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There is nowhere to retreat on the issue of gender-based violence, experts Oľga Pietruchová and Zuzana Očenášová agreed. The European Commission will not hold back in the first draft of its own version of the Istanbul Convention, they said, and Slovak legislation needs changes.
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By the end of the year, the European Commission will present its own legislation to protect women from violence. There are three scenarios on the table. Virtually nothing may change, but there may also be harmonisation of the criminal codes of the Member States.
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Following the expulsion of other Russian diplomats suspected of espionage, Russia suspends its representation to NATO. Allies speak of a pattern that Moscow is applying across almost the entire alliance. Yet it says it does not want to cut off communication channels with Moscow. The details will also be discussed by the defence ministers of member countries in their first face-to-face meeting since the pandemic began.
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Military and geopolitical power is increasingly dependent on high-tech leadership. Brussels, like Washington, is beginning to realise that semiconductors, the core technological components, are no longer just at the heart of economic development, but also of military capabilities, writes Carnegie Europe researcher RALUCA CSERNATONI.
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The United States, the United Kingdom and Australia form a new alliance, called AUKUS. This should prevent China from expanding too much in the Indo-Pacific region. While a surprised Paris and the European Commission speak of proof that the Union needs more autonomy in defence, optimists in NATO hail the added value of the pact for European security.
