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  • AP sources: Travel ban to extend to United Kingdom, Ireland

    03/14/2020 10:21:26 AM PDT · by Olog-hai · 12 replies
    Associated Press ^ | March 14, 2020 | Andrew Taylor, Lisa Mascaro, Jill Colvin and Zeke Miller
    The White House is expected to announce that the U.S. will broaden its European travel ban, adding the United Kingdom and Ireland to its list. Under the restrictions, American citizens, green card holders and others are still allowed to return home to the U.S., but will be funneled to 13 airports and be subjected to health screenings and quarantine orders, according to two people familiar with the plan who spoke on condition of anonymity before the official announcement expected Saturday. …
  • Germany among 7 EU countries to take in 1600 refugee children

    03/12/2020 10:40:33 AM PDT · by Olog-hai · 6 replies
    Deutsche Welle ^ | 03.12.2020 | kp,jsi/rg (dpa, KNA)
    Seven EU member states have agreed to accept at least 1,600 refugee children from overcrowded camps on the Greek islands, the bloc announced on Thursday. The EU’s Commissioner for Home Affairs, Ylva Johansson, confirmed that Germany would be among the seven countries to take in the migrants, comprised of children and teenagers.“This is a good start” to increasing solidarity with Greece, Johansson told reporters in Athens press. In addition, the European Commission, Greece and the UN migration body IOM will launch a one-month voluntary returns initiative, the commissioner said. …
  • Germany set to oust 'stigmatizing' terms around disability from penal code

    03/11/2020 9:50:01 PM PDT · by Olog-hai · 4 replies
    Deutsche Welle ^ | 03.11.2020 | Elliot Douglas
    The German Cabinet met on Wednesday to discuss the removal of terms like “mentally perverted” and “weak in the mind” from the criminal code, where they are used to refer to disabled people The government’s commissioner for people with disabilities, Jürgen Dusel, welcomed the possible change, saying such terms were “stigmatizing, discriminatory and dehumanizing.” “Terms like ‘mental perversion’ [seelische Abartigkeit] and ‘mentally weak’ [schwachsinnig] are simply crude,” he told DW. “People outside of legal and political circles often don’t know that these terms exist in the criminal code,” he added. Since his appointment to the office in May 2018, he...
  • The deal is done: Sprint, T-Mobile clear last major hurdles

    03/11/2020 7:42:26 PM PDT · by Rabin · 20 replies
    Kansas City Business Journal ^ | Mar 11, 2020 | Lily Lieberman
    Final roadblocks preventing the merger between T-Mobile US Inc. and Sprint Corp. were eliminated Wednesday after the California Public Utilities Commission and the state's Attorney General made separate agreements with the two carriers.
  • In denial: The spin machine upending the climate consensus [gefälschte nachrichten]

    03/10/2020 8:05:44 AM PDT · by Olog-hai · 14 replies
    Deutsche Welle ^ | 03.09.2020 | Stuart Braun
    Climate law rollbacks in the US and Australia have origins in libertarian think tanks that trade in climate denial. Investigative journalists have exposed how one is now trying to strip climate protections in Germany.“The Trump administration frequently asked us for advice,” James Taylor, chief strategist at US libertarian and climate-skeptic think tank, The Heartland Institute, told two journalists posing as PR consultants representing German car and coal companies in late 2019. “What can we get for €500,000?” one of the bogus young PRs asked, offering an anonymous donation to Heartland on behalf of a large German automotive client. Taylor soon...
  • All Of Italy — The Entire Country — Is Now On Coronavirus Lockdown

    03/09/2020 9:55:47 PM PDT · by cba123 · 57 replies
    BuzzFeed Newd ^ | March 9, 2020 | Alberto Nardelli and Joey D'Urso and Hannah Al-Othman
    Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced Monday that coronavirus lockdown measures were being extended to the entire country, with travel to be restricted to reasons of work, health, and emergencies. The measures would become effective Tuesday and last until April 3, he said. (Please see link for full article)
  • Lenin effigy in Germany's Gelsenkirchen approved, despite city objections

    03/07/2020 8:38:41 AM PST · by Olog-hai · 12 replies
    Deutsche Welle ^ | 03.06.2020 | Ian P. Johnson
    Gelsenkirchen’s administrative court lifted city orders to halt construction, allowing the Marxist-Leninist Party of Germany (MLPD) as owner of a city land plot to proceed with erecting its depiction of the Soviet leader who led Russia’s 1917 armed revolution. The city had argued Lenin’s effigy would spoil the heritage value of an adjacent former communal Sparkasse savings bank building in the 260,000-population city otherwise famed for its Schalke football team, perhaps fittingly sponsored by Russian state energy giant Gazprom. But judges said the architectural objection and controversy over Lenin’s historical role were irrelevant because the statue would be placed more...
  • Merkel: Germany must do more on gender equality

    03/07/2020 8:33:23 AM PST · by Olog-hai · 22 replies
    Deutsche Welle ^ | 03.07.2020 | dr/mm (dpa, KNA, epd)
    Gender equality is an issue for men, not just women, Chancellor Angela Merkel said in her weekly video podcast published on Saturday. “Because we can only achieve equal participation of women in working life if men are involved with homemaking, support, care and also the upbringing of children,” she said. Merkel stressed that enforcing equality remains a major issue in Germany, noting the gap between working men and women. “Today, 76% of working-age women are employed,” Merkel said. “That is significantly more than a few years ago, but still less than that for men of the same age. It is...
  • EU experts: closing borders 'ineffective' for coronavirus

    03/03/2020 12:40:17 PM PST · by Olog-hai · 48 replies
    EU Observer ^ | 28. Feb 2020, 07:06 | Elena Sánchez Nicolás
    EU experts said on Thursday (27 February) that refusing entry to an EU country of people with coronavirus symptoms would be counterproductive and “ineffective” to prevent the spread of the virus. “Refusal of entry is not considered an appropriate preventive measure as the virus would spread further” since those potential patients would keep moving in the region without being treated, EU sources said. Instead, the experts advised having “systematic” checks for all those arriving, ensuring a coordinated approach between border guards and national authorities, as well as a real-time exchange of information. The principle of free movement of people in...
  • Digital Brief: EU police want your faces

    03/03/2020 8:08:29 AM PST · by Olog-hai · 15 replies
    EurActiv ^ | Feb 27, 2020 | Samuel Stolton
    Police forces in the European Union are planning to establish an interconnected bloc-wide network of facial recognition databases, leaked documents have revealed. An EU Council report, first obtained by The Intercept, circulated among 10 member states last November, details measures led by Austria to legislate for the building of a network of facial recognition databases that could be used and accessed by police forces across the bloc. EurActiv saw a copy of the leaked documents, which find that certain member states in the EU lag behind in the implementation of their facial recognition databases for networking purposes, and states that...
  • Lourdes Shrine Closes Healing Pools as Precaution Against Coronavirus

    03/02/2020 7:01:22 PM PST · by marshmallow · 39 replies
    Crux ^ | 3/2/20 | Cindy Wooden
    ROME - As the number of people testing positive for the coronavirus in Europe continued to grow, the French Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes announced that pilgrims were still welcome, but the pools the sick bathe in hoping for healing would be closed temporarily. “Our first concern will always be the safety and health of the pilgrims and the shrine’s working community,” said a note posted Feb. 28 on the shrine’s website. “As a precaution, the pools have been closed until further notice.” In the center of Rome, the French Church of St. Louis, home of three famous Caravaggio...
  • Greening the city: How Brussels is planning for climate change

    02/28/2020 8:22:14 AM PST · by Olog-hai · 15 replies
    Deutsche Welle ^ | 02.28.2020 | Martin Kuebler (Brussels)
    At the Place de la Bourse/Beursplein in central Brussels, tourists and commuters pick their way around coils of plastic tubing, bright green construction barriers and piles of paving stones that have been ripped up in the name of urban improvement. A few blocks north, the transformation is complete. What was once a busy boulevard clogged with traffic is now a car-free zone given over to pedestrians, bicycles, scooters and cafes taking advantage of the expanded sidewalk to offer alfresco dining. The area’s redevelopment began in 2017, and, weather permitting, will be finished by the end of 2020. But that’s just...
  • Germany's democracy at risk, warns Israeli ambassador

    02/26/2020 10:24:41 PM PST · by Olog-hai · 8 replies
    Deutsche Welle ^ | 02.27.2020 | jsi/ls (dpa, KNA)
    Israeli ambassador to Germany Jeremy Issacharoff warned Thursday that Germany is losing its grip on democracy in the wake of recent terror attacks. Following anti-Semitic and anti-Muslim attacks in Halle and Hanau, Issacharoff said: “No democratic society can survive if minorities are constantly threatened or harmed.” “The Holocaust has shown us all where such hatred leads,” he told the German regional newspaper Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung. “An open society can tolerate many things, but never violence. People are starting to act violently against minorities, against Jews and Muslims again.” The ambassador also appealed to Jews and Muslims not to hide their...
  • Germany's top court to decide on legalizing assisted suicide

    02/25/2020 10:28:25 PM PST · by Olog-hai · 9 replies
    Deutsche Welle ^ | 02.25.2020 | Wolfgang Dick
    “I want to end it if the pain gets unbearable,” 63-year-old Melanie S. tells Lukas Radbruch, a doctor at University Hospital Bonn, who has also been serving as the president of the German Association for Palliative Medicine since 2014. She has end-stage lung cancer, and fears she could suddenly lose the ability to swallow and this suffocate while fully conscious. This possibility has led Melanie S. to consider assisted suicide. But so far, paragraph 217 of Germany’s criminal code prohibits assisted suicide. The law was adopted in 2015 by Germany’s parliament, the Bundestag, to prevent associations or individuals from turning...
  • Meanwhile in Brussels... EU budget talks end WITHOUT an agreement as Austria, Denmark, the Netherlands and Sweden REFUSE to pay more to plug the 75bn euro hole left by Brexit and increase spending on climate change

    02/22/2020 10:34:29 AM PST · by Olog-hai · 46 replies
    Daily Mail (UK) ^ | 05:00 EST, 22 February 2020 | Jemma Carr
    The EU’s post-Brexit budget meeting erupted into rows with poorer countries demanding more aid while their “frugal” peers were determined to rein in spending. Brexit left the EU short of around £62 billion when Britain left the bloc last month. On Friday — after nearly 30 hours of discussions — the 27 remaining EU countries failed to agree on the overall size of the bloc’s 2021 to 2027 budget or how to spend it. Speaking after the talks in the EU’s Brussels hub, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said: “We have to acknowledge that the differences are too big still to...
  • Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary sparks Islamophobia row by saying Muslim men should face extra security checks at airports to prevent terrorist attacks

    02/22/2020 10:12:23 AM PST · by Olog-hai · 41 replies
    Daily Mail (UK) ^ | 04:26 EST, 22 February 2020 | Sophie Law, Harry Howard
    Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary has sparked a race row after calling for Muslim passengers to be checked at airports in a bid to prevent terror attacks, as he claimed “that is where the threat is coming from”. Mr. O’Leary said terrorists “will generally be males of a Muslim persuasion” — and that families with young children should be let through security as they are less likely to “blow” people up. The 58-year-old added that the only way to “deal with the threat” was to vet “single male” Muslims traveling on their own. The Muslim Council of Britain said the comments...
  • ‘The inner Putin coming out’: Russian president touts ‘integration’ with Ukraine

    02/22/2020 3:24:15 AM PST · by tlozo · 113 replies
    Washington Examiner ^ | February 21, 2020 | Joel Gehrke
    Russia could regain its status as “a global rival” for Western powers through some degree of “integration” with Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin said... Putin made the comment while reiterating his belief that Ukrainians and Russians are “the same people,” a claim widely perceived as a means to justify Russian influence over former Soviet nations. His reference to “integration” is even more unusual, and incendiary, according to Western analysts, given that the two countries have been locked in conflict since Russia’s annexation of Crimea and invasion of Ukraine in 2014... Multiple Western analysts noted that Putin has been pressuring Belarus...
  • After Hanau attack, Germany steps up protection of Muslims

    02/22/2020 8:54:52 AM PST · by Olog-hai · 14 replies
    Deutsche Welle ^ | 02.21.2020 | Ralf Bosen
    Rarely has Horst Seehofer appeared so honest. Quiet, composed, but with a slightly raspy voice, Germany’s interior minister on Friday afternoon opened his press conference with journalists concerning the shooting in Hanau. “The racist background to this act in my view is completely undisputed and cannot be relativized,” he said. Seehofer noted that there was a very high “right-wing” danger in the country and for democracy, and that represents “the greatest security threat in our country.”As a consequence of the attack on Wednesday afternoon, the interior minister said “sensitive institutions” such as mosques would see an increased police presence. More...
  • Krytyka Polityczna (Poland): It's time to introduce a tax on meat

    02/21/2020 1:07:37 AM PST · by NorseViking · 18 replies
    Krytyka Polityczna ^ | February 20, 2020 | Sylwia Spurek
    For several days the press sounded the alarm due to the fact that MEPs from the "Green" and "Progressive Alliance of socialists and Democrats" want to raise the price of meat, and thereby to allegedly deprive people of access to this product and to destroy agriculture. Giving up meat or limitation of consumption is regarded as an attack on tradition. Is it possible to get rid of meat? The topic is important and complex, so we should explain what is behind the idea to raise taxes on beef cattle, and why we need to think to do it for a...
  • Amid protests, Portugal lawmakers weigh allowing euthanasia

    02/20/2020 9:14:30 AM PST · by Olog-hai · 3 replies
    Associated Press ^ | February 20, 2020 | Barry Hatton
    Portugal’s parliament debated Thursday whether to allow euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide for terminally ill people, with lawmakers expected to vote to approve the procedures later in the day. Outside the parliament building in Lisbon, hundreds of people opposed to euthanasia waved banners and chanted “Sim a vida!” (“Yes to life!”). One banner said, “Euthanasia doesn’t end suffering, it ends life.” Some people held up crucifixes and religious effigies. Approval of one of the five bills being discussed would leave Portugal poised to become one of the few countries in the world permitting the procedures. But the country’s president is known...