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Germany’s High Court Approves a Right to Assisted Suicide
March 03, 2020
Emboldening euthanasia movements around the world, Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court has handed down a long-awaited decision endorsing the legality of assisted suicide, ruling that a law banning suicide with professional assistance deprived terminally ill patients of a constitutional "right to a self-determined death."
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Slovakia Parliament Rejects Women's Rights Treaty
March 03, 2020
Slovakia lawmakers have voted to reject the so-called Istanbul Convention, an international treaty adopted by the Council of Europe in 2011 in a bid to fight violence against women throughout Europe.
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Politico: Twenty-three European Countries to Launch New Forum for Intelligence Gathering and Sharing
March 03, 2020
According to Politico, twenty-three European countries have formally agreed to launch the Intelligence College in Europe ("ICE"), a new spy forum for the Continent consisting of a "space for the intelligence community to compare notes on crosscutting intelligence-related issues like Islamist and far-right terrorism, European jihadists in Syria, and cyber and data security."
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Politico: Huawei is Offering European Nations Offers They Can't Refuse
March 02, 2020
According to Politico, Chinese telecom equipment giant Huawei is pitching lucrative incentives to European governments in the hope of fending of bans against its products and services.
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Turkey Threatens to Send Syrian Refugees to Europe
March 02, 2020
Frustrated by the failure of leading European nations to intervene in recent military attacks across the Turkish border in Syria, the Turkish government is threatening to send its increasing number of Syrian refugees on the path toward Europe.
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