This is a very good idea. Move the Russian frozen assets out of Belgium to the #EU so Putin can’t threaten #Belgium. Then all ideas around confiscation can be had without Belgium blocking. This is particularly relevant now that Hungary is blocking the EU €90 billion loan to Ukraine.

"Russia was bullying Belgium, where most of the assets are, and Belgium is small. It can't actually resist Russia on its own," said Reuters journalist Hugo Dixon [Hugodixon], and suggested that russian frozen assets should be moved from Belgian to #EU control.

#Ukraine #eu #europenunion #europe #uk #Canada #Deutschland #France #Italy #Spain #Baltics #usa #news

President Donald Trump announced plans to impose a 50% tariff on European Union imports and a 25% tariff on Apple products manufactured outside the U.S., including those made in India. The move aims to pressure Apple to shift iPhone production to the U.S. and addresses ongoing trade disputes with the EU.

#usa #apple #europenunion #trump #business #tharif #trade

Israel Bombs Southern Damascus Murders 2, Syria Warns

Israel bombs southeastern Damascus suburb murdering two people and escalating the war on Gaza, Syria warns of Israel's destabilizing crimes.

Syria News

@gimulnautti @nycCatHerder

#FreeSpeech + #1A in the face of pervasive #AI + #Trumpism

(4/n)

...years.

https://www.digitaltrends.com/news/fbi-wants-social-media-data/

Then, there are global regions like the #EuropenUnion, which still take #DataPrivacy quite seriously and where the #RightToBeForgotten (#RightToErasure) is enshrined in #CommunityLaw.*

No, IMHO in order to save #democracy we must not give governments the means to become a totalitarian #surveillance state, a case in point being...

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https://gdpr-info.eu/art-17-gdpr/

The FBI wants to get its hands on your Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram data

The FBI is looking for a partner to collect data from your social media profiles, which could pit it against new privacy policies Facebook agreed to as part of its $5 billion settlement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). 

Digital Trends

Serbia reaps MORE ANGER #european #europenUnion #Europe #currentaffairs #Balkans #Kosovo #Deutschland

German For. Min. Baerbock described as "unacceptable" the initiative by Serbian Pres. Vucic to ask NATO to allow the deployment of the Serbian Army to protect the population of Kosovo.