Europe - Mbin

‘I was shot in the leg back home’: the refugees reviving rural Spain ( www.theguardian.com ) Englisch

EU Council has withdrawn the vote on Chat Control - Stack Diary ( stackdiary.com ) Englisch

Hezbollah chief Nasrallah threatens Israel, Cyprus if Gaza war spills over ( www.france24.com ) Englisch

Hezbollah has been trading fire with Israel for more than eight months in parallel with the Gaza war. On Tuesday, the Iran-backed group published what it said was drone footage of sensitive military sites deep in Israeli territory....

Do any credit reporting agencies in Europe give consumers control over creditors access? Englisch

In the US, consumers can freeze their credit worthiness records and receive a code. When the records are frozen, the only orgs that can access the records are those already doing business with the consumer. If a consumer wants to open up a new account, they share the code with the prospective creditor who uses it to see the...

Germany and Italy are the biggest climate laggards in Europe, study finds ( www.businessinsider.com ) Englisch

Chat control: Politicians, industry raise alarm over EU’s unprecedented messenger surveillance plans ( www.patrick-breyer.de ) Englisch

Democracy at risk: media warfare and the role of technology in modern elections - Friends of Europe ( www.friendsofeurope.org ) Englisch

"Professors at the European University Institute are warning of the rapid popularisation of generative-AI that makes threats of foreign interference and disinformation operations more subtle and harmful for our democracies than ever before. The number of violations reported just in Europe and only in 2024, also denounced by the...

EU envoy says Georgia's bid to join 'practically frozen' over foreign agent law ( www.reuters.com ) Englisch

EU rebukes France, Italy and others over excessive debt ( www.dw.com ) Englisch

Stonehenge sprayed with paint by environmental protesters ( www.dw.com ) Englisch

Leak: EU interior ministers want to exempt themselves from chat control bulk scanning of private messages - EU Reporter ( www.eureporter.co ) Englisch

Beijing urges Britain to stop sanctioning Chinese firms over Russian links ( www.reuters.com ) Englisch

China's commerce ministry said on Wednesday that it had urged Britain to stop sanctioning Chinese firms after the country sanctioned five Chinese companies over their links to Russia....

Swedish MPs green-light controversial US defense deal ( www.lemonde.fr ) Englisch

Client-Side-Scanning: 'Chat Control is Pure Surveillance State' ( netzpolitik.org ) Englisch

The planned chat control makes the world less secure and more authoritarian, as it is directed against private and encrypted communication. Proponents are using disinformation, lies, and sleight of hand to push through the project. But chat control can still be stopped. A commentary....

Russia turns to blackmail and 'financial incentives' to hire Germans to spy to make up for expelled diplomats, German agency says ( www.reuters.com ) Englisch

Russia has turned increasingly to blackmail and financial incentives to hire Germans to spy for it after the blow dealt to its intelligence services by Europe's expulsion of some 600 Russian diplomats, Germany's domestic security service said....

China Is Targeting Europe's Soft (Pork) Belly ( www.bloomberg.com ) Englisch

- In response to the EU's tariffs on EV, China announced an anti-dumping probe on pork imports from the European Union. But at less than $2 billion last year, pork accounts for a tiny sliver of the trade between the EU and China, which topped $280 billion in 2023....