Greenpeace
#EU fund - €135 million initially planned for programmes with russia and belarus will be transferred to strengthen cooperation with #Ukraine and #Moldova
Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms Elisa Ferreira said the decision to terminate the collaboration with russia and belarus "is the result of the brutal war of russia against Ukraine"
The funding package is part of the Commission's Neighborhood, Development, and International Cooperation Instrument
The Commission has decided to transfer €135 million of the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument, originally planned for 2021-2027 Interreg NEXT programmes with Russia and Belarus, to other Interreg programmes with Ukraine and Moldova.
"We have always known our concerns over the health and safety of the barge are justified, and this latest mismanagement proves our point.
The Bibby Stockholm is a visual illustration of this government’s hostile environment against refugees, but it has also fast become a symbol for the shambolic incompetence which has broken Britain’s asylum system.
The government should now realise warehousing refugees in this manner is completely untenable."
Steve Smith,
Care 4 Calais.
@selzero Exactly as observed by Douglas Adams.
"For instance, on the planet Earth, man had always assumed that he was more intelligent than dolphins because he had achieved so much—the wheel, New York, wars and so on—whilst all the dolphins had ever done was muck about in the water having a good time. But conversely, the dolphins had always believed that they were far more intelligent than man—for precisely the same reasons.”
The UK ends strict controls for beef and poultry from Brazil.
For beef and poultry meat products from Brazil, exports to GB no longer need enhanced pre- and post-import testing for Salmonella or the added attestation attached to health certificates confirming Salmonella sampling, methods of analysis used, and results.
https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2023/08/uk-ends-strict-controls-for-beef-and-poultry-from-brazil/
‘Tory and Labour MPs said Sunak’s “economically illiterate” announcement was “driving a coach and horses” through previous promises, and warned the prime minister he was “on the wrong side of history” and that modern voters wanted leaders who “protect, and not threaten, our environment”.’
Morally and intellectually indefensible. AndI I thought Johnson and Truss were abhorrent.
British Spy Chief appeals for Russian spy recruits to help end the war in Ukraine.
"As they witness the venality, infighting and callous incompetence of their leaders - the human factor at its worst - many Russians are wrestling with these dilemmas.
"I invite them to do what others have done this past 18 months and join hands with us. Our door is always open ... Their secrets will be safe with us and together we will work to bring the bloodshed to an end."
https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/ai-cannot-replace-spies-uk-intelligence-chief-say-2023-07-19/
The head of Britain's MI6 foreign spy service said on Wednesday last month's mutiny by Russian mercenaries showed there were 'deep fractures' surrounding the Kremlin, and invited Russians appalled by the war in <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russia-strikes-ukraines-odesa-port-hellish-attack-official-2023-07-19/" target="_blank">Ukraine</a> to come spy for Britain.