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How digital rights in the UK will be affected by Brexit
30 Jun 2016; posted by the editor - Internet news, European Union, United Kingdom
By Jim Killock, EDRi member Open Rights Group, United Kingdom
The United Kingdom’s vote to leave the EU means that inhabitants of the country no longer have a clear idea what levels and kinds of protection of digital rights they will have in the future. Nearly all the relevant law is European. A lot depends on the kind of model of leaving the EU that the UK adopts.Tags: Brexit, digital rights€1.9m initiative with industry to attract top tech talent to Ireland
27 Jun 2016; posted by the editor - Business, Technology, Ireland
Tech/Life Ireland, a new national initiative to brand Ireland as a top destination to pursue a career in technology was launched today by the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Mary Mitchell O'Connor, T.D. Tech/Life Ireland is funded by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation and will be delivered in partnership with Enterprise Ireland, IDA Ireland and the tech industry to help attract up to 3,000 top tech professionals to Ireland each year.
Tags: Tech/Life IrelandThe Martian becomes reality
27 Jun 2016; posted by the editor - International
Wageningen, 23rd of June 2016
Scientists of Wageningen University & Research have just brought life on Mars one step closer. The research group, supported by Mars One, found that vegetables growing on Martian soil are safe for humans to eat.
Tags: Mars OneWestside Arts Over The Edge Summer Open-mic Festival
23 Jun 2016; posted by the editor - Events, Arts, Ireland
Over The Edge in association with Westside Arts Festival presents the 2016 Over The Edge Summer Open-mic at Westside Library, Seamus Quirke Road, Galway on Wednesday, 6 July from 6.30pm to 8pm
Broughshane, County Antrim is Ireland's Best Kept Town, 2016
21 Jun 2016; posted by the editor - Northern Ireland, Ireland
Broughshane, County Antrim is the overall winner of Ireland's Best Kept Town competition, 2016. The all-island results were announced today 21 June 2016 at an awards ceremony in Riddel Hall, Belfast.
Tags: best kept townPetition for the release of Erol Önderoglu
20 Jun 2016; posted by the editor - Turkey
Erol Önderoglu, Reporters Without Borders representative in Turkey since 1996, was placed in pre-trial detention by an Istanbul court on June 20, 2016, with two other intellectuals.
Tags: Erol Önderoglu, Özgür GündemBill to ban hare coursing
20 Jun 2016; posted by the editor - Ireland
A Private Member's Bill to ban hare coursing will be introduced into Dail Eireann this Thursday 23 June and it is expected that a vote will be taken on it the following Thursday, 30 June.
Tags: hare coursingDate of National Famine Commemoration 2016 set
20 Jun 2016; posted by the editor - Ireland
This year's National Famine Commemoration will take place on Sunday, 11 September at Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin, Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and Chair of the National Famine Commemoration Committee, Heather Humphreys has announced.
Call for a National Debate on U.S. "Regime Change" Policy
20 Jun 2016; posted by the editor - United States
By Center for Citizen Initiatives delegation currently visiting Russia
On June 16, the New York Times reported: “More than 50 State Department diplomats have signed an internal memo sharply critical of the Obama administration’s policy in Syria, urging the United States to carry out military strikes against the government of President Bashar al-Assad to stop its persistent violations of a cease-fire in the country’s five-year-old civil war.Tags: US foreign policy, SyriaPoetry Kit results
19 Jun 2016; posted by the editor - Arts, United States, United Kingdom, Ireland
A Letterkenny poet is among the runners-up in an international poetry competition run by the Poetry Kit.
Tags: Poetry Kit€370k funding for Irish Museum of Modern Art
18 Jun 2016; posted by the editor - Arts, Ireland
A grant of €371,000 has been approved for the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) to carry out essential improvement works at the Garden Galleries at the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham which will be used to house a world class Lucian Freud exhibition later this year.
New mentoring assistance available for micro-enterprises through Local Enterprise Offices
18 Jun 2016; posted by the editor - Business, Ireland
Microfinance Ireland (or MFI), the not-for-profit Government Agency providing funded finance to micro-enterprises, is offering micro-businesses the opportunity to avail of a cut in its interest rates (down by 1%) from 1st July 2016.
Company benefits of Horizon 2020
17 Jun 2016; posted by the editor - Business, Ireland
Horizon 2020 (H2020) is the EU's Programme to support Research and Innovation. It has a budget of €75 billion and runs from 2014 to 2020. From January 2014-November 2015 Ireland had won €251 million. This performance has Ireland on track to achieve the national target of €1.25bn.
Tags: Horizon 2020CoE study: Blocking content has to respect fundamental rights
17 Jun 2016; posted by the editor - Internet news, Europe, European Union
By Fabian Warislohner, EDRi intern
Several European countries lack clear legal provisions and transparent procedures when it comes to blocking and removal of online content. A comparative study published by the Council of Europe stresses that any restriction on the right to freedom of expression must be provided for by law, be proportionate and follow legitimate objectives. Blocking should only be a measure of last resort and applied with great caution.Tags: online contentSwiss civil society struggles against digital surveillance laws
17 Jun 2016; posted by the editor - Internet news, Switzerland
By Norbert Bollow, EDRi observer, Switzerland
In June 2016, Swiss civil society activists are redoubling their efforts to collect signatures in support of a referendum vote on the revision of a surveillance law best known under the German acronym BÜPF, “federal law concerning surveillance of postal communications and telecommunications”. This revision would legalise surveillance by means of IMSI catchers (fake relay antennas for mobile phone) and govware trojans (spyware used by the government). It would require even private persons and associations to be subject to internet wiretapping on their premises, mailservers, etc.Tags: digital surveillanceRadio Erena, Eritrea's only independent voice, turns seven
15 Jun 2016; posted by the editor - Human Rights, Eritrea
Radio Erena, Eritrea’s only independent and apolitical radio station, which broadcasts from Paris and is run by Eritrean exile journalists, has now been on air for seven years. The following report was published by Reporters Without Borders.
Mars One reveals new details on Astronaut Selection Round Three
13 Jun 2016; posted by the editor - International
Amersfoort, 6th of June 2016 - Mars One released new information about the third round in the Astronaut Selection Program during a private Mars One event in Amsterdam. The third selection round is designed to trim down the remaining 100 candidates to forty through a series of group challenges. The candidates will compose the groups for the third round themselves.
Tags: Mars OneNational Concert Hall new board appointees named
13 Jun 2016; posted by the editor - Ireland
The appointees of a new board to the National Concert Hall have been announced by the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys. All appointees have been vetted by the Public Appointments Service and were found to have the requisite experience to serve on the Board.
Tags: National Concert HallPulse shooting fatalities named
12 Jun 2016; posted by the editor - United States
The City of Orlando is releasing the names of victims of the nightclub shooting whose next of kin have been contacted.
Thousands of Centenary Street Feasts planned
10 Jun 2016; posted by the editor - Ireland
Centenary Street Feasts are set to take place in gardens, parks and streets across the country on Sunday, 12 June. This year, as part of Ireland 2016, over 1,200 Feasts involving around 120,000 people are confirmed so far.
Tags: Centenary Street FeastUp to 180 Jobs for Irish Linguists in EU Translation Service
09 Jun 2016; posted by the editor - Ireland
Up to 180 jobs for Irish language speakers are expected to become available in the EU institutions in Brussels and Luxemburg between now and the end of 2021. A recruitment campaign for the first 62 Translator positions has just been launched.
Tadhg McGrath and The Way Things in Castlebar
07 Jun 2016; posted by the editor - Events, Arts, Ireland
Tadgh McGrath opens an exhibition of his work at Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar in Mayo on Saturday 11 June.
Tags: Tadgh McGrath, CastelbarLessons for Peace from Back in the USSR
04 Jun 2016; posted by the editor - United States, Russia
By David Swanson
In the early 1980s almost nobody from the United States travelled to the Soviet Union or vice versa. The Soviets wouldn’t let anybody out, and good Americans were disinclined to visit the Evil Empire. But a woman in California named Sharon Tennison took the threat of nuclear war with the seriousness it deserved and still deserves. She got a group of friends together and asked the Russian consulate for permission to visit Russia, make friends, and learn.Tags: Sharon TennisonEU Commission under investigation for EU Internet Forum documents
01 Jun 2016; posted by the editor - Journalism, Internet news, European Union
By Kirsten Fiedler, EDRi
In the past year, EDRi made numerous formal requests to get more information about the EU Internet Forum. This Forum was set up by the EU Commission to persuade companies to do "more" to fight terrorism. After months of obstruction from the European Commission, EDRi made a maladministration complaint to the European Ombudsman. As a result, a formal inquiry has been launched.Tags: EU Internet ForumMake-or-break summer for EU Net Neutrality
01 Jun 2016; posted by the editor - Journalism, Internet news, Europe, European Union
By Paddy Leersen, AK Vorrat Austria
Vienna, city of diplomacy and birthplace of countless international deals, will soon host crucial negotiations on the future of the open internet. On 3 June, EU Telecom regulators will gather in Vienna to discuss the implementation of new EU Net Neutrality laws. Following mass mobilisation in India and the USA, the expectations to deliver real net neutrality are high.Tags: Net neutrality, Europe
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