The future of the EU
Report: EU billions for discriminatory projects
Tens of billions in EU funds are being used in various projects that violate and discriminate against the rights of marginalized groups. This is according to a report that has examined 63 different projects in six countries – Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Greece, Poland and Romania, reports The Guardian.
In total, this amounts to over a billion euros in EU funding, which has gone to segregated housing for Roma, housing for children with disabilities and reception centres for asylum seekers where living conditions are substandard.
Ines Bulic from the European Network on Independent Living, which is one of eight organisations behind the report, believes that the problem is widespread throughout the EU.
– This is probably just the tip of the iceberg, she says.
Report: EU billions for discriminatory projects
Tens of billions in EU funds are being used in various projects that violate and discriminate against the rights of marginalized groups. This is according to a report that has examined 63 different projects in six countries – Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Greece, Poland and Romania, reports The Guardian.
In total, this amounts to over a billion euros in EU funding, which has gone to segregated housing for Roma, housing for children with disabilities and reception centres for asylum seekers where living conditions are substandard.
Ines Bulic from the European Network on Independent Living, which is one of eight organisations behind the report, believes that the problem is widespread throughout the EU.
– This is probably just the tip of the iceberg, she says.
European security policy
British experts warn of sabotage: “A question of when”
The UK’s offshore infrastructure is highly vulnerable to Russian sabotage. British military and energy experts warn of this in a report to be released next week, Politico reports.
The experts, who are providing the basis for a strategic review that the government is to present, say that data cables as well as gas and power lines could be damaged by foreign powers in a “catastrophic” way.
Grant Shapps, who held two ministerial posts between 2022 and 2024, says that the issue is not a high enough priority.
– It is not a question of if the problems will arise, but when.
British experts warn of sabotage: “A question of when”
The UK’s offshore infrastructure is highly vulnerable to Russian sabotage. British military and energy experts warn of this in a report to be released next week, Politico reports.
The experts, who are providing the basis for a strategic review that the government is to present, say that data cables as well as gas and power lines could be damaged by foreign powers in a “catastrophic” way.
Grant Shapps, who held two ministerial posts between 2022 and 2024, says that the issue is not a high enough priority.
– It is not a question of if the problems will arise, but when.
Billions in circulation when the Danish thousand kroner is abolished
Time is ticking for those Danes who are still sitting on a thousand kroner note. Tomorrow, Sunday, is the last day to pay with the money or deposit it in the bank before the note is phased out, writes Danmarks Radio.
Since Danmarks Nationalbank announced at the end of 2023 that the highest denomination banknote would be removed, as it is no longer in widespread use, more than 19 million thousand kronor notes have been returned.
However, at the end of April, there were still 1.7 billion kronor worth of thousand kronor notes in circulation.
“It is entirely expected that there will be a number that will not come in. It is quite natural that many of the notes have either been lost or broken over time,” says Niels Kaas, Chief Treasurer at Danmarks Nationalbank.
Time is ticking for those Danes who are still sitting on a thousand kroner note. Tomorrow, Sunday, is the last day to pay with the money or deposit it in the bank before the note is phased out, writes Danmarks Radio.
Since Danmarks Nationalbank announced at the end of 2023 that the highest denomination banknote would be removed, as it is no longer in widespread use, more than 19 million thousand kronor notes have been returned.
However, at the end of April, there were still 1.7 billion kronor worth of thousand kronor notes in circulation.
“It is entirely expected that there will be a number that will not come in. It is quite natural that many of the notes have either been lost or broken over time,” says Niels Kaas, Chief Treasurer at Danmarks Nationalbank.
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