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Sie geriet auf die Gegenfahrbahn: Frontalkollision in Muttenz – Fahrerin tödlich verunglückt

Blick.ch - Wed, 10/22/2025 - 11:15
Am Dienstagnachmittag kam es auf der Rheinfelderstrasse in Muttenz BL zu einer tödlichen Frontalkollision zwischen einem Personenwagen und einem Lastwagen. Eine Frau (†76) erlag im Spital ihren schweren Verletzungen.
Categories: Swiss News

Auszeit gefällig?: Die besten Spa-Hotels in der Schweiz und Umgebung

Blick.ch - Wed, 10/22/2025 - 11:12
Gegen die Kälte hilft vor allem eins: abschalten und aufwärmen. Wo könnte man das besser, als in einem Spa-Hotel? Entdecke die beliebtesten Wellnesshotels – empfohlen von unseren Lesern.
Categories: Swiss News

Kill the EU corporate due diligence law, US and Qatar urge EU leaders

Euractiv.com - Wed, 10/22/2025 - 11:09
The current simplification proposal “falls grossily short of its aspirations,” they wrote

Tűzvész tombolt a Mol százhalombattai olajfinomítójában

Bumm.sk (Szlovákia/Felvidék) - Wed, 10/22/2025 - 11:00
Népszava.hu: Fokozatosan újraindul a termelés a Mol százhalombattai Dunai Finomítójában, miután kedden (10. 21.) délután sikerült eloltani a hétfő este keletkezett tüzet. A Mol azt közölte, hogy a következő időszakban a belföldi ellátásra összpontosítanak és mérlegelik az országos stratégiai készletek felhasználásának szükségességét is. A hazai üzemanyag-ellátás ugyanakkor biztosított. Orbán Viktor kormányfő a legszigorúbb vizsgálatot ígérte az ügyben a Facebook-oldalán.

Aid cuts and the diaspora: strengthening partnerships to bridge the gap

Cuts and reductions in international humanitarian aid, driven by shifting political priorities in major donor countries and an increasing number of displacements, are leaving hundreds of thousands of communities in the Global South at risk. The Somali Regional State in Ethiopia exemplifies the severe impact of these funding cuts, as vulnerable communities are now confronted with shrinking external support for basic needs. In this context, diaspora groups and networks are a key source of support to their communities. Their contributions extend beyond individual remittances, encompassing collective emergency relief, and development support such as education, water and health for displaced and other crisis-affected people. This policy brief elaborates on the role of diaspora networks in leveraging home and host country community networks to fill the gaps in areas where aid and government services fall short. However, despite their impact, diaspora groups face barriers to maximising their potential. Among these are a lack of enabling policy and institutional frameworks, complex state–diaspora relations, and a lack of formal structures among the diaspora networks. All this can limit the scope, effectiveness and capacities of diaspora support to communities back home. As a result, the following policy recommendations for the Ethiopian federal government and the government of the Somali Regional State, along with their development partners, are put forward in this brief to enhance the potential of the Ethiopian-Somali diaspora:
• Create enabling policy and institutional frameworks at regional and local levels that recognise and support the collective engagement of the diaspora with crisis response and recovery of vulnerable communities. This includes one-stop liaison units at the regional and local levels to minimise the bureaucracy and streamline diaspora contributions, incentivising diaspora-funded initiatives and ensuring inclusive consultations with the diaspora to ensure the effectiveness of these institutional and policy frameworks.
• Establish an umbrella association that represents the interests of the diaspora in the Somali Region and provides a range of supportive services to the diaspora that will enhance their engagements in emergency response, recovery and development.
• Facilitate exchange, partnerships and collaborations between diaspora-led and diaspora-supported associations and networks, national and local authorities, and international actors to maximise the reach and effectiveness of diaspora-led initiatives.
• Expand the evidence base on the various forms of collective support of the diaspora networks and associations to better understand the scale, impact and best practices for informing planning and programming to enhance diaspora support.

Abdirahman A Muhumad is associated researcher with IDOS and PhD candidate at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Ruhr University Bochum (RUB). He is also a researcher at the Institute of Migration Studies at Jigjiga University, Ethiopia.

Aid cuts and the diaspora: strengthening partnerships to bridge the gap

Cuts and reductions in international humanitarian aid, driven by shifting political priorities in major donor countries and an increasing number of displacements, are leaving hundreds of thousands of communities in the Global South at risk. The Somali Regional State in Ethiopia exemplifies the severe impact of these funding cuts, as vulnerable communities are now confronted with shrinking external support for basic needs. In this context, diaspora groups and networks are a key source of support to their communities. Their contributions extend beyond individual remittances, encompassing collective emergency relief, and development support such as education, water and health for displaced and other crisis-affected people. This policy brief elaborates on the role of diaspora networks in leveraging home and host country community networks to fill the gaps in areas where aid and government services fall short. However, despite their impact, diaspora groups face barriers to maximising their potential. Among these are a lack of enabling policy and institutional frameworks, complex state–diaspora relations, and a lack of formal structures among the diaspora networks. All this can limit the scope, effectiveness and capacities of diaspora support to communities back home. As a result, the following policy recommendations for the Ethiopian federal government and the government of the Somali Regional State, along with their development partners, are put forward in this brief to enhance the potential of the Ethiopian-Somali diaspora:
• Create enabling policy and institutional frameworks at regional and local levels that recognise and support the collective engagement of the diaspora with crisis response and recovery of vulnerable communities. This includes one-stop liaison units at the regional and local levels to minimise the bureaucracy and streamline diaspora contributions, incentivising diaspora-funded initiatives and ensuring inclusive consultations with the diaspora to ensure the effectiveness of these institutional and policy frameworks.
• Establish an umbrella association that represents the interests of the diaspora in the Somali Region and provides a range of supportive services to the diaspora that will enhance their engagements in emergency response, recovery and development.
• Facilitate exchange, partnerships and collaborations between diaspora-led and diaspora-supported associations and networks, national and local authorities, and international actors to maximise the reach and effectiveness of diaspora-led initiatives.
• Expand the evidence base on the various forms of collective support of the diaspora networks and associations to better understand the scale, impact and best practices for informing planning and programming to enhance diaspora support.

Abdirahman A Muhumad is associated researcher with IDOS and PhD candidate at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Ruhr University Bochum (RUB). He is also a researcher at the Institute of Migration Studies at Jigjiga University, Ethiopia.

Aid cuts and the diaspora: strengthening partnerships to bridge the gap

Cuts and reductions in international humanitarian aid, driven by shifting political priorities in major donor countries and an increasing number of displacements, are leaving hundreds of thousands of communities in the Global South at risk. The Somali Regional State in Ethiopia exemplifies the severe impact of these funding cuts, as vulnerable communities are now confronted with shrinking external support for basic needs. In this context, diaspora groups and networks are a key source of support to their communities. Their contributions extend beyond individual remittances, encompassing collective emergency relief, and development support such as education, water and health for displaced and other crisis-affected people. This policy brief elaborates on the role of diaspora networks in leveraging home and host country community networks to fill the gaps in areas where aid and government services fall short. However, despite their impact, diaspora groups face barriers to maximising their potential. Among these are a lack of enabling policy and institutional frameworks, complex state–diaspora relations, and a lack of formal structures among the diaspora networks. All this can limit the scope, effectiveness and capacities of diaspora support to communities back home. As a result, the following policy recommendations for the Ethiopian federal government and the government of the Somali Regional State, along with their development partners, are put forward in this brief to enhance the potential of the Ethiopian-Somali diaspora:
• Create enabling policy and institutional frameworks at regional and local levels that recognise and support the collective engagement of the diaspora with crisis response and recovery of vulnerable communities. This includes one-stop liaison units at the regional and local levels to minimise the bureaucracy and streamline diaspora contributions, incentivising diaspora-funded initiatives and ensuring inclusive consultations with the diaspora to ensure the effectiveness of these institutional and policy frameworks.
• Establish an umbrella association that represents the interests of the diaspora in the Somali Region and provides a range of supportive services to the diaspora that will enhance their engagements in emergency response, recovery and development.
• Facilitate exchange, partnerships and collaborations between diaspora-led and diaspora-supported associations and networks, national and local authorities, and international actors to maximise the reach and effectiveness of diaspora-led initiatives.
• Expand the evidence base on the various forms of collective support of the diaspora networks and associations to better understand the scale, impact and best practices for informing planning and programming to enhance diaspora support.

Abdirahman A Muhumad is associated researcher with IDOS and PhD candidate at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Ruhr University Bochum (RUB). He is also a researcher at the Institute of Migration Studies at Jigjiga University, Ethiopia.

Szádalmási vonatszerencsétlenség – Számba vette a TASR a kórházakban ápolt áldozatokat

Bumm.sk (Szlovákia/Felvidék) - Wed, 10/22/2025 - 10:30
A múlt heti, szádalmási (Jablonov nad Turňou/Rozsnyói járás) vonatbaleset három sérültjét ápolják még a kassai Louis Pasteur Egyetemi Kórházban (UNLP), egyikük sérülése súlyos – tájékoztatta a TASR-t Ladislava Šustová, a kórház szóvivője.

Lithuanian defence minister resigns over defence spending dispute

Euractiv.com - Wed, 10/22/2025 - 10:27
Šakaliene was an supporter of more defense spending domestically and at the European level

La Commission fixe des critères de référence pour les fournisseurs de services cloud souverains européens

Euractiv.fr - Wed, 10/22/2025 - 10:25

La Commission européenne a lancé un appel d’offres de 180 millions d’euros pour des services cloud souverains, dans le but d’orienter le marché « vers le respect des normes et des valeurs de l’UE », a indiqué un porte-parole de la Commission à Euractiv dans un courriel mardi 21 octobre.

The post La Commission fixe des critères de référence pour les fournisseurs de services cloud souverains européens appeared first on Euractiv FR.

Categories: Afrique, Union européenne

Sajtóközlemény - Orosz gáz- és olajimport-tilalom: az EP-képviselők készek tárgyalni a Tanáccsal

Európa Parlament hírei - Wed, 10/22/2025 - 10:23
A jogszabálytervezet célja, hogy megvédje az EU érdekeit attól, hogy Oroszország fegyverként használja az energiaellátást.
Ipari, Kutatási és Energiaügyi Bizottság

Forrás : © Európai Unió, 2025 - EP

The Global Leaders’ Meeting on Women Promotes the New and Accelerated Process for Women’s All-Round Development

Euractiv.com - Wed, 10/22/2025 - 10:16
Advancing the cause of women is a shared responsibility of the international community.

US-Greek relations — September brief by the Transatlantic Periscope

ELIAMEP - Wed, 10/22/2025 - 10:11

The Transatlantic Periscope is an interactive, multimedia tool that brings together expert commentary, high-quality media coverage, official policy documents, quantitative data, social media posts, and gray literature. It will provide on a monthly basis a summary of the most important news concerning the Greek-US relations, as reflected in the media. Below you will find an overview for September 2025.

On September 11, 2025, Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with the United States Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, at Maximos Mansion. During the meeting, the two confirmed that Greek-American relations remain at an excellent level. Particular emphasis was given to further strengthening cooperation in the energy sector. Prime Minister Mitsotakis stressed the strategic nature of Greek-American relations and defense and energy cooperation between Greece and the US. He also pointed out that Greece, with the initiatives it has undertaken and the infrastructure it is developing, is becoming an energy hub in the Eastern Mediterranean and Southeast Europe, an energy exporter and a provider of energy security for the entire region. He also emphasized the strategic importance of electrical and digital interconnections, making special reference to the Great Sea Interconnector project (GSI) between Greece, Cyprus, and Israel, as well as Greece-Egypt power interconnection initiative (GREGY). He also expressed to Secretary Burgum the critical importance of a route connecting Alexandroupolis with Odessa, following a proposal he had made during his visit to Odessa in June. During the meeting, the role of Greek shipping in transportation of liquefied natural gas (LNG) was also discussed.

Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis (NY-11) applauded the inclusion of her bipartisan legislation, H.R. 2510, ‘The American-Hellenic-Israeli Eastern Mediterranean Counterterrorism and Maritime Security Partnership Act of 2025’, in the State Department Reauthorization bill advanced by the House Foreign Affairs Committee on September 18. The measure, introduced with Congressman Thomas Kean (NJ-07), Congressman Josh Gottheimer (NJ-05), and Congressman Dan Goldman (NY-10), establishes a security-focused “3+1” framework among the United States, Israel, Greece, and the Republic of Cyprus to enhance counterterrorism and maritime security. The provisions strengthen this partnership by creating new parliamentary and executive-level cooperation groups; launching two security training programs, CERBERUS, focused on counterterrorism at the Cyprus Center for Land, Open Seas, and Port Security (CYCLOPS), and TRIREME, a maritime security program at the Greek Souda Bay Naval Base; and modernizing the decades-old U.S. arms embargo on Cyprus by temporarily lifting restrictions on defense exports, reexports, and training cooperation, contingent on Cyprus meeting U.S. security and regulatory conditions. This allows for targeted capacity-building that enhances the island’s ability to conduct regional security operations.

On September 18, the United States Senate confirmed Kimberly Guilfoyle as US Ambassador to the Hellenic Republic, marking the culmination of a months-long process that had attracted considerable political attention. In her statement following the vote, Guilfoyle underlined both the professional and symbolic weight of her appointment, stressing the honor of serving as the first female US Ambassador to Greece. On September 29, Guilfoyle was officially sworn in as the next U.S. Ambassador to Greece at the State Department in Washington, D.C. According to diplomatic sources, Guilfoyle is expected to arrive in Athens in late October, where she will officially assume her new duties.

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis met with Kimberly Guilfoyle, during a diplomatic event in New York, on September 25. Both Mitsotakis and Guilfoyle were attending an event hosted by the Atlantic Council focused on strengthening ties between the European Union and the Gulf states. On the same day, Greek Minister of Environment and Energy, Stavros Papastavrou, also held a meeting in New York with Guilfoyle.

More at: https://transatlanticperiscope.org/relationship/GR#

L’UE et la Chine cherchent des « solutions urgentes » aux restrictions sur les terres rares

Euractiv.fr - Wed, 10/22/2025 - 10:06

Le ministre chinois du Commerce se rendra à Bruxelles « dans les prochains jours » pour discuter des restrictions imposées par Pékin sur les exportations de terres rares, a déclaré mardi 21 octobre le commissaire européen au Commerce, Maroš Šefčovič.

The post L’UE et la Chine cherchent des « solutions urgentes » aux restrictions sur les terres rares appeared first on Euractiv FR.

Categories: Afrique, Union européenne

50 years of EU Agencies and Joint Undertakings: The founding vision of Cedefop and Eurofound is more contemporary than ever

Euractiv.com - Wed, 10/22/2025 - 10:00
Leadership, at its core, is foresight. Fifty years ago, in 1975, European leaders knew this when confronting a crisis of scarcity–stagflation, energy shortages, and the end of the post-war boom. Amid turbulence, they remained visionary, launching the first Social Action Programme that recognised the complex nature of living, learning and working, and called for Community […]

Kigyulladt autókhoz riasztották a tűzoltókat az este Somorján

Bumm.sk (Szlovákia/Felvidék) - Wed, 10/22/2025 - 10:00
Kedden (10. 21.) röviddel 20:00 óra előtt autótűzhöz riasztották a tűzoltó egységeket Somorján. A Csölösztői úton levő autószerviz udvarán két autó égett. A tűzoltók kiérkezésekor a lángok a szerviz épületét is veszélyeztették. A tűzoltók gyors beavatkozásának köszönhetően a tűz nem terjedt át az épületre. Az anyagi kár jelentős a tűz keletkezésének okát vizsgálják – közölte a Somorjai Önkéntes Tűzoltó Egylet a Facebook-oldalán.

16 fityinget izmosodott a forint: 389,37 HUF = 1 euró

Bumm.sk (Szlovákia/Felvidék) - Wed, 10/22/2025 - 10:00
Mfor.hu: A forint erősödéssel indította a szerdai (10. 22.) kereskedést a bankközi devizapiacon. Az euró hét órakor 389,37 forinton állt, alacsonyabban a kedd esti 389,53 forintnál. A dollár jegyzése 335,29 forintról 335,23 forintra gyengült, a svájci franké pedig 421,70 forintról 421,57 forintra süllyedt.

Biélorussie : l’opposition demande à l’UE de maintenir la pression sur Loukachenko

Euractiv.fr - Wed, 10/22/2025 - 09:59

Svetlana Tikhanovskaïa, la leader de l’opposition biélorusse, s’exprime ce mercredi 22 octobre au Parlement européen. Elle espère depuis cette tribune convaincre les eurodéputés de poursuivre et d’accentuer les sanctions de l’UE contre le régime d’Alexandre Loukachenko.

The post Biélorussie : l’opposition demande à l’UE de maintenir la pression sur Loukachenko appeared first on Euractiv FR.

Categories: Afrique, Union européenne

FIRST AID: Where’s health in the 2026 plan? MEPs ask

Euractiv.com - Wed, 10/22/2025 - 09:57
In today's edition: Biotech, health policy, pharma

Press release - Russian gas and oil import ban: MEPs ready to negotiate with Council

European Parliament (News) - Wed, 10/22/2025 - 09:53
The draft legislation seeks to protect the Union’s interests from the weaponisation of energy supplies by the Russian Federation.
Committee on Industry, Research and Energy

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Categories: Afrique, European Union

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