The European Commission proposed on Wednesday to strengthen its arsenal against environmental crimes, a project that is part of the debate on the international recognition of the crime of “ecocide”. “Too often in Europe there is no real sanction for environmental crimes. Violators can go unpunished, there is very little incentive to respect the law […]
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Migrants on the Belarusian-Polish border; a frozen crisis
More than a month after the outbreak of the migration crisis On the Belarusian-Polish border, many undocumented migrants still remain in Belarus waiting to enter the European Union (EU). “The active phase of the crisis has been overcome, but the reasons why it arose have not disappeared”, explains in a conversation with EFE Román Pavlyuchenko, […]
EU targets Uber and other apps with plan to recognize platform workers’ rights
The European Commission announced on Thursday a series of projects to give employee benefits to workers on online platforms such as Uber and Deliveroo, which the companies say could lead to job losses. The proposal, a pioneering initiative in the world that must be negotiated with the countries of the European Union and community legislators […]
Borrell: the EU needs migrants, but we cannot allow them to be a weapon
The European Union (EU) “needs to migrants“, Although some States do not agree, but the migratory flow” must be regulated, “said today in Rome the high community representative for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell, for whom people cannot be allowed to “become a weapon”, as Belarus has done. “Immigration is a big problem with many faces, […]
EU proposes a “real alternative” to the new Chinese Silk Road
The European Commission (EC) presented a plan to mobilize up to 300,000 million euros in infrastructure in Latin America, Africa and Southeast Asia, which is “a true alternative” to the new Chinese Silk Road, according to President Ursula Von der Leyen . The head of the Executive of the European Union (EU) said that hers […]
EU announces gigantic plan to invest in infrastructure and counter Chinese influence
The European Union (EU) announced an ambitious plan to mobilize up to € 300 billion (about $ 340 billion) of public and private funds through 2027 on infrastructure projects to counter China’s global influence. The project, called Global Gateway, will pool own resources of the EU, of the 27 member states, European financial institutions and […]
EU and NATO express their support for Lithuania in the face of Lukashenko’s hybrid war
The president of the European Commission (EC), Ursula von der Leyen, and the secretary general of the OTAN, Jens Stoltenberg, today guaranteed their support for Lithuania in the face of the hybrid war organized by the regime of Belarusian President Alexandr Lukashenko. At a press conference in Vilnius together with the President of Lithuania, Gitanas […]
EU plans changes to its travel rules in the face of a new wave of COVID
The European Union will discuss this week how to update its digital COVID certificates and what will be its approach to travel within and outside the bloc, as member countries take different measures to counter the latest wave of the pandemic. “We need to avoid fragmentation”Said the health commissioner on Monday, Stella Kyriakides, to the […]
The EU Chief Observer will be in Caracas during Election Day
Updated on 11/20/2021 12:42 pm The head of the Electoral Observation Mission of the European Union (MOE-UE) and Venezuela, Isabel Santos, will carry out her work in the local and regional elections this Sunday in Caracas and its metropolitan area, where it will visit several voting centers, the community bloc reported this Saturday. Following the […]
European Union lifts entry restriction for travelers from Peru
Updated on 11/19/2021 02:45 pm The Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported this Friday that the European Union decided to recommend that its member states lift the restrictions for travelers from Peru, a measure that had been imposed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Through a release, Torre Tagle reported that the Council of the […]