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  • Swedish government rocked by data scandal

    SWEDEN, 2017/07/29 Sweden's right-wing opposition plans a no-confidence vote against the social-democratic government, next revelations that the Transport Agency outsourced IT services to IBM, leading to data such as driving licences or data on military vehicles and protected identities being handled by foreign staff with no clearance.

  • Poland's Kaczynski vows to continue judicial reform

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  • Estonia to conduct the first cyber defence exercise for defence ministers

    ESTONIA, 2017/07/29 As a part of the programme for the Estonian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, Estonia is organizing a strategic level table-top exercise 'EU CYBRID 2017' on cyber defence for the EU defence ministers in Tallinn. EU CYBRID 2017 is organized in cooperation with the European Defence Agency and the objective of the exercise is to put ministers to the test in dealing with the aftermath of a cyber-attack. At his conference with the Chief Executive of the European Defence Agency Jorge Domecq in Brussels, Minister for Defence Jüri Luik discussed how to apply the conclusions drawn from the strategic level table-top exercise in policy planning.

  • Estonia to conduct the first cyber defence exercise for defence ministers

    ESTONIA, 2017/07/29 As a part of the programme for the Estonian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, Estonia is organizing a strategic level table-top exercise 'EU CYBRID 2017' on cyber defence for the EU defence ministers in Tallinn. EU CYBRID 2017 is organized in cooperation with the European Defence Agency and the objective of the exercise is to put ministers to the test in dealing with the aftermath of a cyber-attack. At his conference with the Chief Executive of the European Defence Agency Jorge Domecq in Brussels, Minister for Defence Jüri Luik discussed how to apply the conclusions drawn from the strategic level table-top exercise in policy planning.

  • European Union to support Albania's public administration reform

    ALBANIA, 2017/07/11 The European Union (EU) will be totally committed to provide assistance in the transformation of Albania's public government as it sees such reform as an absolute priority for the opening of EU accession talks, EU Ambassador to Albania Romana Vlahutin Monday told reporters. According to the EU ambassador, Albanian public government must be ready at the same time as the talks with the EU are launched.

  • European Union to support Albania's public administration reform

    ALBANIA, 2017/07/11 The European Union (EU) will be totally committed to provide assistance in the transformation of Albania's public government as it sees such reform as an absolute priority for the opening of EU accession talks, EU Ambassador to Albania Romana Vlahutin Monday told reporters. According to the EU ambassador, Albanian public government must be ready at the same time as the talks with the EU are launched.

  • Bosnian Serb Leader Threatens Secession Over Holidays

    BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, 2017/07/08 President Milorad Dodik said Serb-dominated Republika Srpska will have no reason to remain in Bosnia and Herzegovina if the country’s Constitutional Court approves national holidays not celebrated by Serbs. Milorad Dodik warned on Wednesday that Republika Srpska coud leave Bosnia and Herzegovina if the national Constitutional Court doesn’t policy against the country’s Independence Day and Statehood Day next by presently ruling the annual Day of Republika Srpska holiday unconstitutional. “If the court consents to the March 1 [Independence Day] and November 25 [Statehood Day] celebrations, again we have no place in Bosnia and Herzegovina,” Dodik told a press conference in Banja Luka.

  • Diplomats ponder whether UK may U-turn on Brexit

    EUROPEAN UNION, 2017/07/02 A British newspaper says EU diplomats are frustrated at a lack of clear vision over the UK Brexit plan. One envoy thinks a weakened leadership and the scale of what leaving the bloc entails could force a change of mind. Despite British Prime Minister Theresa May's insistence that the UK will not seek to remain in the EU's single market or customs union once it leaves the European Union, several EU diplomats believe a softer Brexit option is likely to emerge presently that negotiations have begun between UK and EU officials.

  • Trump congratulates Emmanuel Macron on French election win

    FRANCE, 2017/05/08 Donald Trump has congratulated the centrist Emmanuel Macron on his emphatic victory against Marine Le Pen in the French presidential run-off, attempting to put behind him the implicit support he had offered the far-right leader ahead of Sunday’s election. US president released statement notable primarily for its brevity, attempting to put behind him the implicit support he offered far-right leader Marine Le Pen In a statement put out by his press secretary Sean Spicer and notable primarily for its brevity, the White Home said: “We congratulate President-elect Macron and the people of France on their successful presidential election. We look forward to working with the new President and continuing our close cooperation with the French government.”

  • French election: Macron wins presidency by decisive margin

    FRANCE, 2017/05/08 The pro-EU centrist Emmanuel Macron has won the French presidency in a decisive victory over the far-right Front National leader, Marine Le Pen, and vowed to unite a divided and fractured France. Macron, 39, a former economy minister who ran as a “neither left nor right” independent promising to shake up the French political system, took 65.1% to Le Pen’s 34.9%, according to initial projections from early counts. His victory was hailed by his supporters as holding back a tide of populism next the Brexit vote and Donald Trump’s victory in the US election. Live Macron beats Le Pen in French presidential election – live updates
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