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A rendőrség reggel őrizetbe akarta venni a NAKA múlt héten lemondott főnökét

Bumm.sk (Szlovákia/Felvidék) - Fri, 05/21/2021 - 08:35
DenníkN: A rendőrség pénteken reggel őrizetbe akarta venni Branislav Zuriant, a NAKA múlt héten lemondott főnökét. A külföldön tartózkodó Zurian poprádi lakásában házkutatás zajlik. "Nincs tudomásom róla, hogy bűncselekményt követtem volna el" – mondta Zurian, aki kapcsolatban van a vizsgálótiszttel.

Putyin elrendelte az oroszok evakuálását a Gázai-övezetből

Biztonságpiac - Fri, 05/21/2021 - 08:35
Elrendelte Oroszország és a FÁK-tagállamok távozni kívánó állampolgárainak a Gázai-övezetből való evakuálását Vlagyimir Putyin.

Az orosz jogi információs portálon közzétett rendeletében Putyin arra utasította a rendkívüli helyzetek minisztériumát, hogy a külügyminisztériummal egyeztetve szállítsa Moszkvába mindazokat, akik erre bejelentik igényüket. A kimenekítés időpontjáról és módjáról a diplomáciai tárcának a rendkívüli helyzetek minisztériuma mellett a Külső Hírszerző Szolgálattal (SZVR) kell egyeztetnie.

“Az orosz kormánynak meg kell hoznia a rendelet végrehajtásához szükséges intézkedéseket” – állt a dokumentumban. A lépést a rendelet azzal indokolja, hogy a Gázai övezetben hirtelen megromlott a helyzet az izraeli fegyveres erők katonai művelete következtében.

Az Izrael és a Gázai övezet közötti határon már második hete feszült a helyzet. A Hamász iszlamista palesztin szervezet Gázából rakétákkal támadja Izrael területét, az izraeli védelmi erők pedig válaszul ellencsapásokat mérnek az övezetre.

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Categories: Biztonságpolitika

Les changements de permis de conduire autorisés

24 Heures au Bénin - Fri, 05/21/2021 - 08:34

La suspension liée aux changements de permis de conduire est désormais levée aux Béninois de la diaspora française grâce à un accord signé entre le Bénin et la France. Désormais, les changements de ce document sont autorisés pour les ressortissants des deux pays.

Bonne nouvelle pour les Béninois de la diaspora française ! Le Bénin a rejoint la liste des pays dont les permis de conduire nationaux sont susceptibles de faire l'objet d'un échange contre un permis de conduire français, en vertu d'accords bilatéraux et de pratiques réciproques d'échange des permis de conduire.
Ainsi les Béninois résidant en France peuvent désormais échanger leur permis contre un permis français. Il en est de même pour les Français vivant au Bénin, en vertu du principe de réciprocité. Cela signifie que les Français n'ont pas besoin de passer le permis béninois, et les Béninois ne sont plus tenus de passer le permis français.
Cette mesure prend en compte toutes les catégories de permis de conduire délivrés au Bénin ou en France.
Les Béninois de la diaspora détenant un permis de conduire français peuvent échanger leur permis de conduire contre celui d'un pays avec lequel la France a conclu un accord de réciprocité dans ce cadre. Cependant, l'échange de permis de conduire concerne surtout les pays hors de l'Union Européenne (28 pays plus le Liechtenstein, l'Islande et la Norvège).
Les personnes concernées n'ont pas besoin de procéder à l'échange de permis de conduire lorsqu'elles se rendent (temporairement ou même pour y résider) dans ces 31 pays.

Liste des pays avec lesquels la France a conclu ce type d'accords

M. M.

Categories: Afrique

Le Bénin reçoit 91,7 milliards F de la BEI

24 Heures au Bénin - Fri, 05/21/2021 - 08:34

Le Bénin et la BEI ont procédé, jeudi 20 mai 2021, à la confirmation des signatures des contrats de financements relatifs aux projets « Assainissement pluvial des villes du Bénin » et « Riposte sanitaire contre le Covid-19 ». La cérémonie s'est tenue à la fois en présentiel et par visioconférence à Sèmè One .

Les conventions des financements relatifs aux projets « Assainissement pluvial des villes du Bénin » et « Riposte sanitaire contre le Covid-19 » ont été signées entre le Bénin représenté par le ministre de l'Économie et des Finances Romuald Wadagni et la BEI représentée par par Maria SHAW-BARRAGAN, Directrice des opérations internationales et sous le suivi de la Commission Européenne représentée par la Cheffe de la Délégation de l'Union Européenne au Bénin Sylvia HARTLEIF.
Les conventions portent sur un montant de 72,1 milliards de FCFA pour le Projet d'Assainissement pluvial des villes du Bénin et 19,6 milliards de FCFA en soutien à la stratégie de riposte sanitaire à la crise de la Covid-19.
Au total 91,7 milliards soit environ 140 millions d'euros ont été alloués par la BEI.
Le Projet d'Assainissement pluvial des villes du Bénin contribuera à la viabilisation des régions économiques et zones de forte concentration humaine, à travers l'amélioration du système d'assainissement pluvial de huit villes secondaires : Porto-Novo, Abomey-Calavi, Sèmè-Podji, Ouidah, Abomey, Bohicon, Parakou et Natitingou, selon José Didier Tonato, ministre du Cadre de vie et du Développement Durable.
Pour le ministre de la santé Benjamin Hounkpatin, l'appui à la riposte contre la Covid-19 est un soutien à la réponse d'urgence face à la crise sanitaire puis permettra des interventions de préparation aux pandémies à moyen terme.
« Ces confirmations de signatures marquent un partenariat historique entre le Bénin et la BEI », a indiqué la Directrice des opérations internationales de la BEI.
M. M.

Categories: Afrique

«Scheiss auf Corona!»: Hier stachelt Petar Pusic die GC-Fans an

Blick.ch - Fri, 05/21/2021 - 08:33
Nach dem 2:1-Sieg gegen Kriens steigen die Hoppers in die Super League auf. Gefeiert wird dieses Ereignis mit den Fans. Und GC-Star Petar Pusic (22) macht dabei mit einer Ansprache auf sich aufmerksam.
Categories: Swiss News

Deutschlands steiniger Weg zur Blockchain-Nation

Euractiv.de - Fri, 05/21/2021 - 08:30
In einem am Dienstag veröffentlichten Bericht hat das Bundeswirtschaftsministerium eine Bestandsaufnahme der Blockchain-Strategie vorgenommen. Die Regierung will Deutschland zu einem der führenden Standorte für die Technologie machen.
Categories: Europäische Union

The new agenda for the Mediterranean: Building peace and resilience through dialogue and cooperation

Written by Mathilde BETANT-RASMUSSEN and Branislav STANICEK.

Twenty-five years after the establishment of the Barcelona Declaration, the Mediterranean region remains characterised by major security, political, economic and humanitarian challenges, both long-standing and of recent concern. The new EU agenda for the Mediterranean, presented by the European Commission in February 2021 and approved by the Council in April 2021, addressed both internal and external determinants, such as the pandemic, with the aim of relaunching the Barcelona process. The European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) roundtable on ‘The new agenda for the Mediterranean: Building peace and resilience through dialogue and cooperation’, held on 12 May 2021, discussed strategies and challenges to overcoming the multifaceted challenges of the Mediterranean and achieving lasting regional stability. Etienne Bassot, Director of the Members’ Research Service introduced the event, which was moderated by Elena Lazarou, Acting Head of the External Policies Unit.

In her keynote speech, Roberta Metsola (EPP, Malta), First Vice-President of the European Parliament, emphasised the strategic importance of the Mediterranean region at the convergence between three continents and several global powers. Vice‑President Metsola outlined key priorities for the EU in the region, namely addressing climate change, migration, the division of Cyprus, Turkey’s increasingly aggressive unilateral actions and the Israel-Palestine conflict. Furthermore, she highlighted the EU’s potential to become a catalyst for peace processes in the Mediterranean, recalling that such involvement could only be successful if the EU managed to speak with one voice as an actor fostering a common foreign policy.

Olivier Roy, Professor and Chair of Mediterranean Studies at the European University Institute in Florence, opened the discussion, declaring that migration is the most pressing challenge in the Mediterranean. Professor Roy highlighted the importance of addressing the needs of second-and third-generation immigrants in the EU through integrating Islam as a European religion. He also touched upon the increasing ‘gatekeeper’ role EU migration policy played by transit countries and the urgent need for tailored migration policies that address different types of migration, including labour force migration, political refugees and irregular migration.

Pierre Mirel, an Associate Professor at Sciences Po Paris and Honorary Director-General of the European Commission, followed with a pertinent critical analysis of the EU’s new agenda for the Mediterranean. He outlined the ‘genealogy’ of the new communication and its relations with previously adopted EU strategies for the region. He echoed Professor Roy in highlighting migration as a central point of the new agenda and welcomed the inclusion of new priority elements, such as climate change, post‑coronavirus recovery and digital policy. However, Professor Mirel regretted the omission of some crucial aspects, including trade, regional economic cooperation, demographic challenges and the discrimination of minority groups from the new agenda, as well as a relatively low budget of €7 billion for the Economic and Investment Plan for the Southern Neighbours covering all Southern Neighbourhood countries for 2021‑2027.

Daniel Fiott, Security and Defence Editor at the EU Institute for Security Studies in Paris, delved into the security and defence situation in the Mediterranean. He pointed out that eastern and southern security challenges are often interrelated and involve major regional and external players. He listed examples, including the Russian presence in Libya, Turkish troops in Libya and Syria, and Chinese investment in strategic Mediterranean ports. Any EU action must take account of the threat of external powers and the spillover effects of conflicts in providing a comprehensive and effective approach to regional security challenges.

Branislav Stanicek, Policy Analyst with the EPRS External Policies Unit, continued with an analysis of the geopolitical dimension of the new agenda, highlighting contested claims on eastern Mediterranean exclusive maritime zones. In facing the presence of global and regional powers, such as Russia, China and Turkey, the EU needs to secure its maritime presence in the Mediterranean. In the words of Paul Valéry, if the EU were lose its influence in the Mediterranean, its ‘Atlantic facade’ would be its only remaining maritime sphere and Europe would risk being reduced to ‘a small cape of the Asian continent’. On a cautionary yet optimistic note, he concluded by pointing to several upcoming elections in the region that could open up opportunities for political change, and potentially, peace. However, for successful EU action in the Mediterranean, increased cooperation and dialogue with civil society actors, including mayors and representatives of regions and cities is suggested. Furthermore, he recommended deeper engagement with religious actors and churches, which remain important anchors of peace and resilience.

Categories: European Union

Mehrere Dörfer evakuiert: Feuerwehr kämpft weiter gegen Waldbrand in Griechenland

Blick.ch - Fri, 05/21/2021 - 08:29
Hunderte Feuerwehrleute haben am Freitag ihren Kampf gegen einen grossen Waldbrand im Süden von Griechenland fortgesetzt.
Categories: Swiss News

UN nuclear agency and Iran work to extend monitoring

Euractiv.com - Fri, 05/21/2021 - 08:27
The International Atomic Energy Agency and Iran are working to extend their monitoring agreement to keep nuclear negotiations with world powers and Tehran on track, the IAEA said Thursday (20 May).
Categories: European Union

Wasserversorgung bei Dürre: Wie kommt der Fluss ins Glas?

Blick.ch - Fri, 05/21/2021 - 08:27
Eine Eawag-Forscherin hat einen neuen Ansatz entwickelt, um den Eintrag von Flusswasser ins Grundwasser zu analysieren. Ihre Methode liefert nützliche Informationen über Trinkwasserversorgung in den trockenen Zeiten, die der Klimawandel wahrscheinlich mit sich bringt.
Categories: Swiss News

RGPD : les eurodéputés demandent une procédure d’infraction contre l’Irlande

Euractiv.fr - Fri, 05/21/2021 - 08:26
Le Parlement européen a voté, jeudi 20 mai, en faveur d'une résolution demandant à la Commission européenne d'ouvrir une procédure d'infraction contre l'Irlande pour défaut d'application du Règlement général sur la protection des données (RGPD).
Categories: Union européenne

Nach Tod des Milliardärs: Thiele-Erben verkaufen Aktien von Lufthansa

Blick.ch - Fri, 05/21/2021 - 08:25
Die Erben des vor drei Monaten verstorbenen Milliardärs Heinz Hermann Thiele haben sich von mehr als der Hälfte ihrer Lufthansa-Aktien getrennt. Es wurden 33 Millionen Aktien der deutschen Airline verkauft, wie die KB Holding am Donnerstagabend mitteilte.
Categories: Swiss News

Prix Nobel de physique: L’astrophysicien Didier Queloz quitte Genève pour l’EPFZ

24heures.ch - Fri, 05/21/2021 - 08:25
L’institution zurichoise veut rassembler divers experts scientifiques pour étudier l’origine de la vie dans l’univers. L’astronome genevois jouera également un rôle important pour attirer des financements externes.
Categories: Swiss News

Luxus in der Pandemie: Richemont steigert Gewinn im Geschäftsjahr 2020/21 um 38 Prozent

Blick.ch - Fri, 05/21/2021 - 08:24
Der Uhren- und Schmuckkonzern Richemont hat im vergangenen Geschäftsjahr 2020/21 wie erwartet wegen der Coronapandemie weniger Umsatz erzielt. Unter dem Strich verblieb allerdings ein deutlich höherer Gewinn.
Categories: Swiss News

‘Compromise solution’ on Sofia-Skopje stalemate floated

Euractiv.com - Fri, 05/21/2021 - 08:24
In today's edition of the capitals, Czech Foreign Minister Jakub Kulhánek shows support for Israel and Former Albanian President Sali Berisha is set to sue US Secretary Antony Blinken for defamation. Read this and much more.
Categories: European Union

– The Global Insecurity of Climate Change –

Africa - INTER PRESS SERVICE - Fri, 05/21/2021 - 08:24

By Nalisha Adams
BONN, Germany, May 21 2021 (IPS)



On the occasion of World Environment Day, 5 June 2021, drawing from IPS’s bank of features and opinion editorials published this year, we are re-publishing one article a day, for the next two weeks.

The original article was published on February 24 2021

Sudanese youth live with continuous insecurity due to climate change vulnerability, including droughts, desertification, land degradation and food insecurity. Courtesy: Albert Gonzalez Farran/ UNAMID/ CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

BONN, Germany, Feb 24 2021 (IPS) – For Sudanese youth, climate change is synonymous with insecurity.

“We are living in a continuous insecurity due to many factors that puts Sudan on top of the list when it comes to climate vulnerability,” said Nisreen Elsaim, Sudanese climate activist and chair of United Nations Secretary General’s Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change.

She said this was directly linked to insecurity within Sudan. She noted that even a Security Council resolution from 2018 which acknowledged “the adverse effects of climate change, ecological changes and natural disasters, among other factors,”, including droughts, desertification, land degradation and food insecurity influenced the situation in Dafur, Sudan.

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) ranks Sudan as one of the world’s most vulnerable countries when it comes to climate change. Increased frequency of droughts and high rainfall variability over decades has stressed Sudan’s rainfed agriculture and pastoralist livelihoods, which are the dominant means of living in rural areas like north Dafur.

“In a situation of resources degradation, hunger, poverty and uncontrolled climate migration will [mean] conflict is an inevitable result,” Elsaim said, adding that climate-related emergencies resulted in major disruptions to healthcare and livelihoods and that climate-related migration increased the risk of gender-based violence.

She also pointed out that women, youth and children where the groups most adversely affected by climate insecurity.

In January, inter-communal violence in Darfur displaced over 180,000 people — 60 percent of whom are under the age of 18. “Displacement has declined in recent years in Sudan, but many of its triggers remain unaddressed. Ethnic disputes between herders and farmers over scarce resources overlap with disasters such as flooding and political instability,” the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre said in a statement. There are currently 2.1 million internally displaced persons in Sudan.

Elsaim was speaking yesterday, Feb. 23, during a high-level United Nations Security Council debate focusing on international peace and security and climate change, led by United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The UK currently holds the Security Council presidency and will also be host to the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26), which will take place in November in Glasgow, Scotland.

“Land and resources in Africa and in many other parts of the world, because of climate change, can no longer maintain young people,” Elsaim cautioned.

She said in the youth’s search for decent lives, jobs and proper access to services, the new challenge of COVID-19 meant the only solution for many was in country, cross-border or international migration.

The issue is a global one.

Natural historian Sir David Attenborough addressed the council in a video message also giving a stark warning that the “stability of the entire world” could be altered by climate threats.

“Today there are threats to security of a new and unprecedented kind,” Attenborough said.

“They are rising global temperatures, the despoiling of the ocean — that vast universal larder which people everywhere depend for their food. Change in the pattern of weather worldwide that pay no regard to national boundaries but that can turn forests into deserts, drown great cities and lead to the extermination of huge numbers of the other creatures with which we share this planet.”

He cautioned that no matter what the world did now, some of these threats could become a reality, destroying cities and societies.

“If we continue on our current path, we will face the collapse of everything that gives us our security: food production, access to fresh water, habitable ambient temperature, and ocean food chains,” Attenborough cautioned.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres said the last decade was the hottest in human history and that wildfires, cyclones and floods were the new normal which also affected political, economic and social stability.

“Climate disruption is a crisis amplifier and multiplier,” Guterres told the Security Council. “While climate change dries up rivers, reduces harvests, destroys critical infrastructure and displaces communities, it [also] exacerbates the risks of instability and conflict.”

He referred to a study by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute which noted that 8 of the 10 countries hosting the largest multilateral peace operations in 2018 where in areas highly exposed to climate change.

“The impacts of these crises are greatest where fragility and conflicts have weakened coping mechanisms,” Guterres said.

The UN has already stated that 2021 will a be critical, not only for curbing the rapidly spreading COVID-19 pandemic, but also for meeting the climate challenge. Guterres has already stated that he plans to focus this year on building a global coalition for carbon neutrality by 2050.

Alongside the Security Council debate, the Fifth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly wrapped up yesterday. The assembly, world’s top environmental decision-making body attended by government leaders, businesses, civil society and environmental activists, met virtually on Feb. 22 to 23 under the theme “Strengthening Actions for Nature to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals”.

The assembly concluded with member states releasing a statement acknowledging “the urgency to continue our efforts to protect our planet also in this time of crisis”, and calling for multilateral cooperation as they “remain convinced that collective action is essential to successfully address global challenges”.

Joyce Msuya, the Deputy Executive Director for the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), noted that 87 ministers and high-level representatives participated during the two days. She shared some of the points of the dialogue noting that the health of nature and human health were inextricably linked.

“For our own well-being we must make our peace with nature in a way that demonstrates solidarity,” Msuya said, making reference to a recent UNEP report.

The report serves a blueprint on how to tackle the triple emergencies of climate, biodiversity loss and pollution and provides detailed solutions by drawing on global assessments.

Msuya added that the nature crisis was linked with the climate and pollution crisis and that the world now had the chance to put in place a green recovery “that will transform our relations with nature and heal our planet”.

She said the green recovery should put the world on a path to a low-carbon, resilient, post-pandemic world.

Meanwhile, Elsaim said that as a young person, she was “sure that young people are the solution”. She urged world leaders to engage with the youth and listen to them.

“Stop conflict by stopping climate change. Give us security and secure the future,” she said in conclusion.

 


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Categories: Africa

Trotz aller Turbulenzen: Baloise mit stabilem Betriebsergebnis in der beruflichen Vorsorge

Blick.ch - Fri, 05/21/2021 - 08:23
Die Basler Versicherung ist im vergangenen Jahr im Geschäft mit der beruflichen Vorsorge (BVG) trotz aller Turbulenzen stabil geblieben. Das Betriebsergebnis erreichte 40,1 Millionen Franken.
Categories: Swiss News

Accord sur un pass sanitaire européen pour voyager cet été

Euractiv.fr - Fri, 05/21/2021 - 08:23
Les eurodéputés et les États membres sont parvenus à un accord sur le pass sanitaire européen, qui devrait entrer en vigueur à partir du 1er juillet.
Categories: Union européenne

EU hopeful of ending US aircraft dispute by July

Euractiv.com - Fri, 05/21/2021 - 08:20
The European Union and the United States are working to resolve a dispute over subsidies to aircraft makers and should be able to do so by July, the EU's trade chief said on Thursday (20 May) in a further sign of improving transatlantic trade ties.
Categories: European Union

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