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EU targets Russian intelligence, Chinese, North Korean companies in first ever cybercrime-related sanctions batch

Posted on July 30, 2020By Editor

The European Union has imposed sanctions on six people and three entities, including a Russian military intelligence unit over their alleged involvement in various hacking activities, in the first ever such move from Brussels. … Read More >EU targets Russian intelligence, Chinese, North Korean companies in first ever cybercrime-related sanctions batch

World

Trump says US won’t protect Germany as it ‘pays Russia billions for energy’ in 1st tweet after Pentagon announces troop withdrawal

Posted on July 30, 2020July 30, 2020By Editor

US President Donald Trump has defended his decision to pull out almost 12,000 troops from Germany by invoking its gas imports from Russia. Washington has recently ramped up its efforts to block the deliveries. … Read More >Trump says US won’t protect Germany as it ‘pays Russia billions for energy’ in 1st tweet after Pentagon announces troop withdrawal

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Berlin says US ‘weakening NATO’ & shooting itself in the foot as 12,000 troops set to withdraw from Germany

Posted on July 30, 2020July 30, 2020By Editor

The planned US troop withdrawal from Germany will not help Washington advance its goals in Europe but will do exactly the opposite, the head of the Bundestag’s foreign affairs committee has warned. … Read More >Berlin says US ‘weakening NATO’ & shooting itself in the foot as 12,000 troops set to withdraw from Germany

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Thousands of US troops to begin moving out of Germany within weeks – Pentagon chief

Posted on July 30, 2020July 30, 2020By Editor

The US will begin redeploying troops stationed in Germany within weeks, Defense Secretary Mark Esper has said. Some 12,000 troops will move – around half will be brought home, and half will move to European countries like Italy. … Read More >Thousands of US troops to begin moving out of Germany within weeks – Pentagon chief

Russia

EU will not re-open borders to Russians at least until mid-August (unless they have private jets!) – TASS source

Posted on July 29, 2020July 29, 2020By Editor

The European Union will remain closed to citizens of Europe’s largest country for at least another fortnight. That’s according to news agency TASS, citing a source in an EU member state’s delegation to Brussels. … Read More >EU will not re-open borders to Russians at least until mid-August (unless they have private jets!) – TASS source

UK

BoJo warns of second wave of Covid-19 hitting Europe, while defending UK’s quarantine rule for travellers

Posted on July 29, 2020July 29, 2020By Editor

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson cited emerging signs of a second wave of coronavirus in Europe as the driving factor behind new quarantine rules for travellers returning to the UK. … Read More >BoJo warns of second wave of Covid-19 hitting Europe, while defending UK’s quarantine rule for travellers

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Poland says it will QUIT European treaty on violence against women as it requires teaching children ‘ideological’ gender theory

Posted on July 29, 2020July 29, 2020By Editor

The Polish government is pulling out of a European treaty said to focus on violence against women. Warsaw says it contains a provision for the schools to teach children about gender theory, which calls biological sexes “archaic.” … Read More >Poland says it will QUIT European treaty on violence against women as it requires teaching children ‘ideological’ gender theory

World

Any chance Russia will join G7 again? Germany says ‘no,’ but admits Moscow’s help needed to put out flaming hotspots

Posted on July 28, 2020July 28, 2020By Editor

There’s “no chance” of Moscow returning to the elitist Group of Seven unless the Ukrainian conflict is solved, Berlin has said. But untying this and other knots is unimaginable without Russia’s helping hand, it admitted. … Read More >Any chance Russia will join G7 again? Germany says ‘no,’ but admits Moscow’s help needed to put out flaming hotspots

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Pot, kettle, black: Facebook takes EU regulators to court for invading its privacy

Posted on July 28, 2020July 28, 2020By Editor

Facebook – the ubiquitous privacy-invading social network – is taking European Commision regulators to court. The Silicon Valley giant is complaining that an EU investigation is invading its privacy. … Read More >Pot, kettle, black: Facebook takes EU regulators to court for invading its privacy

Europe’s economy on path to outshine US after coronavirus crisis is over – report

Posted on July 27, 2020July 27, 2020By Editor

Europe is set to do better than the US not only in handling the Covid-19 outbreak, with a strikingly lower number of infections, but also when it comes to dealing with the economic fallout of the pandemic, bankers say. … Read More >Europe’s economy on path to outshine US after coronavirus crisis is over – report