Coordinated action cuts off access to VPN service used by ransomware groups
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: Coordinated action cuts off access to VPN service used by ransomware groups Description: This week, law enforcement and judicial authorities in Europe, the US and Canada have seized the web domains and server infrastructure of DoubleVPN. This is a virtual private network (VPN) service which provided a safe haven for cybercriminals to attack their victims. This coordinated takedown, led by the Dutch National Police (Politie), under jurisdiction of the National Public Prosecutor’s Office (Landelijk Parket), with international activity coordinated by Europol and Eurojust, has now ended the availability of this service.
News from EUROCITIES - partner of our Integration Initiative
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: News from EUROCITIES - partner of our Integration Initiative Description: When migrants move, it is overwhelmingly to cities that they come. Migrant integration happens in cities, and it is overseen by local governments. EUROCITIES recently published its fourth Integrating Cities Report which gives a direct insight into how cities are integrating migrants today. It is now available to read in full here.
Regional leaders and European Commission join forces to promote EU values in schools
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: Regional leaders and European Commission join forces to promote EU values in schools Description: The European Committee of the Regions and the European Commission will develop joint projects to support teaching EU values in classrooms with the help of regional and local authorities and on voluntary basis. In a Plenary debate with Margaritis Schinas –Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for Promoting our European Way of Life – regional and local leaders also stressed that education systems should fully respect and promote freedom, equality, tolerance and non-discrimination. They also highlighted that learning about the European Union, its values, cultural heritage and diversity is vital and must be offered in all communities, for all ages and for every EU citizen.
Cities and regions step up their game to regulate online platforms and pave a safe way for SMEs into digital markets
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: Cities and regions step up their game to regulate online platforms and pave a safe way for SMEs into digital markets Description: The European Committee of the Regions strengthens its commitment to the EU
Local leaders welcome EU Rural Pact and long-term vision but urge stronger attention for rural recovery
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: Local leaders welcome EU Rural Pact and long-term vision but urge stronger attention for rural recovery Description: The publication of the long-term vision for rural areas by the European Commission is a major success for the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), which has been asking for a rural agenda since 2016. Local leaders welcome the proposal of a Rural Pact and Action Plan setting objectives and reinforcing the political ownership for investment on sustainable rural developments. The CoR appreciates the long-term vision of rural areas in all their diversity and the effort to revitalise them in a way that goes beyond agriculture and considers every policy area through the rural lens. As foreseen in the Commission
Conference on the Future of Europe: elected politicians at EU, national, regional/local level should team up to strengthen the EU democratic model
Provider: View Original Type: Link Title: Conference on the Future of Europe: elected politicians at EU, national, regional/local level should team up to strengthen the EU democratic model Description: Manfred Weber, Iratxe Garcia Perez and Guy Verhofstadt - three representatives of the European Parliament within the Executive Board of the Conference on the Future of Europe – discussed with CoR members the role and the contribution of regional and local leaders to the Conference.