Topic: EU - on June 26, 2016 at 12:51:00 PM CEST
Brexit: Expats denied say in EU referendum due to missing postal votes demand re-run after scandal is revealed
Anger is growing among countless British expats who say they have been “disenfranchised” in the EU referendum because their postal votes failed to arrive.
Since The Independent revealed the scandal on Thursday, more than 100 people have said they had confirmation that they registered within the Government’s deadline but never received the ballot.
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Topic: EU - on June 22, 2016 at 9:26:00 PM CEST
Burning Man Is Coming To The Netherlands
Word comes through the pipeline that the non-profit company associated with Nevada’s Burning Man will be crossing the Atlantic and touching down in the Netherlands. Burning Man Netherlands has been setup as co convey the 10 principles of its American counterpart here in Netherlands. Ten Principles that include: gifting, decommodification, radical inclusion, radical self reliance, and civic responsibility, shining a light on the world we need, rather than the world we have. The jewel of Burning Man Netherlands will come in the form of a 3 day festival in 2016 called “Where The Sleep Sheep” held in the Veluwe over 29-31 July, 2017.
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Topic: EU - on June 22, 2016 at 6:18:00 PM CEST
Europe Will Spend €1 Billion to Turn Quantum Physics Into Quantum Technology
A 10-year-long megaproject will go beyond quantum computing and cryptography to advance other emerging technologies. European quantum physicists have done some amazing things over the past few decades: sent single photons to Earth orbit and back, created quantum bits that will be at the heart of computers that can crack today’s encryption, and “teleported” the quantum states of photons, electrons, and atoms. But they’ve had less success at turning the science into technology. At least that’s the feeling of some 3,400 scientists who signed the “Quantum Manifesto,” which calls for a big European project to support and coordinate quantum-tech R&D. The European Commission heard them, and answered in May with a €1 billion, 10-year-long megaproject called the Quantum Technology Flagship, to begin in 2018. “Europe had two choices: either band together and compete, or forget the whole thing and let others capitalize on research done in Europe,” says Anton Zeilinger, a physicist at the University of Vienna who did breakthrough work in quantum teleportation, which would be key to a future Internet secured by quantum physics.
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Topic: EU - on June 22, 2016 at 12:02:00 PM CEST
Beim Brexit dürfte das Parlament das Volk ignorieren - Nichts wird am 23. Juni endgültig entschieden
Die Mehrheit der britischen Abgeordneten ist gegen den Brexit – und darf den Willen des Volkes durchaus ignorieren. Es wäre nicht das erste Mal, dass das Parlament sich seinen Wählern widersetzt. In der Aufregung um das britische Referendum ist ein wichtiger Mitspieler völlig übersehen worden: das Parlament. Der Premierminister mag sich an das Ergebnis des 23. Juni gebunden fühlen und die "Instruktion" des Volkes, wie er es nennt, ausführen. Aber die Verfassung besagt etwas anderes: Hoheit über das, was passiert, hat nicht die Regierung, sondern das Parlament.
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Topic: EU - on June 18, 2016 at 11:40:00 AM CEST
Peter Gabriel on Jo Cox
I was devastated to learn of the horrific murder of Jo Cox yesterday. Two years ago when she was thinking of trying to become an MP, she and I were amongst a small group of people invited by Ricken Patel and Avaaz to take part in an intense week’s leadership training led by Robert Gass. I was by far the oldest person there and I found all the other participants really inspiring, they were all young passionate optimists and had all made making the world a better place their life’s work.
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Topic: EU - on June 14, 2016 at 5:36:00 PM CEST
This is how the EU's supreme court is stripping EU citizens of copyright protections
An upcoming EU court decision could strip half a billion EU citizens of their copyright protection, and all because of an accidental translation error. In practice, it means that a link to your stolen family photos (which would never happen because the cloud is so secure, right?) would be free to circulate and there’s nothing an EU citizen could do to have the link taken down. The story has a surreal quality, as international experts can't understand how the EU's highest court is talking itself out of the international copyright system.
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Topic: EU - on June 13, 2016 at 5:55:00 PM CEST
Anti-Terror-Gesetz in Polen: Abschalten, Überwachen, Zensieren
In Polen gab es in den letzten 70 Jahren keinen nennenswerten Terroranschlag. Dennoch ist Polen jetzt die erste Demokratie, die eine gezielte Abschaltung der Telekommunikation durch die Polizei möglich macht. Diese Maßnahme ist nur ein Punkt einer umfassenden Anti-Terror-Gesetzgebung.
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Topic: EU - on June 7, 2016 at 5:31:00 PM CEST
EU clamps down on free speech
In this piece, Tim Dieppe comments on news that the EU is to collaborate with major social media platforms in removing anything deemed 'hate speech'.
The European Commission has announced a new code of conduct for ‘hate speech’ online, in collaboration with Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter and Youtube. These IT companies have agreed to review valid complaints about online content within 24 hours, and remove or disable access to the content if appropriate. This powerful new code was announced without any public consultation, or discussion by democratically elected leaders. It will nevertheless, affect the civil liberties of 500 million people, which serves to illustrate the undemocratic nature of the EU.
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Topic: EU - on June 7, 2016 at 5:24:00 PM CEST
Europäische Union erklärt der freien Rede im Internet den Krieg
Die Gegner entgegnen, dass die Initiative ein Angriff auf die Redefreiheit in Europa darstellt. Sie sagen, dass die Definition von "Hassrede" und "Anstiftung zur Gewalt" der Europäischen Union so vage ist, dass es praktisch alles enthalten könnte, was von den europäischen Behörden als politisch inkorrekt eingestuft wird, einschliesslich Kritik an Massenmigration, Islam oder auch der EU selbst.
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Topic: EU - on June 3, 2016 at 2:44:00 PM CEST
European Commission's Hate Speech Deal With Companies Will Chill Speech
A new agreement between the European Commission and four major U.S. companies—Facebook, Google, Twitter, and Microsoft—went into effect yesterday. The agreement will require companies to “review the majority of valid notifications for removal of hate speech in less than 24 hours and remove or disable access to such content,” as well as “educate and raise awareness” with their users about the companies’ guidelines. The deal was made under the Commission’s “EU Internet Forum,” launched last year as a means to counter what EDRi calls “vaguely-defined ‘terrorist activity and hate speech online.’” While some members of civil society were able to participate in discussions, they were excluded from the negotiations that led to the agreement, says EDRi.
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Topic: EU - on September 12, 2014 at 5:00:00 PM CEST
Europäisch-Kanadisches Freihandelsabkommen: Wir veröffentlichen sämtliche geheime CETA-Dokumente
Das geplante Freihandelsabkommen mit Kanada ist fast fertig, aber der Öffentlichkeit noch immer nicht in vollem Umfang bekannt. Wir veröffentlichen an dieser Stelle sämtliche Dokumente des über 1.600-seitigen Vertrags. Darin finden sich auch höchst problematische Bestimmungen zu Urheberrecht und Datenschutz.
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Topic: EU - on August 5, 2014 at 4:28:00 PM CEST
ARD - #TTIP - Der große Deal - Geheimakte Freihandelsabkommen
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