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Future of Europe conference: one year on standby Discussions so far have been mainly about who should take charge - instead of on the scope or content of the actual conference itself (Photo: DG EMPL) Brussels, 21. Dec 2020, 07:01 The troubled Conference on the Future of Europe, intended to reconnect the European project with its citizens, remains in deadlock due to an ongoing institutional dispute over who will chair it. The much-delayed event is seen as a chance to have an inclusive dialogue w...

Online conference - Register here! The EU institutions have some of the best ethics rules for lobby transparency, for Commissioners and staff to cool-off before taking the revolving door into a lobby job and against other conflicts of interest. Yet, the implementation of these rules can be improved. The new EU Commission said it is willing to support the creation of an independent EU ethics body. A discussion on what such an EU ethics body could look like is therefore needed. Daniel Freund (Gr...

New EU lobbyist register not mandatory, critics say Hungary and Cyprus are likely to vote against having the council join the transparency register (Photo: europarl.europa.eu) A new agreement on EU lobbying transparency is being billed as mandatory - but critics say otherwise. After almost five years of negotiations, the agreement on an expanded joint-transparency register was announced earlier this week. Read and decide Get instant access to all articles — and 20 years of archives. 14...

Alfred Sant unimpressed by ‘politicised’ Omtzigt resolution on Malta As EU finds compromise on rule of law mechanism to keep Hungary and Poland on board, Labour MEP questions political solution 14 December 2020, 2:24pm by Matthew Vella Labour MEP Alfred Sant has lambasted what he called “politicised” declarations by parliamentary assemblies in Europe, which have taken Malta to task over its rule of law shortcomings.  Sant spoke about both the Council of Europe resolution on rule of la...

BBC exposes India’s fake media outlets that discredit Pakistan Top Story BBC exposes India’s fake media outlets that discredit Pakistan ISLAMABAD: A dead professor and numerous defunct organisations were resurrected and used alongside at least 750 fake media outlets in a vast 15-year global disinformation campaign to serve Indian interests, a new investigation has revealed. The man whose identity was stolen was regarded as one of the founding fathers of international human rights law, who ...

ISLAMABAD: A dead professor and numerous defunct organizations were resurrected and used alongside at least 750 fake media outlets in a vast 15-year global disinformation campaign to serve Indian interests, a new investigation has revealed. The man whose identity was stolen was regarded as one of the founding fathers of international human rights law, who died aged 92 in 2006. “It is the largest network we have exposed,” said Alexandre Alaphilippe, executive director of EU DisinfoLab, which...

EU strikes Compromise agreement with Hungary and Poland over next long term budget Business groups welcome long-awaited deal, but critics call ‘rule of law’ compromise a ‘capitulation’. Adobe Stock 11 Dec 2020 The compromise, on the long-term EU budget and the Next Generation EU recovery instrument was brokered by Germany, the current holder of the rotating EU Council Presidency, and was endorsed at an EU summit late on Thursday. Hungary and Poland said earlier on Thursday they would li...

ISLAMABAD: A dead professor and numerous defunct organisations were resurrected and used alongside at least 750 fake media outlets in a vast 15-year global disinformation campaign to serve Indian...

The dead professor and the vast pro-India disinformation campaign By Abid Hussain & Shruti Menon BBC Urdu & BBC Reality Check Published image copyrightReuters image captionThe UN Human Rights Council meets at least three times a year and reviews UN member states rights records A dead professor and numerous defunct organisations were resurrected and used alongside at least 750 fake media outlets in a vast 15-year global disinformation campaign to serve Indian interests, a new investigation has ...

The dead professor and the vast pro-India disinformation campaign