Ibán García del Blanco, European artificial intelligence law negotiator: ‘We made them sit up and take notice’
The Spaniard participated in the final negotiations of the European Union’s pioneering AI Law that will regulate these new technologies
The Spaniard participated in the final negotiations of the European Union’s pioneering AI Law that will regulate these new technologies

Even after the political decision to open accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova, these countries still have a long list of moves to make before they can officially join the EU, a process that may well take several years

Several states, including France and Germany, without which there is no qualified majority to carry out the law, are refusing to accept consent as the basis for sexual crimes

France, Italy and Germany believe that overly strict legislation will hinder innovation in artificial intelligence

Saudi Prince Faisal bin Farhan will present the positions of Islamic countries in the absence of Israel, which has declined to attend the summit

The Belgian capital has downgraded the terrorist alert level after the death of the suspect. The Swedish Prime Minister will participate on Wednesday in a tribute to the victims of the attack
Etterbeek, home to the main institutions of the EU, is working to contextualize its multiple monuments and symbols of Belgium’s legacy in the Congo

A member of the cabinet of what is considered to be the legitimate government of Myanmar – whose members are exiled and scattered around the world, as a result of the 2021 military coup – describes the partial pardon of Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi as ‘pure propaganda’

In Brussels this Thursday, European interior ministers and those of 14 Latin American countries will seek greater coordination, information-sharing, the streamlining of operations, and the commitment to a bilateral calendar of meetings

The Strasbourg plenary session approved a non-binding report that promotes the ‘decriminalization of prostituted persons, especially women’

The Economic Community of West African States has set a D-Day for its armed action but has not disclosed the date

The community, which is celebrating International Pride Day, has been hit by both the rise of the far right and hate speech in democratic countries and by the wave of religious extremism in authoritarian regimes

The Belgian city has been the world leader of the trade for more than 500 years, but it is concerned that restrictions may push the business towards other hubs, if they are not issued by all G-7 countries

The financing of new physical barriers at the European Union’s external borders is once again straining the migration debate

Marc Tarabella of Belgium and Andrea Cozzolino of Italy are suspected of involvement in a cash-for-favors scandal that has shaken EU institutions
Four influential figures in Brussels have been indicted on charges of corruption for allegedly receiving bribes to improve the public image of the Gulf country

Deaths were reported in Spain and Portugal while France struggled with record temperatures as the heatwave began moving north, putting other countries on alert

Sunday marked the 80th anniversary of the mass arrest of 13,000 Jewish people in Paris, an event that was commemorated amid fears of the rise of anti-Semitism

Friends and colleagues describe the personality and work of the Swiss national, who died in the French capital last week after falling and getting no aid for hours

While the regions are under a perimetral lockdown in a bid to curve coronavirus contagions, the country remains open to European travelers, many of whom have already booked vacations in the Balearic Islands
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez secured last-minute support from opposition groups to prolong emergency powers to combat the coronavirus crisis

The magistrates ruled that the Spanish government acted lawfully when it returned to Morocco two migrants who had jumped the border fence at the exclave city of Melilla

A ram raider known as “Juan the Kid” allegedly led the group tasked with stealing artwork from the World Heritage Site, but was arrested by police before he could commit the crime

The ECHR finds that Spanish judges acted legally in suspending a regional parliamentary session where a unilateral declaration of independence was to be made

Before his arrest in the French Alps last week, the former leader of the Basque terrorist organization had spent 17 years on the run after participating in some of the group’s bloodiest attacks

A poll shows women in the country are targeted more by “disrespectful” behavior than in France, Italy, German, the UK and the US

European Court of Human Rights rules against Spain for sentencing two protesters to prison over 2007 incident