#FactOfTheDay: Stricter border controls at the Schengen Area Entry Points

On 15 March 2017, a regulation amending the Schengen borders code (SBC) was adopted to reinforce checks against relevant databases at the external borders. It entered into force on 7…

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#Factoftheday: Trump launches a military strike against Syria

« Tonight, I ordered a targeted military strike on the air field in Syria from where the chemical attack was launched, […] It is in this vital national security of the United States to prevent and deter the spread and use of deadly chemical weapons. » Trump said during short remarks to reporters at Mar-a-Lago, where he ordered the strike just hours earlier.

« There can be no dispute that Syria used banned chemical weapons, violated its obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention and ignored the urging of the UN Security Council. Years of previous attempts at changing Assad’s behavior have all failed and failed very dramatically. », he added.

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#Factoftheday – Chemical attack in Syria: Time to stop passing the buck?

On 4th April 2017, a chemical attack hit the city of Khan Cheikhoun in the North-Western province of Idleb. The first explosion happened around 7:00 am. The European Union’s aid…

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#FactOfTheDay: Serbia’s Prime Minister Vučić is the new President-elect

On April 2nd, Serbs were called to the polls to elect a new President. Besides national territory, voting also took place at 90 polling stations in Kosovo and at 53…

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#FactOfTheDay: One step at a time, Angela Merkel’s Reaction to Brexit’s formal kick off

On Wednesday March 29th, Theresa May, the British Prime Minister officially declared United Kingdom’s intention to leave the European Union. Indeed, she engaged the negotiation triggering Article 50 TFEU and…

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#FactOfTheDay: The EuroHPC declaration: a new European Champion?

Ministers from seven European countries met in Rome on the 23th of March to sign a declaration on a cooperation framework on High Performance Computing (HPC). This new EuroHPC cooperation…

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Turquie et Union européenne : suite, mais pas encore la fin ?

La crise entre l’Union européenne et la Turquie s’aggrave, tout particulièrement avec la Chancelière allemande, mais semble quelque peu s’apaiser en ce qui concerne l'organisation de meetings en Allemagne concernant la campagne référendaire turque,…

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