Eight-year-old Roman Oleksiv: He survived by sheer luck, now goes to school, plays music and dances (en.vijesti.me)
Philippinische Fischer wehren sich gegen die Expansion Chinas im Südchinesischen Meer: "Es ist gefährlich geworden da draußen" (www.tagesschau.de) German
Schon vor zwölf Jahren ging der Streit los. Die Volksrepublik China besetzte das Scarborough Shoal, ein unbewohntes Riff, etwa 230 Kilometer vor der philippinischen Küste, so wie zahlreiche weitere Felsen und Sandbänke im südchinesischen Meer....
European Parliament calls on the EU border agency Frontex to comply with fundamental rights in border operations (1ft.io)
MEPs have expressed “severe concerns” regarding the persistent reports of pushbacks and violence towards asylum seekers and migrants arriving in Greece....
Deutschland: Amtliche Verordnungen frei zugänglich (fragdenstaat.de) German
Österreich will Raiffeisen Bank von der ukrainischen Liste der "Internationalen Sponsoren des Kriegs" streichen lassen und macht das zur Bedingung dafür, um neuen Russland-Sanktionen zuzustimmen (www.nachrichten.at) German
Der österreichische Außenminister Alexander Schallenberg hatte die von der ukrainischen Anti-Korruptions-Behörde zusammengestellte Liste auf einem Ministertreffen in Kiew einem Insider zufolge offen als “willkürlich” kritisiert....
Austria stalls Russian sanctions over Raiffeisen Bank blacklisting (kfgo.com)
Austria is seeking to have Raiffeisen Bank International, the biggest Western bank in Russia, struck off a Ukrainian blacklist in return for signing off fresh European Union sanctions on Russia, said two people familiar with the situation....
Pro-Russian parties block Bulgarian parliament over Soviet monument demolition (www.euractiv.com)
The nearly 45-metre-high monument has dominated the Bulgarian capital’s landscape for the past 70 years. Still, the new pro-EU coalition government began the process of dismantling it after being motivated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine....
The loaded language of von der Leyen's migration letter (www.euractiv.com)
The expression ‘illegal border crossing’ is in a letter that European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen sent to the 27 national leaders, ahead of the European Council summit this week....
Bulgarian PM acknowledges Hungarian blackmail over Schengen (www.euractiv.com)
Bulgarian Prime Minister Nikolay Denkov acknowledged that Budapest had warned his country it would veto its Schengen accession unless Sofia lifted a tax that made it more expensive for Hungary to import Russian gas via Bulgarian territory.
The World Bank Allocates Over a Billion Dollars to Ukraine, Primarily From Japan (www.kyivpost.com)
These funds will be directed to the payment of pensions, teachers’ salaries, and support of internally displaced persons, allowing Ukraine to focus its internal resources on the needs of the military, according to Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal.
Israeli military says its troops shot and killed three hostages by mistake (www.theguardian.com)
Israeli military opens probe after videos show Israeli forces killing 2 Palestinians at close range in West Bank refugee camp (apnews.com)
Security camera videos show two Israeli military vehicles pursuing a group of Palestinians in the Faraa refugee camp in the northern West Bank. One man, who appears to be holding a red canister, is gunned down by soldiers....
China is flooding Taiwan with fake news and disinformation ahead of a major election. Here’s how it’s fighting back (feddit.de)
Cross-posted from: feddit.de/post/6763982
Committee say B.C., other public pensions should avoid Chinese human rights abusers (biv.com)
A House of Commons committee believes Canadian public pension funds, including British Columbia’s, should stop investing in Chinese companies that abuse human rights....
Ukraine confident it will secure €50bn in EU aid despite Orbán veto, hopeful ‘all necessary legal procedures’ will be completed at EU summit in January (www.theguardian.com)
'As long as it takes:' amid Hungary's attempt to boycott Ukraine support in the EU and Republicans doing the same in the US, Nordic countries send a clear signal of commitment (feddit.de)
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'As long as it takes:' amid Hungary's attempt to boycott Ukraine support in the EU and Republicans doing the same in the US, Nordic countries send a clear signal of commitment (www.stm.dk)
“The Nordics will continue to provide extensive military, economic and humanitarian support to Ukraine, individually and collectivelly as Nordics, as well as in the framework of international formats and platforms,” a joint statement by Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Norway and Iceland says.
Chinese spies recruited European politician in operation to divide west (wnews247.com)
Daniel Woo, an officer in China’s Ministry of State Security spy agency, pushed Frank Creyelman, a former Belgian senator, to influence discussions in Europe on issues ranging from China’s crackdown on democracy in Hong Kong to its persecution of Uyghurs in Xinjiang....
So hilft chinesische Technik Putin und Russland im Krieg gegen die Ukraine (www.businessinsider.de) German
Poland violated human rights of woman in abortion case, European court rules (www.theguardian.com)
The fight over how rape is defined threatens the first major European law on sexual violence (english.elpais.com)
Dozens of European football clubs risk violating sanctions with Russia transfers (1ft.io)
Many clubs claim that FIFA greenlit the transfers, while the latter points its fingers at the clubs, arguing that they bear the responsibility for complying with sanctions.
Thailand: Lawmaker Sentenced to 6 years in prison for ‘Insulting Monarchy’ (www.hrw.org)
Since the 2020-2021 pro-democracy demonstrations, the right to freedom of expression has increasingly come under attack in Thailand. Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets in Bangkok and other cities to call for political reform, a new constitution, respect for civil and political liberties, and the reform of the...
France says ‘non’ to EVs made in China (electrek.co)
French president Emmanuel Macron already unveiled new incentives to sway buyers away from Chinese models toward French and European ones, including a new €100 per month leasing scheme for EU-made electric cars, with those details announced today. The French government also announced a big rollout of cash incentives for...
Auditing firm distances itself from German car maker VW’s China plant in Xinjiang, a region where rights groups documented abuses including mass forced labour in detention camps (feddit.de)
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