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In today's edition: Iran war, energy prices, made-in-Europe plans for clean tech

Il n'y a pas assez d'artisans en Macédoine du Nord. Lorsqu'on en trouve, ils sont chers et il faut attendre longtemps. Le salaire mensuel d'un boulanger qualifié à Skopje est deux fois plus élevé que celui d'une instructrice du primaire. Pourtant, de nombreuses boulangeries ne parviennent pas à recruter.

- Articles / Economie, Macédoine du Nord, Radio Slobodna Evropa, Une - Diaporama, Exode

Il n'y a pas assez d'artisans en Macédoine du Nord. Lorsqu'on en trouve, ils sont chers et il faut attendre longtemps. Le salaire mensuel d'un boulanger qualifié à Skopje est deux fois plus élevé que celui d'une instructrice du primaire. Pourtant, de nombreuses boulangeries ne parviennent pas à recruter.

- Articles / Economie, Macédoine du Nord, Radio Slobodna Evropa, Une - Diaporama, Exode

Deux nouveaux suspects ont été interpellés mercredi dans le cadre de l'enquête sur la mort de Quentin Deranque, militant d'extrême droite tué sous les coups d'un groupe en février à Lyon. Âgés de 22 et 26 ans, ils ont été arrêtés dans la région lyonnaise et dans l'Aube, selon des sources policières.

Iran, FCAS, Mediterranean

In today's edition: Data centres efficiency, US AI for mass surveillance, EU child protection

Un rapport de l'Initiative mondiale contre le crime organisé (GI-TOC) publié ce 3 mars 2026 établit la « Cartographie des marchés des drogues synthétiques en Afrique de l'Ouest ». Cette étude analyse leur essor rapide et leur diversification accélérée ces cinq dernières années, dans la sous-région. Ses conclusions : elles y sont bon marché et extrêmement addictives, à l’instar du kush particulièrement consommé en Sierra Leone, des métamphétamines largement présentes au Nigeria, ou de l'ecstasy qui domine notamment au Sénégal ou en Gambie.

As Europe strives to position itself at the forefront of the global digital economy, data centres are emerging as the backbone of competitiveness and innovation, enabling digitalisation, artificial intelligence, cloud services, and the broader digital transition. This presents challenges due to rising energy consumption, which will need the development of large-scale renewable capacity to replace […]

This contribution to the Korean Development Institute's Knowledge Brief series contextualises and analyses the German Federal Ministry for Economic Co-Operation and Development's reform plan, as published in January 2026.

This contribution to the Korean Development Institute's Knowledge Brief series contextualises and analyses the German Federal Ministry for Economic Co-Operation and Development's reform plan, as published in January 2026.

This contribution to the Korean Development Institute's Knowledge Brief series contextualises and analyses the German Federal Ministry for Economic Co-Operation and Development's reform plan, as published in January 2026.

In today's edition: CMA, weight loss drugs, and a missing non-paper

"If this was a conservative triumph, it was one built not on ideology but on the disciplined mobilization of patronage networks that had been consolidating for years."

La guerre contre l’Iran déclenchée par Israël et les États-Unis se poursuit. C’est le 5e jour ce mercredi 4 mars. Après la réplique de l’Iran et de ses alliés comme le Hezbollah au Liban désormais également visé par Israël, la guerre embrase désormais tout le Moyen-Orient. Au-delà de la région, les puissances européennes doivent aussi se positionner et ce n’est pas simple.   

Poland's centrist ruling coalition promised to reverse the most restrictive elements of Poland's abortion laws before their election in 2023

Tehran, the capital of Iran. Credit: Unsplash/Hosein Charbaghi. Source: UN News

By Jacqueline Cabasso and John Burroughs
OAKLAND, California, Mar 4 2026 (IPS)

Operation “Epic Fury” manifests an epic tantrum by President Donald Trump, supported by his sycophantic minions, with dire consequences for the people in the region, peace and security worldwide, the global economy, and the post-World War II international legal order.

The United States/Israeli bombing of Iran clearly violates fundamental rules of international law. It violates the sovereignty of Iran, contrary to Article 2(4) of the UN Charter which prohibits the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any state.

There is no plausible case that the U.S. and Israel are acting in self-defense against an imminent attack. Nor is regime change an acceptable justification for use of force, as it runs directly counter to the injunction to respect the political independence of states.

Credit: UN Photo/Evan Schneider
UN Secretary-General António Guterres, briefing reporters outside the Security Council, described the United States’ bombing in Iran as a “dangerous escalation.”
“I am gravely alarmed by the use of force by the United States against Iran today,” said the UN chief, reiterating that there is no military solution. “This is a dangerous escalation in a region already on the edge – and a direct threat to international peace and security.”

It is striking that the Trump administration has made no real effort to use multilateral mechanisms or to invoke international law. Both by its action and by its contempt for international law, the administration is accelerating the erosion of basic rules relating to use of force that has been underway for nearly three decades following the end of the Cold War.

The erosion of the legal framework formally limiting the use of armed force has been a long process, punctuated in the 21st century by increasingly frequent shocks of large-scale wars launched by major powers with less and less regard for international law and institutions.

The first of these was the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, the stage set by the long, massive U.S. presence in and around Iraq in the 1990s and the invasion and occupation of Afghanistan in 2001. Unlike the Trump administration, the George W. Bush administration at least gestured toward providing an international law rationale for the invasion—but built its justifications for war on a foundation of lies.

Then came the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014 and its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, which both lacked any serious international law justification. There have been other instances of aggression in this century, such as the recent U.S. invasion of Venezuela to abduct its president. But U.S. actions in relation to Iraq, those of Russia in Ukraine, and the U.S./Israel bombing of Iran stand out as major developments in the erosion of rules on use of force.

Concerning Iran’s nuclear program, prior to the bombing it was not at a stage of development that provided any basis for a claim of self-defense. In general, it has appeared for many years that Iran had a uranium enrichment capability, in part in order to preserve the option of acquiring nuclear weapons at some point in the future, but had not made the acquisition decision.

And it was the United States, during the first Trump administration, that unilaterally withdrew from the painstakingly negotiated 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, an international agreement that placed effective and verifiable restraints on Iran’s nuclear program.

Discussions of Iran’s program generally do not address the fact that Israel has a robust nuclear arsenal. In the long run it is not practical to allow some states to have nuclear weapons and to deny them to others. The most straightforward way to deal with problems posed by the actual proliferation of nuclear weapons, as in the case of North Korea, or their potential proliferation, as in the case of Iran, is to move expeditiously toward the global abolition of nuclear arms.

Another at least partial way is to build new regional nuclear weapons free zones. That approach has indeed been tried in the case of the Middle East. Both in the context of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, and in the United Nations, there have been serious efforts to get negotiation of a Middle East zone underway, with Iran’s willing participation.

However, Israel and the United States have boycotted these efforts. This severely undercuts the legitimacy of their position as they claim to act to stop a menacing Iranian nuclear program.

What should be the response to these developments?

First, the invasion of Iran should be condemned as unlawful aggression, and the basic UN Charter rules should be defended, with the aim of at least preserving them for the future.

Second, it should be recognized that the world is undergoing a major transformation marked by the resurgence of authoritarian nationalism, with authoritarian ethno-nationalist factions in power or constituting significant political forces in many countries, including all of the nuclear-armed states.

There is a need for realism about the nature of the challenge, and for new thinking and innovative forms of advocacy and politics for a more fair, democratic, peaceful, and post-nationalist world.

Jacqueline Cabasso is the Executive Director of Western States Legal Foundation in Oakland, California; John Burroughs is a member of the organization’s Board of Directors.

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Written by Ionel Zamfir

Despite strong political commitments to gender equality at EU and national level, women still remain politically under-represented at all levels of political power. In the European Parliament, as well as in national parliaments, governments and local assemblies, their share most often is under the symbolic 40 % mark. Moreover, after successive electoral cycles in which women’s share in representative assemblies had increased, this trend has slowed down or come to a halt. Progress has also been uneven among Member States, with women remaining markedly under-represented in some Member States.

Gender-balanced political representation is not only important for women and female politicians but also for political parties themselves and the rest of society. It increases trust in the political system and strengthens economic and political governance.

The EU has committed to achieving gender balance in political representation and participation in the EU; however, except for the European elections, its powers in the area remain limited mainly to soft action. It can support the specific actions to be taken by the EU institutions, national governments, political parties, civil society and the media, by issuing recommendations, facilitating the exchange of good practice or funding projects.

There is substantial evidence of the obstacles to women’s political participation and the means to overcome it. This picture is nevertheless not static, as new challenges emerge, particularly from mounting opposition to gender equality, as well as from digital technologies, most recently artificial intelligence, which can both empower women and discourage them.

This updates a March 2024 briefing by Ionel Zamfir.

Source: European Institute for Gender Equality (2025)

Read the complete briefing on ‘Women in politics in the EU: State of play in 2026‘ in the Think Tank pages of the European Parliament.

Le Naaba YEMDE, Kourit Yir Soaba, Chef coutumier de Koupéla Le Koos Naaba BOULGA, Chef coutumier de Nakalbo ;
Les grandes familles DAMIBA, KIBA, BALMA, TOUBRWOUMYAN, à Nakalbo, Koupèla, Ouagadougou, Banfora, Bobo Dioulasso, Côte d'Ivoire
Le Naaba KIBA 2, Chef du Canton de Manga ;

Le Naaba KAONGO, chef du village de Gaogo/Manga et les grandes familles GOUNGOUNGA, ZIDA, NACOULMA, KINDA, KONDITAMDE, ZOUNGRANA, COMPAORÉ et BOUDA à Manga, Saaba, Ouagadougou, aux États-Unis et en France ;

Les familles alliées OUATTARA, COULIBALY, TRAORE et BARRO à Toussiana, Orodara, Dédougou, Bobo-Dioulasso et Ouagadougou ;
La famille de feu Oula Grégoire OUATTARA à Bobo-Dioulasso ;
La veuve, Siapri Bibiane Micheline et ses enfants : Gael Odilon Chrislove, Meryem Alexandra Godwin, Wendyam Ariel Mathis ;
La mère, Honorine Marie Désiré DAMIBA/GOUNGOUNGA à Ouagadougou
Le frère Pagomdé Christian DAMIBA ;

La sœur Nabonswendé Marie Cécile DAMIBA titulaire de la pharmacie RENAISSANCE à Ouagadougou et sa fille Alya Charlène BANCE
Rémi DAMIBA et famille à Bobo-Dioulasso ;
Sœur Emma DAMIBA à la Maison saint Joseph de Kossoghin ;
Abbé Jean Gabriel DAMIBA, curé de la Paroisse Saint Vincent de Paul à Bobo Dioulasso et Sœur Adeline DAMIBA à Bobo Dioulasso ;
Les oncles et tantes ;
Les cousins et cousines ;

Les amis Pascale et Denis DOLIDON à Beaumont/Clermont-Ferrand (France) ;
ont la profonde douleur de vous informer du rappel à Dieu le 28 février 2026 à Istanbul (Turquie) dans sa 46ème année, de leur fils, époux, père, frère, oncle, neveu, cousin, ami……

Malignesgo Arnaud DAMIBA.

Ils vous informent que le programme des obsèques et des funérailles est le suivant :
– Mercredi 04 mars à 21H30 : arrivée de la dépouille mortelle à l'aéroport international de Ouagadougou ;
– Jeudi 05 mars à 20H00 : veillée de prières au domicile familial sis à Toeyiibin ;
– Vendredi 06 mars à 9H00 : messe de requiem et absoute à la paroisse Notre Dame des Apôtres de la Patte d'Oie, suivies de l'enterrement au cimetière route de Saponé.

– Dimanche 08 mars 2026 à 9H00 : messe tenant lieu de funérailles à la Paroisse Notre Dame des Apôtres de la Patte d'Oie.
« J'ai combattu le bon combat, j'ai achevé la course,
j'ai gardé la foi. » (2 Timothée 4 :7)

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