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10/29/22
India - Social media: Indian Government thightens grip on Social Media
The Indian government will create a three-person grievance redressal committee to veto moderation decisions made by social media platforms, according to legal changes adopted on Friday. The panel, which will be set up by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), will effectively have the final say on social media content.
7/8/22
Canada: Massive Rogers outage snarling telecom, banking and government services continues
A massive outage at Rogers has brought down internet and cellular service across Canada, and has also interrupted government services and payment systems for businesses and individuals.
The outage began some time early Friday morning, and as of 5 p.m. ET had not been fixed.
The company does not have an estimate when the day-long outage will be fixed, said Kye Prigg, Rogers' senior vice-president of access networks and operations, on CBC's Power & Politics.
Read more at: Massive Rogers outage snarling telecom, banking and government services continues | CBC News
The outage began some time early Friday morning, and as of 5 p.m. ET had not been fixed.
The company does not have an estimate when the day-long outage will be fixed, said Kye Prigg, Rogers' senior vice-president of access networks and operations, on CBC's Power & Politics.
Read more at: Massive Rogers outage snarling telecom, banking and government services continues | CBC News
7/4/22
The Netherlands: Farmers blockade supermarket distribution in protest at sustainability policy
Dutch farmers have blocked multiple supermarket distribution centres, in the latest protest against forced farm closures. Police yesterday advised people to work from home after farmers threatened to bring the entire country ‘to a standstill
Protests are also expected around Schiphol airport on Monday, which has called for travellers to come by public transport.
Read more at: Farmers blockade supermarket distribution in protest at sustainability policy - DutchNews.nl
Protests are also expected around Schiphol airport on Monday, which has called for travellers to come by public transport.
Read more at: Farmers blockade supermarket distribution in protest at sustainability policy - DutchNews.nl
10/2/21
The Netherlands: Dutch PM under protection as the ‘Mocro Mafia’ drug cartel sows fear in the Netherlands - by David GORMEZANO
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has been placed under police protection in response to fears of an attack by the Mocro Mafia (Moroccan mafia), a North African criminal organisation linked to cocaine trafficking, two months after Dutch investigative journalist Peter R. de Vries was murdered in Amsterdam.
No more cycling alone through the streets of The Hague to get to meetings for Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte. On September 27, Dutch daily De Telegraaf reported that the Royal and Diplomatic Security Services have deployed personal security guards to protect the prime minister, who is believed to be under threat from the Mocro Mafia.
The group operates out of the Netherlands and Belgium and controls a third of all cocaine traffic in Europe. One police union chief said in 2019 that the Netherlands was becoming a narco-state. The 2014 novel “Mocro Maffia”, co-authored by Marijn Schrijver and Wouter Laumans, coined the term and brought the criminal gang to the public’s attention, recounting how a group of Moroccan jewellery thieves in Amsterdam created one of Europe’s most powerful criminal organisations. After its success in the Netherlands, the book was made into a TV series.
Read more at: Dutch PM under protection as the ‘Mocro Mafia’ drug cartel sows fear in the Netherlands
No more cycling alone through the streets of The Hague to get to meetings for Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte. On September 27, Dutch daily De Telegraaf reported that the Royal and Diplomatic Security Services have deployed personal security guards to protect the prime minister, who is believed to be under threat from the Mocro Mafia.
The group operates out of the Netherlands and Belgium and controls a third of all cocaine traffic in Europe. One police union chief said in 2019 that the Netherlands was becoming a narco-state. The 2014 novel “Mocro Maffia”, co-authored by Marijn Schrijver and Wouter Laumans, coined the term and brought the criminal gang to the public’s attention, recounting how a group of Moroccan jewellery thieves in Amsterdam created one of Europe’s most powerful criminal organisations. After its success in the Netherlands, the book was made into a TV series.
Read more at: Dutch PM under protection as the ‘Mocro Mafia’ drug cartel sows fear in the Netherlands
9/30/21
USA: Shutdown averted; Congress approves stopgap budget plan - by Leo Shane III
Lawmakers avoided triggering a government shutdown on Friday with an emergency budget extension approved just a few hours before federal funding would have lapsed.
The move prevents worker furloughs and program shutdowns at the Departments of Defense, Veterans Affairs and other government agencies set to begin on Oct. 1, the start of fiscal 2022. Service members would have been required to keep working in the event of a shutdown, but their paychecks could have been delayed without the funding fix.
Read more at: Shutdown averted; Congress approves stopgap budget plan
The move prevents worker furloughs and program shutdowns at the Departments of Defense, Veterans Affairs and other government agencies set to begin on Oct. 1, the start of fiscal 2022. Service members would have been required to keep working in the event of a shutdown, but their paychecks could have been delayed without the funding fix.
Read more at: Shutdown averted; Congress approves stopgap budget plan
9/15/21
The Netherlands: 150,000 people joined protests against nightlife restrictions in the Netherlands this weekend
150,000 people reportedly marched in ten cities, 80,000 of which in Amsterdam alone, also taking to the larger provinces of The Hague, Eindhoven, Groningen, and Utrecht following an earlier protest in August. ‘Unmute Us!’ sparked international attention, with an aim to call attention to the plight of the nightlife industry.
The protest demanded that the Dutch government to amend COVID restrictions in the country after noting the successful reopening of clubs elsewhere in Europe.
Read more at: 150,000 people joined protests against nightlife restrictions in the Netherlands this weekend - News - Mixmag
The protest demanded that the Dutch government to amend COVID restrictions in the country after noting the successful reopening of clubs elsewhere in Europe.
Read more at: 150,000 people joined protests against nightlife restrictions in the Netherlands this weekend - News - Mixmag
9/10/21
Afghanistan: EU blasts new Taliban-formed government as neither 'inclusive nor representative'
The European Union on Wednesday criticised the interim government formed by the Taliban in Afghanistan as neither "inclusive" nor "representative" of the country's ethnic and religious diversity.
"It does not look like the inclusive and representative formation of Afghanistan's rich ethnic and religious diversity that we had hoped to see and that the Taliban promised in recent weeks," an EU spokesman said in a statement.
Key positions in Afghanistan's new caretaker government were announced by the Taliban on Tuesday evening. The cabinet is all-male and stacked with prominent Taliban fighters who already helmed key posts during the militant group's hardline regime between 1996 and 2001.
Read more at: EU blasts new Taliban-formed government as neither 'inclusive nor representative' | Euronews
"It does not look like the inclusive and representative formation of Afghanistan's rich ethnic and religious diversity that we had hoped to see and that the Taliban promised in recent weeks," an EU spokesman said in a statement.
Key positions in Afghanistan's new caretaker government were announced by the Taliban on Tuesday evening. The cabinet is all-male and stacked with prominent Taliban fighters who already helmed key posts during the militant group's hardline regime between 1996 and 2001.
Read more at: EU blasts new Taliban-formed government as neither 'inclusive nor representative' | Euronews
8/31/21
The Netherlands: Dutch coalition talks deadlocked 5 months after election
The Netherlands appeared to be heading toward talks to form a minority coalition after efforts to piece together a Cabinet made up of five parties from across the political spectrum broke down Tuesday.
More than five months after a general election left the Dutch political landscape fragmented, two key parties said they do not want to form a new government with a pair of leftist parties.
The decision by caretaker Prime Minister Mark Rutte's conservative People's Party for Freedom and Democracy — known by its Dutch acronym VVD — and the CDA Christian Democrats came after months of talks between party leaders and an official who is attempting to cobble together the coalition.
Read more at: Dutch coalition talks deadlocked 5 months after election
More than five months after a general election left the Dutch political landscape fragmented, two key parties said they do not want to form a new government with a pair of leftist parties.
The decision by caretaker Prime Minister Mark Rutte's conservative People's Party for Freedom and Democracy — known by its Dutch acronym VVD — and the CDA Christian Democrats came after months of talks between party leaders and an official who is attempting to cobble together the coalition.
Read more at: Dutch coalition talks deadlocked 5 months after election
8/13/21
The Netherlands: 2/3 of Dutchies want a tougher approach to climate change
Since the Netherlands is likely to be harder hit by rising sea levels, it makes sense that the Dutch are worried about climate change. In a study commissioned by RTL Nieuws, two out of three Dutchies think the cabinet needs to be doing more to combat it.
This research comes out a week after it was revealed that the Dutch government is responsible for 20% of the country’s carbon footprint. It’s not surprising that people think it could be pulling it’s weight a bit more.
Read more at: 2/3 of Dutchies want a tougher approach to climate change – DutchReview
This research comes out a week after it was revealed that the Dutch government is responsible for 20% of the country’s carbon footprint. It’s not surprising that people think it could be pulling it’s weight a bit more.
Read more at: 2/3 of Dutchies want a tougher approach to climate change – DutchReview
5/4/21
Sweden's IVF programme for single women not 'as good as hoped'
Fertility campaigners in Sweden say healthcare officials have broken a promise to help more single women get pregnant.
Read More at: a Sweden's IVF programme for single women not 'as good as hoped' - BBC News
Read More at: a Sweden's IVF programme for single women not 'as good as hoped' - BBC News
4/5/21
EU - Coronavirus Travel Restrictions: Czechia Adds Belgium & Netherlands to High-Risk COVID-19 Category
The Czech Republic’s government has announced that from April 5, Belgium and the Netherlands will be included on the COVID-19 dark red list, in which are placed countries profoundly affected by the Coronavirus disease.
At the same time, Ireland and Malta will be placed on the red list of countries, while Iceland will move to the orange list, SchengenVisaInfo.com reports.
Czechia’s Ministry of Health decision comes after taking into account the updated data from the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), which shows the degree of risk which countries face from the spread of the virus.
Read more at: Czechia Adds Belgium & Netherlands to High-Risk COVID-19 Category - SchengenVisaInfo.com
At the same time, Ireland and Malta will be placed on the red list of countries, while Iceland will move to the orange list, SchengenVisaInfo.com reports.
Czechia’s Ministry of Health decision comes after taking into account the updated data from the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), which shows the degree of risk which countries face from the spread of the virus.
Read more at: Czechia Adds Belgium & Netherlands to High-Risk COVID-19 Category - SchengenVisaInfo.com
3/25/21
Germany - The German government is in free fall - editorial
Angela Merkel's government has announced a U-turn and said that there will be no Easter shutdown after all, just two days after announcing one. DW's Jens Thurau warns that the chancellor has lost her way.
The German government is presenting a very sorry picture at the end of March 2021 with regard to its pandemic management. And there is one thought, barely conceivable just a few weeks ago, that is hard to dislodge: Will Chancellor Angela Merkel once again manage to give a meaningful structure to the fight against the coronavirus? Or will she give up? Or even have to step down?
It's not likely to go that far. Who would want to take over in the midst of the most difficult political crisis in decades? But the decline in authority of this internationally respected leader in her own country is breathtaking.
Read more at: Opinion: The German government is in free fall | Opinion | DW | 24.03.2021
The German government is presenting a very sorry picture at the end of March 2021 with regard to its pandemic management. And there is one thought, barely conceivable just a few weeks ago, that is hard to dislodge: Will Chancellor Angela Merkel once again manage to give a meaningful structure to the fight against the coronavirus? Or will she give up? Or even have to step down?
It's not likely to go that far. Who would want to take over in the midst of the most difficult political crisis in decades? But the decline in authority of this internationally respected leader in her own country is breathtaking.
Read more at: Opinion: The German government is in free fall | Opinion | DW | 24.03.2021
1/20/21
US News Media Poll: Most Voters Say News Media Have Too Much Influence Over Government
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 54% of Likely U.S. Voters say the news media have too much power and influence over government decisions, while 10% say the media don’t have enough power and 31% say the media have about the right amount of power.
Read more at: Most Voters Say News Media Have Too Much Influence Over Government - Rasmussen Reports®
Read more at: Most Voters Say News Media Have Too Much Influence Over Government - Rasmussen Reports®
1/15/21
The Netherlands: Dutch government quits over 'colossal stain' of tax subsidy scandal - by Stephanie van den Berg
Prime Minister Mark Rutte’s government resigned on Friday, accepting responsibility for wrongful accusations of fraud by the tax authorities that drove thousands of families to financial ruin, often on the basis of ethnicity.
Read more at: Dutch government quits over 'colossal stain' of tax subsidy scandal | Reuters
Read more at: Dutch government quits over 'colossal stain' of tax subsidy scandal | Reuters
11/29/20
The TPNW and the Netherlands: Dutch Government: "Only politics stands in the way of joining the TPNW "- by Susi Snyder
Last 2018 the Dutch parliament passed a motion calling on the government to provide a legal analysis as to whether or not the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons was compatible with existing Dutch law.
On 30 January 2019, the government answered.
A letter sent by Dutch Foreign Minister S.A. Blok and Defence Minister A.Th.B. Bijleveld-Schouten responded that joining the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons would not require any changes to existing Dutch legislation, however it would require additional implementation legislation. However, the conclusion of the legal analysis is that the need for implementing legislation does not stand in the way of possible signing and acceptance of the Convention by the Kingdom.
The letter took as its starting point that all international treaties that the Netherlands joins become part of the Dutch legal system. And that, if it’s possible, the implementation of any treaties joined by the Netherlands should be done within existing legislation and regulations.Bottom Line: no clarity - just words.
Read more at: » Dutch Government: Only politics stands in the way of joining the TPNW - PAX NoNukes
On 30 January 2019, the government answered.
A letter sent by Dutch Foreign Minister S.A. Blok and Defence Minister A.Th.B. Bijleveld-Schouten responded that joining the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons would not require any changes to existing Dutch legislation, however it would require additional implementation legislation. However, the conclusion of the legal analysis is that the need for implementing legislation does not stand in the way of possible signing and acceptance of the Convention by the Kingdom.
The letter took as its starting point that all international treaties that the Netherlands joins become part of the Dutch legal system. And that, if it’s possible, the implementation of any treaties joined by the Netherlands should be done within existing legislation and regulations.Bottom Line: no clarity - just words.
Read more at: » Dutch Government: Only politics stands in the way of joining the TPNW - PAX NoNukes
10/5/20
Denmark: Government seeking to tap mobile phones of rejected asylum-seekers "program should also be adopted in other EU countries"
The government is aiming to obtain data from the mobile phones of rejected asylum-seekers in a bid to hasten their repatriation.
The measure is one of seven proposals that are part of a new repatriation law,
According to the immigration minister, Mattias Tesfaye, many asylum seekers in Denmark have used YouTube and Snapchat to discuss routes and destination countries.
The new law aims to provide clear direction on the treatment of asylum seekers – from the moment they are rejected residence until the time they are sent home.
Read more at:
Government seeking to tap mobile phones of rejected asylum-seekers - The Post
The measure is one of seven proposals that are part of a new repatriation law,
According to the immigration minister, Mattias Tesfaye, many asylum seekers in Denmark have used YouTube and Snapchat to discuss routes and destination countries.
The new law aims to provide clear direction on the treatment of asylum seekers – from the moment they are rejected residence until the time they are sent home.
Read more at:
Government seeking to tap mobile phones of rejected asylum-seekers - The Post
7/22/20
USA: Congress and covid - America’s backwards coronavirus strategy
The Senate`s status as “the world’s greatest deliberative body”, as
President James Buchanan allegedly described it, has been exaggerated
for a while. Legislation is accomplished not through considered debate,
but rushed, secretive crafting of law by senior party leaders on the eve
of some cataclysmic deadline. In the past decade this brinkmanship has
led to one struggle over “sequestration” (spending caps), two
debt-ceiling crises and three shutdowns of the federal government, but
little in the way of substantive lawmaking.
The same dynamic will shape the latest gargantuan stimulus package needed to cushion the fallout from the epidemic of covid-19. But this time, the consequences of brinkmanship and delay could be even more severe.
Read more at:
Congress and covid - America’s backwards coronavirus strategy | United States | The Economist
The same dynamic will shape the latest gargantuan stimulus package needed to cushion the fallout from the epidemic of covid-19. But this time, the consequences of brinkmanship and delay could be even more severe.
Read more at:
Congress and covid - America’s backwards coronavirus strategy | United States | The Economist
7/14/20
USA: Trump and Corruption: Who Cares in the Time of COVID?
Despite some vigorous efforts to tackle his many abuses of the law,
Mr. Trump is unlikely to be brought down by his increasingly outrageous
abuses of his office.
This includes the July 9 Supreme Court ruling that he is not above the law, as he and his lawyers had preposterously claimed.
Read more at:
Trump and Corruption: Who Cares in the Time of COVID? - The Globalist
This includes the July 9 Supreme Court ruling that he is not above the law, as he and his lawyers had preposterously claimed.
Read more at:
Trump and Corruption: Who Cares in the Time of COVID? - The Globalist
3/25/20
EU: Social protection pays off – by Shahra Razavi
Governments must use the momentum created by the COVID-19 pandemic to make rapid progress toward collectively financed, comprehensive social protection.
Read more:
https://www.socialeurope.eu/social-protection-pays-off
Read more:
https://www.socialeurope.eu/social-protection-pays-off
3/8/20
Middle East: Turkey Corona Virus - Turkey to investigate coronavirus claims amid public concerns over transparency
Turkey’s
General Directorate of Security announced on Saturday it would be
launching investigations into any form of misinformation on the presence
of coronavirus cases in the country.
The investigations will include any form of social media posts sparking fear in the population, the directorate said in an official statement on its website.
The move is adding fuel to concerns that the Health Ministry of the country, surrounded by countries where the disease has been found, is hiding cases of the deadly virus.
Originating in China’s Wuhan province in December 2019, coronavirus has spread to more than 20 countries, including the United States, Russia, Iran, Spain, and India. The death toll caused by the virus worldwide climbed to at least climbed to at least 3,491 on Saturday with at least 102,472 confirmed across the globe, officials said.
Covid-19 has been found in half of Turkey’s eight neighbours - Iran, Greece, Iraq and Georgia.
The Turkish Medical Association (TTB) has confirmed that no cases of Covid-19 have been seen in the country with Health Minister, Fahrettin Koca, announcing on Friday that all 1,363 people suspected of possible infection had tested negative.
The figures include the crew of a Turkish Airlines jet that arrived in Singapore this week from Istanbul with an infected traveller. The crew was transported back to Turkey before undergoing examination.
There is "mistrust among the citizens against the Health Ministry," TTB Chair, Professor Sinan Adıyaman, told bianet news site on Saturday.
"It is definitely thought to exist in Turkey and some rumours are spreading. For example, there has been a rumour for a week that "29 Mayıs Hospital [in Ankara] is in quarantine. But that hospital continues its routine work," Adıyaman said.
Questions also loom over Turkey’s own test kit for the lethal virus. Turkish officials earlier this month announced the kit, which they say provides faster results than the 90-minute kits in use and has the highest accuracy in the world.
The investigations will include any form of social media posts sparking fear in the population, the directorate said in an official statement on its website.
The move is adding fuel to concerns that the Health Ministry of the country, surrounded by countries where the disease has been found, is hiding cases of the deadly virus.
Originating in China’s Wuhan province in December 2019, coronavirus has spread to more than 20 countries, including the United States, Russia, Iran, Spain, and India. The death toll caused by the virus worldwide climbed to at least climbed to at least 3,491 on Saturday with at least 102,472 confirmed across the globe, officials said.
Covid-19 has been found in half of Turkey’s eight neighbours - Iran, Greece, Iraq and Georgia.
The Turkish Medical Association (TTB) has confirmed that no cases of Covid-19 have been seen in the country with Health Minister, Fahrettin Koca, announcing on Friday that all 1,363 people suspected of possible infection had tested negative.
The figures include the crew of a Turkish Airlines jet that arrived in Singapore this week from Istanbul with an infected traveller. The crew was transported back to Turkey before undergoing examination.
There is "mistrust among the citizens against the Health Ministry," TTB Chair, Professor Sinan Adıyaman, told bianet news site on Saturday.
"It is definitely thought to exist in Turkey and some rumours are spreading. For example, there has been a rumour for a week that "29 Mayıs Hospital [in Ankara] is in quarantine. But that hospital continues its routine work," Adıyaman said.
Questions also loom over Turkey’s own test kit for the lethal virus. Turkish officials earlier this month announced the kit, which they say provides faster results than the 90-minute kits in use and has the highest accuracy in the world.
Read more at: Turkey to investigate coronavirus claims amid public concerns over transparency | Ahval
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