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— Eero Suvilehto
Illicit money flowing out of Russia via Moldova and Latvia ended up in almost every single EU state, an investigation has found, posing questions on the integrity of Europe's banking systems.Beneficiaries in Estonia received $1.6 billion out of a total of some $20 billion uncovered in the money trail by journalists ...
The Malta Information Technology Law Association has publicly released several questions in anticipation of a Q&A Session on the Media and Defamation Act being held tomorrow.MITLA said it believes in the importance of the protection of our fundamental freedoms online."Basic human rights such as the freedom of expression should apply ...
WikiLeaks published thousands of documents Tuesday described as secret files about CIA hacking tools the government employs to break into users' computers, mobile phones and even smart TVs from companies like Apple, Google, Microsoft and Samsung.The documents describe clandestine methods for bypassing or defeating encryption, antivirus tools and other protective security ...
Source: ActionAid, Danish Refugee Council, CORD, Amnesty International, CESVI - Cooperazione e Sviluppo Onlus, Welthungerhilfe, Gruppo di Volontariato Civile, Habitat for Humanity, Jesuit Refugee Service, Trócaire, Islamic Relief, INTERSOS, CARE, Terre des hommes, Caritas, International Aid Services, Concord, Cordaid, Handicap International, Action Contre la Faim France, Human Rights Watch, International ...
Ninety human rights organisations have blasted the European Union’s plans to return or detain irregular migrants, saying that the plans unveiled this week ahead of next week’s EU summit will simply create more harm and suffering.Bowing down to political pressure to be “tough” on irregular migration, the European Commission has ...
A Venezuelan athlete who had never worn skis or trained on snow has achieved his dream of competing in the world ski championships. Adrian Solano wobbled, rolled and slid down the cross-country course at the 2017 Nordic Skiing World Championships in Finland as commentators looked on aghast and dubbed him the ...
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Cameroon, Chad, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Republic of Korea, Sweden, SwitzerlandHumanitarian partners agreed to further scale up their response to reach the most vulnerable groups threatened by famine, including children with severe acute ...
The Republic of Finland has trained Nigerian student on creative coding in Abuja students. The collaboration is part of the CodeBus Africa project, a 100-day tour connecting Finnish and African innovators as part of Finland’s official 100th anniversary celebrations in partnership with the Finnish Aalto University and Abuja-based innovation hub ...
Il parlamento finlandese conferma la legge sui matrimoni gay. Centoventi parlamentari hanno respinto una petizione pubblica che chiedeva di abrogare la legge che permetterà i matrimoni tra persone dello stesso sesso. La legge, approvata nel 2014, entrerà in vigore il prossimo mese e porrà fine alla distinzione tra unioni civili e ...
Finland’s parliament voted Friday for a second time in favour of same-sex marriage, just two weeks before a 2014 law enshrining it is due to take effect. The do-over was a last-minute attempt by opponents to prevent the legalisation of gay marriage in the country, but the legislature upheld the ...
Source: UN Security Council Country: Syrian Arab RepublicAfter describing Syria's grim humanitarian situation in a briefing today, they also urged sustained action by the Security Council to maintain the ceasefire and end the conflict.SECURITY COUNCIL 7870TH MEETING (AM) SC/12694 26 JANUARY 2017 Describing reports of severe suffering, starvation and ...
Malta has lost 10 places in one year on the Corruption Perceptions Index, falling to its worst ever 47th placing since it started to be monitored by Transparency International in 2004.The latest figures were published last night, with Malta dropping from the 37th place in 2015 to the 47th in ...
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, occupied Palestinian territory, Syrian Arab Republic, Turkey, WorldThe 2017 response plan sets out the framework within which the humanitarian community will respond to the needs of 13.5 million Syrian men, women and children this year. May I start by ...
Finland has become the first country in Europe to pay its unemployed citizens a basic monthly income, amounting to €560 ($587), in a unique social experiment that is hoped to cut government red tape, reduce poverty and boost employment. Olli Kangas from the Finnish government agency KELA, which is responsible ...
The highest concern for Maltese remains immigration, at 65 per cent, with terrorism coming at second (45 per cent), according to the annual Eurobarometer released by Eurostat, the EU statistics entity.Mentioned by 45% of Europeans, immigration is seen as the most important concern in 26 Member States (up from 20 ...
Source: UN Children's Fund Country: Japan, Somalia, United States of AmericaFollowing a serious outbreak of measles in Kismayo, UNICEF delivered 55,000 doses of measles vaccine to children under 10, along with Vitamin A supplementation to boost immunity. Kismayo, Lower Juba, Somalia 16 December 2016 - UNICEF and partners are aiming to vaccinate ...
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: WorldIn the past two years, about 70 per cent of CERF’s funding has been allocated (or targeted) to humanitarian operations that support displaced people and the communities hosting them. (New York, 13 December 2016): Today the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) ...
A Finland-based private equity firm remains optimistic about the potential of Kenya's Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) market.
A Finland-based private equity firm remains optimistic about the potential of Kenya's Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) market.
Source: European Commission's Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations Country: Austria, Denmark, Finland, Iraq, SwedenA cargo plane carrying close to 40 tonnes of emergency supplies will land in Erbil in the first of several operations organised jointly by the European Commission and Member States.A cargo plane carrying close ...