#Greece seeks to build closed holding centers for migrants

#Greece seeks to build closed holding centers for migrants

“#Greece seeks to build closed holding centers for migrants” ATHENS, May 28 – Greece has launched a European Union-wide tender to build two closed-type facilities replacing migrant camps on its islands, a move that has been criticized by a leading human rights advocate. The conservative government first announced in late 2019 its plan to move asylum-seekers to closed holding centers as part of a…

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#EU reportedly set to open formal antitrust probe into Facebook

#EU reportedly set to open formal antitrust probe into Facebook

“#EU reportedly set to open formal antitrust probe into Facebook” European regulators are reportedly set to open a formal probe into whether Facebook has violated antitrust laws by undermining rivals in the classified advertising market. The European Commission has already sent questionnaires to Facebook and its rivals asking whether the tech giant is warping the…

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#Belarus’ isolation grows after journalist’s dramatic arrest

#Belarus’ isolation grows after journalist’s dramatic arrest

“#Belarus’ isolation grows after journalist’s dramatic arrest” BRUSSELS — Belarus’ isolation deepened Tuesday as commercial jets avoided its airspace, the European Union worked up new sanctions, and officials expressed concern for the welfare of an opposition journalist who was arrested after being pulled off a plane that was diverted to Minsk in what the West…

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#Belarus fighter jet diverts airplane, journalist arrested

#Belarus fighter jet diverts airplane, journalist arrested

“#Belarus fighter jet diverts airplane, journalist arrested” A commercial flight was diverted to Belarus after a phony bomb threat that international leaders are calling a ploy to arrest a journalist critical of the country’s president. A Ryanair flight from Athens, Greece to Lithuania was reportedly escorted by a fighter jet to the Belarus capital of…

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#How America became like the EU and other commentary

#How America became like the EU and other commentary

“#How America became like the EU and other commentary” Iconoclast: The EU-ization of America America’s globalist elite views the European Union as the perfect governance model. That is, undemocratic and technocratic — and “now that ‘progressives’ have returned to the White House, aping the EU has become a national policy,” laments Joel Kotkin at UnHerd….

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#Amazon wins EU court fight over 0 million tax bill

#Amazon wins EU court fight over $300 million tax bill

“#Amazon wins EU court fight over $300 million tax bill” In the latest setback to European Union efforts to tackle corporate tax avoidance, a court on Wednesday annulled a ruling by the European Commission that a tax deal between Amazon and Luxembourg’s government amounted to illegal state support. The EU’s executive branch ordered the US…

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