Day: September 15, 2023

Indigenizing AI: Technology and Locality

An optimistic model for integrating AI in ways that do not subordinate local needs and cultures, but instead empowers them, could constitute a major plank of future political platforms.

No Deal: Talks Between Kosovo and Serbia Hit Impasse

No Deal: Talks Between Kosovo and Serbia Hit Impasse

“Without normalization [of relations], there will be no European future for Serbia and Kosovo,” Borrell said.

September 15, 2023
MEPs Vote To ‘Upgrade Democracy’ by Weakening Member States

MEPs Vote To ‘Upgrade Democracy’ by Weakening Member States

The liberal-green initiative would give more legislative power to the European Parliament, scrap unanimity in the Council, and establish EU citizenship complete with voting rights, universally set at age 16.

September 15, 2023
Brussels Prepares Autonomous Wartime Economy in Fear of Trump 2024 Win

Brussels Prepares Autonomous Wartime Economy in Fear of Trump 2024 Win

The federalising attitude to European defence is likely to conflict with a growing sense of anti-war populism within the Parliament.

September 15, 2023
Frontex: Illegal Central Mediterranean Crossings Double in 2023

Frontex: Illegal Central Mediterranean Crossings Double in 2023

The Central Mediterranean route accounts for half of the illegal border crossings detected in 2023.

September 15, 2023
EP Adopts Electricity Market Reform, Rejects Pro-Nuclear MEPs

EP Adopts Electricity Market Reform, Rejects Pro-Nuclear MEPs

Over 180 MEPs attempted to stop the vote for a chance to include the nuclear energy subsidies that the socialist rapporteur removed from the Commission’s original proposal.

September 15, 2023
Indigenizing AI: Technology and Locality

Indigenizing AI: Technology and Locality

An optimistic model for integrating AI in ways that do not subordinate local needs and cultures, but instead empowers them, could constitute a major plank of future political platforms.

September 15, 2023
Brandenburg Poll Shows AfD Support Surging to 32%

Brandenburg Poll Shows AfD Support Surging to 32%

AfD polls 12 percentage points ahead of the SPD, which has ruled Brandenburg for the past 30 years.

September 15, 2023
Belgian Court Overturns Ban on Shelter for Male Asylum Seekers

Belgian Court Overturns Ban on Shelter for Male Asylum Seekers

An estimated 2,000 asylum seekers in Belgium are on the street, awaiting accommodation.

September 15, 2023
Labour Seeks to Outdo Sunak on Stopping Channel Migration

Labour Seeks to Outdo Sunak on Stopping Channel Migration

The Tories have criticised a new blueprint for failing to lower migration numbers, after failing to do so themselves.

September 15, 2023
Sarkozy: Ukraine’s NATO Bid Risks Provoking Russia, Not Ensuring Peace

Sarkozy: Ukraine’s NATO Bid Risks Provoking Russia, Not Ensuring Peace

“There are 500,000 dead in this war. There is an aggressor, Russia, Putin. And a victim, Ukraine. But can we think about how we get out of this?” Sarkozy said.

September 15, 2023
BBC Verify: Economical With the Truth? 

BBC Verify: Economical With the Truth? 

The gulf between the facts and the ideological position of BBC fact-checkers is palpable.

September 15, 2023