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How we are accountable How we are accountable Under Article 6 of the EU Regulation establishing the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, Frontex is accountable to the European Parliament and to the European Council. One of the ways that works in practice is that our Management Board provides our annual activity report and annual/multiannual work programmes to the Parliament and the Council. They may ask the Frontex executive director to report on any matter related to our operations. We also...

LETTER: Reps actions violated their oaths, bordered on sedition

Comnmentary: New Mexico leaders are applauding the Joint Resolution pre-filed Monday, January 4, by Senator Antoinette Sedillo Lopez, Senator Bill Soules, and Representative Joanne Ferrary to amend the New Mexico Constitution in order to add enforceable environmental rights.  Senator Mimi Stewart, Senator Harold Pope, Jr, Representative Tara Luján and Representative Andrea Romero are signing on as co-sponsors in support.   The Joint Resolution proposing the amendment was pre-filed by the sp...

Press release Ireland will now report greenhouse gas emissions and removals from managed wetlands (and including bogs) as part of progress towards EU greenhouse gas targets   Ireland has opted to include the impact of Managed Wetland on greenhouse gas emissions and removals from the beginning of 2021. This voluntary accounting puts Ireland on a stronger footing for accounting for greenhouse gas emissions and removals and in making the strategic changes required to s...

Renewed call for shipyard excavation moratorium – the legal legacy of harm to the Hunters Point community January 1, 2021 “We are fighting this toxic genocide all the way to the top of the government ladder,” say attorneys for Hunters Point resident plaintiffs Charles A. Bonner & A. Cabral Bonner in the Hunters Point Community Lawsuitseeking  $27 billion in the biggest eco-fraud case in history. Here, Charles Bonner speaks at a July 2018 press conference. – Photo: Liz Moug...

The "legislative lockout" is set to begin early next month.

Research Article Impact of food supplements on early child development in children with moderate acute malnutrition: A randomised 2 x 2 x 3 factorial trial in Burkina Faso Mette F. Olsen , Affiliation Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, SCIENCE, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark ⨯ Charles W. Yaméogo, Roles Data curation, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing Affiliations Department of Nutrition, Exercise an...

Nepals Constitution Is in Danger as Oli Moves Closer to Authoritarianism The prime minister, in cahoots with the president, has dissolved parliament only to serve his vested interests. An activist affiliated with Human Rights and Peace Society Nepal is detained during a protest after the parliament was dissolved and general elections were announced to be held in April and May, more than a year ahead of schedule, outside the Singha Durbar office complex that houses the Prime Ministers office and...

Public enemy #1: Outrage in Taiwan as Kiwi pilot breaks streak of no locally-acquired cases, hinders contact tracing efforts Newshub 22/12/2020 © Getty The Kiwi pilot, a Taiwanese resident and employee of EVA Air, has been fined. On Sunday (local time), Taiwans Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) announced that two cases - cargo aircraft pilots - were believed to have been infected by a Kiwi aviator, referred to by local health officials as case 765, who is employed by Taiwanese airline...

CECC spokesman Chuang Jen-hsiang told reporters the man had travelled to the US in late November, where its believed he contracted the virus. After completing three days of quarantine upon his return to Taiwan, the man embarked on a four-day trip around the north of the country from December 8 to December 11. Its understood he was infectious during this period. On December 12, the Kiwi flew back to the US with the two pilots, and reportedly did not wear a mask for the duration of the flight. On...