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Free Speech Debate after French Teen's Anti-Muslim Post Sparks Death Threats, Arrests
February 10, 2021
French police arrested five people in connection with death threats made against a teenager for her online video messages against Islam, which has sparked a debate over freedom of speech in the country.
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Laschet : Navalny Affair Not Grounds to Cancel Nord Stream Pipeline
February 10, 2021
Despite growing pressure from German Greens, the United States and much of Europe, the Christian Democratic Union’s new chief Armin Laschet maintains the arrest of Russian opposition leader Alexei Nalvany is not grounds to cancel the Nord Stream Pipeline.
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Georgia Receives EU and U.S. Support after Arbitrary Sentencing in Conflict Zone
February 09, 2021
Euractiv reports that the European Union and the United States have condemned the heavy prison sentence given to a Georgian citizen by the authorities in the Russia-controlled Georgian region of South Ossetia, calling for his immediate release.
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AI Lie Detector Project Challenged in EU Court
February 09, 2021
Natasha Lomes writing for TechCrunch explores the current transparency lawsuit before The European Court of Justice in Luxembourg that highlights questions of ethics and efficacy attached to the European Union’s flagship R&D program which involves an experiemental facial recognition lie detector test.
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Paris Court Finds French State Guilty Over Climate Inaction
February 03, 2021
The Paris administrative court recognized ecological damage linked to climate change and held the French state responsible for failing to fully meet its goals in reducing greenhouse gases after a group of NGOs backed by two million citizens had filed a complaint accusing the French state of failing to act to halt climate change.
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