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17 March 2021 MORNING The Human Rights Council this morning adopted the Universal Periodic Review outcomes of Bulgaria, Marshall Islands, United States and Croatia. Speaking on the Universal Periodic Review outcome of Bulgaria were China, Cuba, Ethiopia, India, Libya, Morocco, Nepal, Russian Federation, Sudan, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, United Nations Childrens Fund, and Venezuela. The following civil society organizations took the floor on the Universal Periodic Review outcome of ...

Press release Minister McGrath welcomes agreement on European Union Cohesion Package, to include a €1.139 billion allocation for Ireland   Minister Michael McGrath T.D. , welcomed the approval by EU Member States Ambassadors to the EU, of legal texts governing the Cohesion funds which amount to nearly one third of the EUs seven-year budget. This confirmed the political agreement reached with the European Parliament. The Commission indicated that Ireland will r...

Poland’s VOD Levy Yields Almost 2 m EUR in 2020 WARSAW: Digital companies operating in Poland paid 1.986 m EUR / 8.92 m PLN in the first six months since the new VOD levy was introduced in 2020. The fee for on-demand audiovisual media services on the internet was introduced at the beginning of July as part of the anti-crisis shield 3.0. The levy amounts to either 1.5 percent user fee or ad revenue, whichever is higher for the individual business. The levy must be paid each quarter to the Pol...

Romea.cz 19.1.2021 12:05 Stanislav Křeček in a report broadcast by the Prima TV station in February 2016 (PHOTO: TV Prima). Stanislav Křeček, the Public Defender of Rights (ombudsman) in the Czech Republic, published the full wording of his comments on the Czech Governments draft Roma Strategy for 2021-2030 last week after nonprofit organizations criticized a press release issued by his office about the Strategy. Unlike his official press release, his full comments once again make light ...