All posts tagged "EU"

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  Tech strategies not being matched by investments, UN report finds

  While governments around the world are recognising the importance of technology in building a green, sustainable future, too many are spending only small sums on research, a UN report has

  • Posted June 18, 2021
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  EU launches digital Covid certificate to restore free movement

  Citizens of the EU-27 will soon be able to assert their freedom of movement rights across the bloc without COVID-19 testing, self-isolation or quarantine restrictions, after the EU completed the

  • Posted June 17, 2021
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  New EU regs set to control use of AI

  New draft regulations from the European Commission on artificial intelligence (AI) include provisions to outlaw AI technology that can be used to manipulate people’s behaviour or create Chinese-style “social scoring”

  • Posted April 22, 2021
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  EU set to ramp up activity in Indo-Pacific

  The EU is to step up its engagement with China, South-East Asia and an arc of neighbouring countries under its new strategy for the Indo-Pacific region, signalling a more assertive

  • Posted April 19, 2021
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  ‘An iconoclastic government’: former DEXEU chief Philip Rycroft on threats to the UK and its democracy

  Philip Rycroft ran both the UK’s Brexit department, and Whitehall’s relations with the devolved governments. Now the former permanent secretary is speaking out: the Johnson government, he says, is ‘challenging

  • Posted October 16, 2020
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  Civil service transformers: adapting to a changing world

  In a world of ever-quickening change, civil services must constantly transform themselves – adapting their structures and operations to meet the public’s fast-changing needs. At this GGF webinar, the civil

  • Posted October 7, 2020
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  Construction or demolition? Explaining Boris’s new Brexit battle

  UK PM Boris Johnson had been wildly happy about his new EU exit deal; then he introduced a law undermining both it, and the last round of trade negotiations. Speaking

  • Posted October 6, 2020
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  UK financial regulatory forum unveils new initiatives

  The UK’s Financial Services Regulatory Initiatives Forum has unveiled the first update of a ‘grid’ mapping out significant forthcoming regulatory initiatives. The forum was launched six months ago and aims

  • Posted September 24, 2020
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  EU seeks to tame tech giants

  The European Union is seeking sweeping powers to tackle big tech companies’ dominance, in a bid to boost competition, increase transparency and protect the public from potential harms. Measures being

  • Posted September 23, 2020
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  Former UK diplomatic chief warns of declining influence overseas

  The UK’s global influence is in decline, the former head of the country’s foreign office has argued – with Brexit and an over-controlling Number 10 at the heart of the

  • Posted September 14, 2020
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