National governments reported 309 significant cybersecurity incidents affecting the health care sector in 2023 — more than in any other critical sector, the Commission said. The plan is a key pledge of Commission President Ursula von der Leyen — a medical doctor herself — to be completed during the first 100 days of her second term. The plan proposes … Read more
Yet that doesn’t mean only European providers can offer sovereign cloud solutions. American providers might also be able to protect customer data from United States government access through technical measures such as client-side encryption, encryption with third-party key management or confidential computing. If securely implemented, the American provider can then only disclose data in its … Read more
In the South China Sea, meanwhile, Beijing continues a campaign of maritime harassment against civilian vessels from neighboring nations, including Vietnam and the Philippines. Yes, our oceans are under threat. And lest we forget, climate change is contributing even further harm. The shipping industry is a significant carbon emitter, and in the past decade, its … Read more
Some capitals are also worried their own national champions might be the target of a takeover by a bigger European rival. “Operators of all sizes should have business opportunities in the single market and be able to benefit from and contribute to effective competition,” the document reads. Back off, Mario Draghi didn’t exactly win over … Read more
“This is the single most serious attack on the country’s critical infrastructure since the end of the conflict in the country,” Kosovo’s Interior Minister Xhelal Sveçla told reporters Saturday evening. According to the police, around 20 kilograms of explosives in a black bag were placed on a section of the aqueduct in Zubin Potok and … Read more
Denmark’s navy said it was shadowing the ship, which is currently anchored in international waters between Denmark and Sweden. “From the Swedish side, we have had contact with the ship and China and stated that we want the ship to move towards Swedish waters,” Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said Tuesday, while stressing that he was … Read more
The escalation comes after U.S. President Joe Biden last weekend authorized the use of American-supplied long-range missiles by Kyiv to strike targets inside Russia, finally responding to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s demands that Western allies loosen restrictions on donated weapons. The Kremlin warned there would be consequences for the move. Ukraine also reportedly fired British … Read more
This marks the second time in a year that Baltic Sea infrastructure — which includes communications cables and energy pipelines such as Nord Stream — has been damaged, raising concerns over security and sabotage. Another telecom cable in the Baltic Sea between Lithuania and Sweden’s Gotland Island was damaged Sunday morning, telecom company Telia Lietuva, … Read more
As the head of the regional government, “I want to apologize,” to the people who had “the feeling that the aid did not arrive or was not enough,” he added on Friday. As Mazón was speaking, around 300 protestors gathered outside Valencia’s parliament chanting slogans demanding his resignation, Spanish newspaper El País reported. Around 130,000 … Read more
But the intensity of the rainfall that hit areas around Spain’s third-largest city, Valencia — in some places, roughly a year’s worth of rain in a single day — exposed the country’s unreadiness and led the Socialist-led national government to slam the center-right regional authorities for failing to pass on early warnings to people in … Read more
