Day: April 17, 2018

Global anxiety deepens over online data and privacy protection – UN agency

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Internet users worldwide are becoming more worried about their privacy online and many question the protections offered by Internet and social media companies, a new United Nations survey has found. This waning of confidence could imperil the spread of online shopping even as newcomers to the Internet may be especially vulnerable to abuses because they are unaware of the risks. “Trust is essential for the successful expansion and use of e-commerce platforms and mobile payment systems in developing nations,” said Fen Osler Hampson, Director of Global Security and Politics at Centre…

EIB invests more than €1.7bn in Stockholm metro and new trains for Lombardy and Tunisia

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The European Investment Bank (EIB), the EU’s non-profit lending institution, has announced an investment of more than €1.7 billion on improved rail transport in Europe and North Africa. As part of a wider package of new financing, EIB is set to invest €788 million to support the construction of three Stockholm metro extensions totalling 19.6km, including 11 new underground stations. Around €612 million will be spent to support the acquisition of 161 new trains for Italy’s Lombardy region and €45 million on 18 new trains for the Tunis-Goulette-Marsa line in Tunisia. The announcement was…

EU-Tunisia Negotiations: Freeing Trade Without Exchanging Freedoms? (FTDES)

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The week of April 23, 2018 will be marked by the launch of discussions, between Tunisia and the European Union, on the conditions of trade, with the aim of signing the deep and comprehensive free trade agreement) (DCFTA), and this, after completing, the negotiations, that started from Tuesday, on the readmission of migrants and the facilitation of visa applications for a small part of Tunisian women and men. According to an article published Tuesday by the Tunisian Forum for Common and Social Rights (FTDES), under the title “EU-Tunisia Negotiations: Free…