insights from various consultations covering areas as diverse as audio-visual media and the reform of telecoms rules.

One important aspect not yet covered is competition policy. Europe needs to assess whether the current competition policy framework is adequately equipped to deal with the increasing occurrence of platform markets and their growing market power.

It is debatable whether current rules dealing with the abuse of dominant market positions is defined widely enough. Another aspect that warrants adjustment is merger control. Mergers and acquisitions in the offline world are covered precisely. Digitised businesses, however, often fall through the cracks. The most prominent example is Facebook’s purchase of WhatsApp.

“European data protection legislation is needed urgently to provide consumers and businesses with a sense of legal certainty”

Digital business models work differently. Data is at the centre of most of these online companies. They often offer services that are free of charge, at least initially, while generating, analysing and using the massive amounts of data that accompany the service provision.

Consequently, even if such companies generate little or no revenue, the data they possess makes them valuable. Competition authorities, including at EU level, should take this into account when examining prospective mergers. To do this, they need to look beyond turnover, to consider indicators that better show the worth of digital businesses. Alternatives could include user numbers or the market capitalisation of acquired companies.

The Commission’s consultations on the digital single market strategy are already taking into account some of the market changes stemming from this focus on data.

However, the European legislative process is not keeping up with the pace of digitisation. European data protection legislation is needed urgently to provide consumers and businesses with a sense of legal certainty. Delay causes disruption for thousands of businesses and millions of consumers.

“The European legislative process is not keeping up with the pace of digitisation”

The suspension of the EU’s “Safe Harbour” regulation on transatlantic data transfers, following a ruling from the European Court of Justice in October, is bad enough for business. EU institutions now need to at least get the legislation for Europe done quickly.

Establishing the European Digital Single Market by levelling the playing field is an excellent idea to trigger cross-border supply and demand for digital services.

Aligning European legislation and regulative frameworks is, however, just part of what’s needed. Digitisation is moving forward quickly, becoming more complex each day. Finding the balance between protecting consumers while stimulating business and opening up the seemingly endless opportunities of the internet is a pressing challenge for the EU institutions.

Speed is essential because, in the words of Cisco Systems’ former CEO John Chambers: change will never again be as slow as today.

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On 3 December the Subcommittee on Security and Defence will hold a public hearing to look at the use of private security companies in external operations and the relevant rules in Europe.
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Le Monde donne la parole au politologue Bruno Tertrais, pour qui "nos interventions militaires ne sont pas la cause du terrorisme". Une analyse précieuse, alors que le Royaume-Uni s'apprête à voter son engagement en Syrie, à l'instar de l'Allemagne, et que les Etats-Unis renforcent leurs appels à une coalition internationale pour lutter contre l'Etat islamique.

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EU Naval Operation Sophia against human smugglers in the Mediterranean, previously EUNAVFOR Med. The operation is aimed at disrupting the business model of human smuggling and trafficking networks in the Mediterranean and to prevent the further loss of life at sea. It is part of a wider EU comprehensive approach to migration, tackling both the symptoms and root causes such as conflict, poverty, climate change and persecution.

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Ministre ivoirien de l'Environnement en direct de la COP21. COP 21 : négociations à Bonn "C’est l’Afrique qui souffre le plus" Le changement climatique simplement

VIDÉO - Invité mercredi matin sur Europe 1, l'ancien chef de l'État a également exclu l'hypothèse d'une fusion des listes gauche-droite face au Front national au second tour des régionales.

In this interview, Daniel Fiott talks with Olivier de France about how various elements of French society are reacting to the 13 November Islamic State attacks on Paris.

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