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Tusk said #EU countries should take joint action to increase spending on defence by at least 100 billion euros ($107 billion). A joint #AirDefence "must become a European project that will be a financial effort to build a dome over #Europe," he said. "We have many more initiatives and meetings than real actions to defend the European sky. #DonaldTusk #Ukraine
Europe must increase defence capabilities to be safe, says #Poland's Tusk
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/europe-must-increase-defence-capabilities-to-be-safe-says-polands-tusk/ar-BB1lYf6U
The #Kremlin-owned gas company #Gazprom has plunged to its first annual loss in more than 20 years, after gas sales more than halved following Vladimir #Putin’s invasion of #Ukraine.
Gazprom slumps to first annual loss in 22 years as trade with #Europe hit
https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/may/02/gazprom-first-annual-loss-in-20-years-trade-europe-gas-sales-russia-ukraine
Gazprom slumps to first annual loss in 22 years as trade with Europe hit
£5.5bn loss in 2023 comes after gas sales more than halved following Russia’s invasion of UkraineGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
About 46,000 aircraft in total have logged problems with #GPS over the #BalticSea in the same time period, the Sun reported, based on analysis of flight logs with the website GPSJAM.org.
Most of the GPS problems reported on the website have come in eastern #Europe, bordering #Russia. #GPSJamming #Ukraine
Thousands of flights to and from Europe affected by suspected Russian jamming | #CivilAviation
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2024/apr/22/thousands-of-flights-to-and-from-europe-affected-by-suspected-russian-jamming
Thousands of flights to and from Europe affected by suspected Russian jamming
About 46,000 aircraft have logged GPS problems over Baltic Sea since August, says reportGwyn Topham (The Guardian)
#MANILA, #Philippines – #PhilippineAirlines (PAL) wants to return direct flights to #Europe as early as 2025, but the flag carrier is seeking help from the government to make potential flight prices affordable.
In 2023, PAL placed an order for 9 #Airbus A350-1000s, which are wide-body jets commonly used for long routes. Deliveries for these planes are expected to start in 2025.
PAL may restart direct Europe flights by 2025 but needs 'help' to keep prices competitive
https://www.rappler.com/business/philippine-airlines-restart-direct-europe-flights-2025/
PAL may restart direct Europe flights by 2025 but needs 'help' to keep prices competitive
The flag carrier is considering launching direct flights to France in 2025 once its new Airbus 350-1000s are delivered, PAL president Stanley Ng saysLance Spencer Yu (Rappler)
#Kallas is one of many European politicians trying to spell out the many negative consequences to #Europe of a #UkrainianDefeat, and rebut those who claim such a reverse could be contained.
She was speaking the day after the former Estonian president #Toomas Ilves predicted that if #Ukraine fell to #Russia as many as 30 million Ukrainians would seek to flee
#Putin seeking to weaponise threat of mass migration, warns Estonian PM | #Estonia
https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/17/putin-is-seeking-to-weaponise-threat-of-ukraine-mass-migration-says-estonian-pm
Putin seeking to weaponise threat of mass migration, warns Estonian PM
‘Adversaries know migration is our vulnerability,’ says Kaja Kallas, spelling out negative consequences to Europe of Ukrainian defeatPatrick Wintour (The Guardian)
ℹ #Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert #Fico is no longer in a life-threatening condition after being shot several times, the deputy prime minister has said
Tomas Taraba told the #BBC Mr #Fico's surgery had gone "well" and "I guess that at the end he will survive"
Earlier the #defense minister said Mr @fico was "fighting for his life" after being gravely injured in an attack in the small town of #Handlova
A suspect was detained at the scene of the #shooting
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-69019121 #Europe #News
Slovakia PM Robert Fico not in life-threatening condition - deputy PM
Tomas Taraba says Prime Minister Robert Fico's surgery has gone "well" after he was shot several times.Malu Cursino & Sarah Rainsford, in Bratislava (BBC News)
NEW: "shocking and depressing"
"...even in this room I am speaking to people who were victims of this system"
#Poland's prosecutor general testifies to 🇵🇱#polish parliament about hacking of 100s with #Pegasus spyware.
Story: https://apnews.com/article/poland-spyware-pegasus-nso-group-israel-413bb3cb27daac011d52b524c6d16160
#polska #cybersecurity #spyware #malware #infosec #surveillance #EU #Europe
Poland's prosecutor general says previous government used spyware against hundreds of people
Poland’s prosecutor general has told the parliament that powerful Pegasus spyware was used against hundreds of people during the former government in Poland. Among them were elected officials.VANESSA GERA (AP News)
Pro-Palestinian protests: New York police storm occupied Columbia University building
Pro-Palestinian protests: New York police storm occupied Columbia University buildinghttps://www.spiegel.BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
#Ukraine is the largest country in #Europe. It was also a growing #democracy, where extremism is marginal - contrary to trends elsewhere. It is also the only country fighting against the biggest enemy of all democracies.
And how do we support and defend it?
Endless red lines, cowardice, endless delays and excuses, only two (?!?!) patriot systems, extremely slow deliveries of military aid, unwillingness to send asymmetrical capabilities until it is too late.
https://youtu.be/JVs2y-YeiFM?t=1800
The Peril of Slowness: American Mistakes during Russia’s War of Aggression in Ukraine
As part of the W. Michael Reisman Distinguished Lecture on International Law and Diplomacy, we are delighted to be joined by Prof. Timothy Snyder, Richard C....YouTube
#Meta should just offer people in #Europe (& the rest of the planet) a simple option: either opt in to have your personal information sold to advertisers, or pay a fee to use #Facebook, #Instagram, #WhatsApp & #Threads.
It works for #YouTube (I pay them to avoid ads), as well as other news organizations. It’s really that simple.
👉🏾 Meta could face further squeeze on surveillance ads model in EU | TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2024/04/25/meta-ads-data-retention-ag-opinion/
"Citizen, leave a copy of your home keys at the police station."
Hmm, people won't like that.
How about, "home-builders have a social responsibility ...[and must give police copies of all house keys]"
Much better.
#Europol taking another stab at the encryption fight.
#Encryption #privacy #infosec #cybersecurity #europe #surveillance
Open letter: Mass surveillance and undermining encryption still on table in EU Council
#privacy #eu #europe #encryption
Open letter: Mass surveillance and undermining encryption still on table in EU Council - European Digital Rights (EDRi)
Today, 17 April, EDRi, in a coalition with 50 civil society organisations and 26 individual experts, call on Member State representatives not to agree to the proposed EU Council position on the Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) Regulation whilst so many criti…European Digital Rights (EDRi)