European Commission

US-EU AI Agreement

January 28, 2023

To increase the use of Artificial Intelligence in health care, agriculture, emergency response, electric grid, and weather forecasting, the United States and the European Union signed an agreement. The agreement will aid the government increase the use of Artificial Intelligence ..

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European Parliament: Hungary no longer a full democracy

September 16, 2022

The European Parliament has adopted a report that declared Hungary to be no longer a democracy. Key facts The European Parliament has recently adopted a parliamentary report that declared Hungary to be “a hybrid regime of electoral autocracy”. It concluded ..

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European Union New Internet Rules

April 26, 2022

The European Union finalized new legislation that will require the world’s big tech companies to remove harmful content. This is the latest move of the union to regulate the world’s online giants. Overview: The Digital Services Act (DSA) has the ..

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European Union Data Act

February 24, 2022

On February 23, 2022, the European Commission published its draft Data Act, after much anticipation. Highlights European Commission sets a raft of new rules for data sharing. It forms part of European Union’s strategy, in order to make the bloc ..

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European Commission proposes Covid-19 certificate

March 18, 2021

The European Commission, on March 17, 2021,  has proposed for a Covid-19 certificate called “Digital Green Certificate” covering the details regarding the Covid-19 vaccination, testing and recovery. Highlights This decision was taken in order to reopen the European Union (EU) ..

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European Union Report: North Korea, the most dangerous places in the world

July 2, 2020

On July 2, 2020, a research centre INFORM operating under European Commission released its report, “Shared Evidence for Managing Crises and Disasters”. Highlights The report ranks the countries based on “INFORM Risk Index” that is calculated considering humanitarian crises and ..

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European Project linking Black sea, North Sea and Baltic Sea criticized by Environmental Organization

March 18, 2020

The Danube-Oder-Elbe canal intends to connect the three rivers Danube, Oder and Elbe. This is to provide an alternate route of navigation from Black sea to Baltic and North seas. However, several concerns are being raised by the environmental organizations ..

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India joins Global AMR R&D hub as a new member

September 13, 2019

India has joined Global Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Research and Development (R&D) hub as a new member. The announcement in this regard was made by Department of Biotechnology, Union Ministry of Science & Technology in New Delhi on 12 September 2019. ..

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Ursula von der Leyen elected as European Commission’s first female president

July 17, 2019

German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen has been elected as the first female president of European Commission (EC) following a secret ballot among MEPs. She secured the backing of more than half of the Members in the European Parliament ..

Saudi Arabia becomes 1st Arab country to get full FATF membership

June 24, 2019

Saudi Arabia has become 1st Arab country to be granted full membership of Financial Action Task Force (FATF) following FATF’s Annual General Meeting held in Orlando, Florida in United States (US). Saudi Arabia and FATF Background: Since November 2004, Saudi ..

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