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Activists, start-ups, and businesses alike warn that a new copyright proposals out of the European Union have the potential to cause significant damage to the european economy and even the …
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Two hundred of the world’s most prominent artists and scientists signed an open letter in French daily Le Monde on Monday calling for urgent political action to address the “global …
Read MoreHussam Al-Homsi came to Sweden in 2015, along with hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeingunimaginable horrors in the Syrian war. Three years on, he finds himself part of a demographic group that’s …
Read MoreBill passed by parliament means more than €300m shares in coal, oil, peat and gas will be sold ‘as soon as practicable’
Read MoreBy Tim Hume Jun 28, 2018 The number of migrants entering Europe has dropped dramatically this year — but you wouldn’t know that from looking at the European Union’s summit agenda. The …
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Cannabis for medical use has been made legal in Luxembourg. The government unanimously passed the draft law to decriminalise the use of cannabis for patients suffering from diseases such as …
Read MoreOn 2 July, over 160 organisations sent this open letter [PDF] on the EU copyright reform to the Members of the European Parliament ahead of the 5 July plenary vote on the JURI mandate …
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When you say “copyright law,” people’s eyes glaze over. It’s not the most interesting topic. It’s obscure and currently winding its way through the complex bureaucracy that is the EU Parliament …
Read More As we reported last week, JURI, the key European Parliamentary committee working on copyright reform, voted on June 20th to support compulsory copyright filters for media platforms (Article 13), and to create a new …
Read MoreThe Home Office has said it will “carefully consider” allowing a 12-year-old boy to be prescribed cannabis oil after he was admitted to hospital with “life-threatening” seizures following the confiscation …
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