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  • German police test facial recognition cameras at Berlin station

    GERMANY, 2017/08/02 German police deployed the initial facial recognition cameras at a major railway station in Berlin on Tuesday, testing new technology that could help track and arrest crime and terrorism suspects. "We want to test how good the technology really is," police spokesman Jens Schobranski said of the six-month pilot project, part of a promise by Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives to raise funds for police and security. Opinion polls in the run-up to a general election next month show a lot of voters are worried about security, half next attacks by asylum seekers stoked criticisms of Merkel's decision to allow in additional than one million migrants.

  • Bastille Day Military Parade - Paris Macron shaking hands with Donald Trump's wife Melania

    FRANCE, 2017/07/15 FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL Macron and Donald Trump marked France’s national day together on Friday at a military parade which clearly delighted the US president and showcased warming relations between the two leaders. But the day was tinged with mourning, coming a year on from a jihadist massacre that claimed 86 lives in the southern city of Nice, where Macron led remembrances next the Paris parade. Trump was Macron’s guest of honour at national day celebrations in the French capital as this year marked the centenary of the United States entering World War I.

  • Euro Area Unemployment At 9.3%, EU28 At 7.8%

    EUROPEAN UNION, 2017/07/08 The euro sector(EA19) seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 9.3% in May 2017, stable compared to April 2017 and down from 10.2% in May 2016, according to Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. Eurostat said this remains the lowest rate recorded in the euro area since March 2009. The EU28 unemployment rate was 7.8% in May 2017, stable compared to April 2017 and down from 8.7% in May 2016. This remains the lowest rate recorded in the EU28 since December 2008.

  • EU countries decline to help Italy with Mediterranean refugee crisis

    ITALY, 2017/07/08 Overwhelmed by refugees, Italy has threatened to bar boats carrying migrants from its ports. EU interior ministers have agreed to develop a code of conduct for rescue ships. They are refusing to show any additional solidarity. In the last week of June alone, additional than 10,000 refugees from Africa arrived in Italy via the Mediterranean route; the total since the beginning of the year is 85,000. Rome's decision to close Italian ports to refugee ships was met with the approval of the EU interior ministers gathered in Estonia's capital, Tallinn. EU Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos urged bloc nations to help Italy, which can no longer handle the problem on its own. But solidarity has been exhausted. Nobody in Rome wants to take in any refugees or open any ports for the rescue boats.

  • Helmut Kohl funeral

    GERMANY, 2017/07/02 Former Chancellor Helmut Kohl has been honored by world leaders at a appropriate ceremony at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Hundreds had gathered to pay their final respects at a requiem mass in Speyer. - World leaders completed and present gathered at the European Parliament in Strasbourg to honor Germany's longest-serving chancellor. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and former US President Bill Clinton were part the leaders to honor Kohl's achievements and say their farewells.

  • EU eyes new Libya approach to block feared migrant wave

    EUROPEAN UNION, 2017/01/14 The European Union plans new measures to deter migrants crossing the Mediterranean from Libya, officials said, as Malta urged the bloc to act on Thursday to chief off a surge in arrivals from a country where Russia is taking a new interest. With options limited by the weakness of the U.N.-recognised government and by divisions part EU states, it is unclear just what the EU may acknowledge. But officials believe a consensus can be found within weeks in support of national steps taken by Italy. Rome once entirely paid Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi to block migrants. Since he was overthrown with Western backing in 2011, it has struggled to cope with large numbers of new arrivals. Italy is presently working with U.N.-backed Prime Minister Fayez Seraj on a new agreement under which Rome will help guard Libya's southern desert borders against smugglers.

  • Nigeria warns against illegal migration to Europe

    EUROPEAN UNION, 2016/09/04 The Nigerian government on Thursday warned citizens of the country against illegal migration to Europe. Minister of Labor and Employment, Chris Ngige, gave the warning in Abuja, the country's capital city during the Unveiling Ceremony of the National Policy on Labor Migration. The policy was developed with the technical and financial support of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the International Labor Organization (ILO).

  • Germany asks citizens to stockpile food and water first time after Cold War

    GERMANY, 2016/09/04 Germany is asking its citizens for the initial time next the Cold War to stockpile enough food and water for ten days as a precaution against possible terrorist attacks. The request, included in a recently published government paper titled "Concept for Civil Defense," came next a series of deadly attacks that were believed to have links with extremist groups struck the country. "The people will be obliged to hold an individual supply of food for ten days," the paper said, adding a supply of water for five days is as well a good idea.

  • President Aliyev offers condolences to German president

    AZERBAIJAN, 2016/07/24 Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev extended condolences to German President Joachim Gauck over the shooting in Munich July 23. “I was deeply saddened by the news of casualties and injuries as a result of an armed attack at a shopping mall in Munich,” President Aliyev said in a letter of condolences.

  • German president Joachim Gauck ‘horrified’ by ‘murderous attack’ in Munich

    GERMANY, 2016/07/23 German President Joachim Gauck today said he was “horrified” by the “murderous attack” in a Munich shopping centre which left at least eight people dead. ”I am with all the victims in my thoughts and all those who are mourning or fearful for loved ones,” he said in a statement, adding that his “solidarity” was with emergency services personnel trying to “protect people and save lives”, NDTV reported.
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