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☆ Opinion | Americans Might Tune Out the Trump Show Reboot
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-19 | by ( Michelle Goldberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

In crude material terms, Donald Trump’s presidency benefited the media, with subscriptions, ratings and clicks all soaring. “When Trump Wins, So Does the Media,” the center-left writer Matthew Yglesias wrote in October. In a second Trump presidency, those questions would be answered. If Trump is re-elected, I’d expect to see a lot of Americans adopting a similar stance as an emotional survival strategy. Though Trump thrives on attention, he’d be even more destructive without the pressure of sustained public outrage.

Persons: Donald Trump’s, Matthew Yglesias, Philip Bump, Trump, MAGA, George Packer, ” I’m, Trump’s, Viv Groskop, Vladimir Putin’s, he’d, Jennifer Senior, “ I’d, ”, Benjamin Toff Organizations: Trump, The New York Locations: Washington, The, Vladimir Putin’s Russia

☆ Tunisia’s president is accused of racism and dictatorship. He’s now getting a billion euros from Europe
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Ivana Kottasová | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

“Since 2011, the European Union has been supporting Tunisia’s journey of democracy,” said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen after signing the agreement. But these difficulties can be overcome.”Several European lawmakers and human rights organizations have warned that any agreement that doesn’t include human rights assurances would be seen as an endorsement of Saied’s anti-democratic policies. Values lose.”Saied rose to power in 2019 after the death of Tunisia’s first democratically elected president Beji Caid Essebsi. The EU is cooperating with Tunisia on migration despite serious allegations of human rights abuses against migrants on Tunisia’s part. It brokered a similar agreement with Libya in 2017 despite documented human rights violations there.

Persons: Kais Saied, ”, Ursula von der Leyen, Sophie, Veld, ” Camille Le Coz, Tunisia’s, Beji Caid, Saied, von der Leyen, Georgia Meloni, Mark Rutte, Tunisia “, ” Max Gallien, ” Le Coz, ’ Gallien, Gallien Organizations: CNN, European Union, Civil Liberties, Justice, Home Affairs, Migration, Dutch, European Commission, EU, UN Refugee Agency, UN, Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex, European Council, Commission, Libya Locations: Tunisia, Europe, ‘, Brussels, Italian, Tunis, Italy, Hungary, Poland, Netherlands, France, Germany, EU, Africa, Libya

☆ Cyprus MPs launch inquiry into spyware development on the island
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-09 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

NICOSIA, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Cyprus's parliament opened an inquiry on Wednesday into the development of spyware on the island, after a draft European Parliament committee investigation report said it was an important export hub for the surveillance industry. The report cited Cypriot officials as saying 'three to four' companies produce spyware on the island. "Its been confirmed that Cyprus is a greenhouse for companies which produce spyware ... which has political backing," said MP Aristos Damianou of the opposition AKEL party, which sought the parliamentary inquiry. Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades last week said any involvement of Cyprus in spyware surveillance in other countries was 'imaginary'. NSO, which sells its Pegasus spyware to government agencies, says it is a powerful tool in the fight against crime and terrorism.

☆ Greece to ban sale of spyware amid wiretapping scandal
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-07 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Government spokesman Giannis Oikonomou said the report that the government was behind the spyware surveillance was "unfounded". He said the Greek state had not used or bought any such spyware and added that judicial authorities would investigate the latest report. Greece, he told reporters, will soon submit a bill to parliament banning the sale of spyware. The Documento report was the latest development in a wiretapping scandal that has sparked political uproar in Greece, as the European Union takes a harder look at the use and sale of spyware. A special European parliamentary committee (PEGA) that is investigating the use of Pegasus and similar surveillance spyware concluded a visit to Greece and Cyprus last week.

☆ Președinta Comisiei Europene, lăsată fără scaun la întâlnirea sa şi a lui Charles Michel de la Ankara cu Erdogan // VIDEO
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-07 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +3 min

Şefa Comisiei Europene a rămas în picioare uitându-se la cei doi, făcând un gest cu mâna dreapta şi părând a spune un 'eh'. A fost deliberat", a scris ea pe Twitter, unde unii utilizatori au explicat totuşi incidentul mai degrabă prin nevoia de distanţare socială decât prin protocol. Preşedinta Comisiei Europene, Ursula von der Leyen, fost ministru german al Apărării, şi preşedintele Consiliului European, Charles Michel, fost premier belgian, sunt trataţi în mod obişnuit ca având acelaşi rang. Numai apoi Von der Leyen s-a văzut lăsată la o parte, comentează Washington Post. Iar (retragerea) este cu siguranţă un semnal prost în acest moment", a adăugat ea.

Persons: Charles Michel, Ursula von, Michel, Von der, El, Sophie, Erdogan, Von Organizations: Europene, Washington Post, UE Locations: Ankara, Ursula von der, UE, Turcia, Istanbul, german, belgian

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