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Belfast still bears the scars of the decades-long civil and religious conflict known as The Troubles. Walking a single block, you can pass from a Republican neighborhood with tricolor flags and murals supporting Palestine and a 32-county Irish Republic, into a unionist neighborhood where Union Jacks abound and pro-monarchist slogans and images of the king are common. In the latter neighborhood, you can even find the occasional mural supporting the Israeli Defense Forces.

The European Commission published its Technological Sovereignty Package on 3 June 2026, containing the new “Open Source Strategy”. If implemented, it could mark a paradigm shift by adopting the Free Software Foundation Europe’s “Public Money? Public Code!” principle. Its success will depend on binding rules, long-term funding, and meaningful civil society involvement.

The Commission is proposing the European Technological Sovereignty Package, marking a change in Europe’s approach to its tech ecosystems.

I can’t help thinking that the timing of telling everybody that Ireland is heavily reliant on US Big-Tech as they take over EU Presidency is not a coincidence.

A follow up of sorts to this article

Workers and grassroots trade unions in Italy continue mobilizing against rearmament and the war economy, demanding a national industrial strategy that addresses their needs. At least 15,000 people joined a new demonstration in Rome on May 23 to reaffirm these claims and express solidarity with the people of Palestine, Cuba, and others affected by the ongoing war drive led by the West.

The investment will be used to strengthen the structural reliability and security of KDE’s core infrastructure, including Plasma, KDE Linux, and the frameworks underlying its communication services.

Fiona Ben Chekroun, European co-coordinator of the BDS National Committee (BNC), recently visited Ljubljana, Rijeka and Zagreb, where she met with local Palestine solidarity groups and discussed Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) campaigns in Slovenia and Croatia. Peoples Dispatch spoke with Ben Chekroun about changes and breakthroughs in this arena since the beginning of the genocide in Gaza in October 2023.

54-Page Report “Looking the Other Way: EU Failure to Prevent Surveillance Exports to Rights Violators": HTML/Online— PDF.

The new report, Permission to Pollute, reveals how the European Commission is taking a chainsaw to permitting rules for energy and industrial infrastructure. This is part of a wider deregulatory push driven by some of Europe’s most polluting industries. Although the EU presents this agenda as the “simplification” of permitting laws, in practice, it risks eroding the hard-won social and environmental protections that underpin these rules.

publicació creuada des de: https://lemmy.ml/post/46848650

Celebrated musicians including Massive Attack, Kneecap, Brian Eno, Sigur Rós, Nadine Shah, and many more have signed an open letter calling for a boycott of the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest in protest of Israel’s participation.

France is moving closer to passing legislation that would criminalize a broad range of speech involving the Israeli regime, with penalties of up to five years in prison.

According to the European Commission, the State of Israel is responsible for an unprecedented level of killing and injury of civilians, a large-scale displacement of population and the systematic destruction of hospitals and medical facilities in Gaza. [1] Israel also implemented a blockade of humanitarian aid that could amount to starvation as a method of war. Israel is in breach of multiple rules and obligations under international law and fails to prevent the crime of genocide as ordered by the International Court of Justice.[2]

Germany has made ODF mandatory as the standard format for documents within its sovereign digital infrastructure. The decision is incorporated into the Deutschland-Stack, the framework governing the development, procurement and management of digital systems for public administration at all levels. This is neither a pilot project nor a recommendation from a working group, but a mandate backed by the federal government and the coalition agreement.

Hi Europeans, any suggestion to Japan which becoming yet another immigration-friendly country?

Source: https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/us-orders-diplomats-fight-data-sovereignty-initiatives-2026-02-25/

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Why are Norwegian political elites so overrepresented in the Epstein files? Several news outlets around the world have reported on the shock to the small Scandinavian country, which consistently demonstrates high public trust in the government. How could this have happened?

From https://www.eco-business.com/news/analysis-evs-just-outsold-petrol-cars-in-eu-for-first-time-ever

Eight satellites from five different member states are currently being pooled as part of GOVSATCOM. The Commission hopes this is the first step towards less dependence on the US - whose own communication systems are a lot more mature. #EuropeNews

Nato chief says continent cannot afford to replace American security umbrella

MaiaSpace has been selected by Eutelsat for multi-year OneWeb LEO satellite launches, strengthening Europe’s access to space from 2027.

Major US technology companies have tapped into the European far-right to help pressure the European Commission into stripping back regulations for its sector, according to a new report released on Wednesday.

European Citizens’ Initiative

L’inchiesta è condotta dai pm Valentina Mondovì e Paolo Storari; il sequestro è datato novembre 2025. Ulteriori fonti esterne confermano il coinvolgimento di Virgo srl e operazioni presso Bocconi, Hines, Aparto e Collegiate non indagati.

Greenland’s harsh environment, lack of key infrastructure and difficult geology have so far prevented anyone from building a mine to extract the sought-after rare earth elements that many high-tech products require. Even if President Donald Trump prevails in his effort to take control of the Arctic island, those challenges won’t go away.

Unlike most of the European centre left, Sanchez has maintained a traditional socialist stance against the rise in military spending, provoking a furious reaction from many European countries, and especially from United States President Donald Trump. After the Spanish prime minister refused to allocate 3.5 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) to military spending at a NATO summit, Trump threatened Spain in his usual rough style: “We will make you pay double.”

Describing the Israel-Gaza war as “genocide” trivialises the concept, the Chief Rabbi has said.

Semi-impartial article, although it is easy to see what side Politico, or at least the journalist - prefers to lean in relation to the agreement.

Step 1: Influence campaign to boost Greenland’s independence movement

More info https://thered.stream/eu-sanctions-red-media-founder-for-covering-germanys-pro-palestine-crackdown/

Britain’s Ministry of Defence said it had provided military help to the US forces that seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker north-west of Britain and Ireland, initially arguing the operation was legal because the vessel had breached US sanctions on Iran.

BERLIN, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Germany had the highest number of unemployed in twelve years in 2025 and this year will continue to be challenging for Europe’s biggest economy, the labour office said on Wednesday.