Month: February 2023

Журналісти NBC з Росії поїхали до окупованого Криму. МЗС України відреагувало

Після відвідин журналістами NBC окупованого Криму у Міністерстві закордонних справ України нагадали, що в’їзд на територію півострова з території Росії є порушенням. «Відвідання тимчасово окупованого Криму з території Російської Федерації є порушенням законодавства України. Для порушників передбачена правова відповідальність. Зокрема, іноземцям за такі дії також передбачена заборона в’їзду в Україну. Компетентні органи України нині встановлюють обставини незаконного відвідання журналістом NBC території Криму», – написав речник МЗС Олег Ніколенко у фейсбуці. Він додав, що за підсумками перевірки буде ухвалене рішення щодо подальших кроків. Американський телеканал NBC 28 лютого опублікував репортаж із анексованого Росією Криму, де вказується, що журналісти потрапили на півострів …

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France Revisits Relationship With Africa — Again

French President Emmanuel Macron heads to central Africa Wednesday on a four-nation visit marked by what he said ahead of his planned Wednesday departure. On Monday, he announced a revamped relationship with Africa, amid an increase in anti-French sentiment in some places— and rising Russian and Chinese influence.   “Partnership,” “humility,” and “reorganization” are part of Macron’s lexicon this week, with his new, recalibrated strategy for Africa.   He said French military bases in Africa would be reorganized — with some becoming military academies or run in collaboration with African and European partners — based on goals defined by African …

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‘Cyprus Problem’ Top Priority for Island’s New President

Nikos Christodoulides was sworn in as Cyprus’s president on Tuesday, promising to make finding a solution to the “Cyprus problem” his top priority after winning an election runoff on Feb. 12. Christodoulides, 49, inherits a deadlock in reunification talks on the ethnically split island, labor disputes over high inflation, and what he called challenges of “exceptionally complex” irregular migration. Christodoulides took an investiture oath in parliament. Cyprus has an executive system of government, with power invested in the presidency and its council of ministers. Backed by centrist and right-wing parties, Christodoulides, a foreign minister until early 2022, won 52% of …

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Death Toll Continues to Rise in Italian Migrant Boat Shipwreck 

The death toll from the wooden boat carrying hundreds of migrants that shipwrecked Sunday off the Italian coast has risen to at least 64. At least one body was pulled out of the sea Monday, according to news outlets. Survivors estimate that between 150 to 200 people were onboard the vessel that began its journey a few days ago from Turkey. Eighty people survived the tragedy, while officials fear the death toll may reach more than 100. Many of the migrants were from Pakistan and Afghanistan. Reuters news agency reports that three men, a Turkish national and two Pakistani nationals, …

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У Міноборони Росії звинуватили Україну в «атаці на обʼєкти цивільної інфраструктури»

За попередніми повідомленнями в соціальних мережах, у ніч на 28 лютого в місті Туапсе у Краснодарському краї  через удар із безпілотника сталася пожежа на нафтобазі компанії «Роснефть» …

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The Digital Front of Ukraine’s Fight Against Russia

Working from bomb shelters has become the norm for Ukrainians like Roman Osadchuk. “At the beginning, there were a lot of air raids. Nowadays, there are maybe two a week,” said Osadchuk. “I mean, I was in the shelter today,” he said offhandedly when he spoke with VOA from Kyiv. Most times Osadchuk still has a “solid internet connection” and sometimes he has Wi-Fi in the shelter so he can still work, “just underground.” That work is part of the digital front of the war in Ukraine. Based in Ukraine’s capital, Osadchuk monitors Russian disinformation for the Atlantic Council’s Digital …

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EU Defends Talks on Big Tech Helping Fund Networks

Europe’s existing telecom networks aren’t up to the job of handling surging amounts of internet data traffic, a top European Union official said Monday, as he defended a consultation on whether Big Tech companies should help pay for upgrades. The telecom industry needs to reconsider its business models as it undergoes a “radical shift” fueled by a new wave of innovation such as immersive, data-hungry technologies like the metaverse, Thierry Breton, the European Commission’s official in charge of digital policy, said at a major industry expo in Barcelona called MWC, or Mobile World Congress. Breton’s remarks came days after he …

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