The European Court of Human Rights has confirmed until further notice the suspension of the enforcement of Georgia’s Supreme Court verdict of 2 March concerning the ownership rights of the Rustavi 2 TV Company. The Supreme Court’s verdict might have an impact on the country’s media landscape, affecting the diversity of views available to citizens through broadcasting…
Category: International
Gadget-spy dual use
Televisions, smartphones and Internet-connected vehicles are all vulnerable to CIA hacking, according to the Wikileaks documents released Tuesday. Crowd-sourced find in #Vault7 discovers CIA tool to make Android phones bulk-spy on WiFi networks around them https://t.co/GRqriXMU4H pic.twitter.com/cNfEIv4qLP — WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) March 7, 2017 The capabilities described include recording the sounds, images and the private text…
ECJ: humanitarian visa is a national competence
The EU’s top court based in Luxembourg ruled Tuesday that states can deny short-term humanitarian visas to people trying to enter to claim asylum, in a case of a Syrian family trying to come to Belgium. Top court in #Luxembourg says states can deny #visas to #refugees https://t.co/5qjPfPQMGj – #ECJ pic.twitter.com/tFp8bSo0lM — Luxembourg Times (@LuxTimes)…
April 5 – Brussels Syria conference
The European Union will host a major international conference on Syria on April 5, entitled ‘Syria and the region: supporting the future of Syria and the region’, co-chairing the event with the United Nation, Germany, Kuwait, Norway, Qatar and the United Kingdom, High Representative Federica Mogherini announced this week. .@FedericaMog announces that EU will host…
Owen Bonnici: EU 'better-equipped' against terrorism
On 7 March 2017 EU ministers approved a set of new measures which will update and extend the tools available to Member States to respond to the evolving threat of terrorism. The new Directive will enable law enforcement and judicial authorities in the EU to be better-equipped to act to prevent and prosecute individuals planning…
EU-Azerbaijan: Mehman Huseynov sentence questioned
The two-year sentence handed down on 3 March by a court in Baku to Azerbaijani blogger Mehman Huseynov on a charge of slander, after he reported that he was tortured during a brief incarceration in January, raises serious questions both as regards respect for freedom of expression and due process of law, says the statement…
Shoukry: ‘no’ for refugee camps in Egypt
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Egypt Sameh Shoukry attended a number of meetings with high officials in Brussels, exchanging views on illegal immigration and security. Shoukry clearly rejected the set up of refugee/migrant camps in Egypt. @FedericaMog receiving Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry #EU Foreign Affairs Council pic.twitter.com/hjTn6SF3DG — Nabila Massrali (@NabilaEUspox) March 6,…
Concerns over North Korea missile programme
Today North Korea fired four ballistic missiles into the sea off Japan’s northwest, angering South Korea and Japan, days after it promised retaliation over U.S.-South Korea military drills it sees as a preparation for war. North Korea missile test Stirs ICBM fears https://t.co/kBrL6PTnLT — The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) March 6, 2017 South Korea’s military…
EU defence community
“EU foreign and defence ministers meeting jointly today all gave a very clear message: we are progressing steadily towards strengthened defence cooperation and we will continue to do more. This is about protecting our citizens. The European Union has unique tools to help Europeans to take more responsibility for their own security, and to do…
Austria suggests refugee camps in Georgia
“We need refugee centers outside the European Union, which would be managed jointly with the UNHCR, UN Refugee Agency. Their location is not so important. It is important that they will provide protection, and that people, trying to enter Europe illegally, will be returned there,” – said Sebastian Kurz, Austrian Foreign Minister to Bild am Sonntag newspaper. Kurz…
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