Photo by Bogdan Dada on Unsplash The coronation of King Charles III would always be a special moment in history, but future historians may regard an earlier announcement as his “crowning achievement”: the opening of sealed royal archives to reveal details of the monarchy’s historic involvement in the slave trade. This initiative is most welcome. What would now…
Photo by Bernard Hermant on Unsplash The transmission system operators of Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia and SOCAR signed an important Memorandum of Understanding in Sofia today, 25th April. The signing ceremony of the “Memorandum of Understanding for encouraging cooperation among Bulgartransgaz (Bulgaria), Transgaz (Romania), FGSZ (Hungary), Eustream (Slovakia) and the State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR)”…
Chatbot best practices KPIs, NLP training, validation & more There will be instances where the bot simply lacks the business logic to fulfil the users request. Start out by asking users open questions e.g. “how can I help?” or “what are you looking for?” . Run the responses through the NLU models and algorithms and…
Photo by Aaron Lau on Unsplash The EU has been told it “must not shrink from taking a clear united and strong stance” against China. The demand was made by senior German MEP Reinhard Bütikofer, Foreign Policy Coordinator of the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament. He was commenting on the EU’s China policy which is on the…
Photo by Szabo Viktor on Unsplash Currently, taking into account the requirements of the time, within the framework of reform of the constitution, the Basic Law of Uzbekistan is being updated by two thirds. As a result of public discussions more than 220 thousand proposals were received to improve the current Constitution, based on the study of which…
Photo by Kyle Mackie on Unsplash An ambitious overhaul of EU animal welfare laws is possible, reveals the Brussels-based publication Agra Facts. A leaked preliminary analysis written by the European Commission’s own civil servants is said to include the option to ban caged farming in Europe and to minimise animal suffering on farms, including during transport and slaughter….
This interview first appeared in EU Today, and is republished here with the news portal’s permission. Photo by Tungsten Rising on Unsplash When you see the terrible consequences of the war with your own eyes, you understand that Western countries should help more, writes Gary Cartwright. On Sunday, 2nd April, the All-Ukrainian Charitable Foundation “Peace and Good” delivered…
The leader of an EU body has pledged its “full support and solidarity” to Ukraine. The President of the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), Vasco Alves Cordeiro spoke after he met with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv. Cordeiro was taking part in the International Summit of Regions and Cities, convened by the Ukrainian authorities,…
Photo by Nosirjon Saminjonov on Unsplash The Parliament of Uzbekistan has scheduled a referendum on 30th April on the amendments to the Constitution of the Republic. The upcoming vote on the draft of the Basic law of our country “On the Constitution of the Republic of Uzbekistan” will determine the development of the country for many decades, writes…
Photo by Yukon Haughton on Unsplash A former senior British MEP says he fears the world is “drifting” towards another war. The gloomy assessment by Richard Balfe, now a life peer in the UK, comes amid mounting tensions in various parts of the world. As well as the ongoing war in Ukraine, recent weeks have seen increased tension…
