Data Retention Directive Invalid, says EU’s Highest Court EFF.org Updates by Danny O’Brien and Danny O’Brien Today the European Court of Justice declared the EU’s Data Retention Directive invalid, declaring that the mass collection of Internet data in Europe entailed a “wide-ranging and particularly serious interference with the fundamental rights to respect for private … Read more
MAIN FOCUS: Heavy cost of corruption for Europe | 04/02/2014 Corruption costs the EU economy around 120 billion euros per year, the EU’s first Anti-Corruption Report published on Monday reveals. According to a Eurobarometer survey, more than half of the respondents believe that bribery has increased in the last three years. Commentators call on … Read more
EU will likely lift some Iran sanctions in December: France France’s foreign ministe said the EU would likely lift some sanctions on Iran in December MAIN FOCUS: Breakthrough in nuclear dispute with Iran | 25/11/2013 The US, Russia, China, the UK, France and Germany reached a provisional agreement with Iran in the nuclear dispute … Read more
Seven countries join forces to build a European drone France, Germany, Greece, Italy, The Netherlands, Poland and Spain have signed an agreement on Tuesday (19 November) to build an unmanned aircraft by 2020 and challenge the dominance of the United States and Israel on a market seen as strategic. Defence ministers meeting in Brussels instructed … Read more
Syria crisis: US and Russia embark on diplomatic track Syria’s chemical arsenal was at the center of a ramped up diplomatic effort Sept. 11 as Washington put its threat of military strikes aside and engaged with Russia’s disarmament plan Israel proposed Syria chemical plan ?long ago? Israel long ago proposed to international actors, including Russia, the confiscation … Read more
War in Syria: A Timeline of Key Events Since Chemical Attacks The conflict in Syria started more than two years ago, but it reached a tipping point on Aug. 21 when President Bashar al-Assad‘s regime allegedly launched a deadly chemical attack in the suburbs of Damascus, violating international regulations and inciting worldwide EU foreign policy chief says evidence … Read more