Photo by TE LUN OU YANG on Unsplash Taiwan has urged the international community, including the EU, to do more to support its long running efforts to taking part in global organisations. It says this would allow it to more fully contribute to a whole raft of endeavours, from fighting cross border crime to climate change. The appeal…
Photo by Fred Moon on Unsplash President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, has voiced concern at the rise of disinformation. The MEP said it was “an absolute danger.” She was speaking at the University of Sorbonne in Paris on Monday. The Maltese deputy said, “Disinformation has affected our liberal democracies and societies since the turn of the…
Photo by Jairph on Unsplash Good neighbourly relations and equal and constructive dialogue have always been priorities of the foreign policy of the Leadership of the Republic of Uzbekistan, writes Oleg Sherstnyov. On the way of strengthening independence, sovereignty and preserving the original culture of their peoples, the countries of Central Asia realise that antagonism in certain areas…
Photo by Maximalfocus on Unsplash The EU Commission said it welcomes Monday’s agreement by G7 leaders on International Guiding Principles on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and a voluntary Code of Conduct for AI developers under the “Hiroshima AI process.” President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, was among those who subscribed to the G7 leaders’ statement issued by the 2023 Japan G7 presidency….
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Photo by Thierry Lemaitre on Unsplash The battle of the golden spurs, the birth of Brueghel, the entry of women into university, the invention of the praline and the independence of the Congo. Question: do you know when these key dates in the history of Belgium happened? You could of course add to this list countless other times…
Photo by Neil Mark Thomas on Unsplash MEPs say they want to “underline” that the EU border force Frontex could do more to increase the EU and member states’ capacity to carry out search and rescue operations. It could do this, they say, by investing in appropriate assets for such operations. Regarding the shipwreck off the coast of…
Ukraine’s Civil Society Hub in Brussels launched a campaign initiative yesterday to eject the Russian Federation from the United Nations. Speakers at the International conference included Vsevolod Chentsov, Head of the Mission of Ukraine to the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, Volodymyr Yelchenko Ambassador-at-large, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Maksym Baryshnikov,…
Photo by AXP Photography on Unsplash Over the years of independence, Uzbekistan has implemented comprehensive measures to reform the entire social and political life of the country and identified further priority areas for these reforms. An emphasis is paid to further development of the media, writes Gulnara Babadjanova “Currently, Uzbekistan has 2,140 media outlets. 626 more than in…
Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash The European Parliament’s committee on economic affairs has voted on several tax files that are of strategic importance for the future of taxation in the EU, including the report on taxation in times of crisis. In this report, MEPs managed to secure two important points – calling on the Commission to look…
