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BRUSSELS — EU democracy is under attack by the increasing use of mercenary spyware that violates privacy rights, silences opposition and the free press, and shields governments from public scrutiny, a new report by a committee of the European Parliament has said.Once installed in a device, spyware allows the invader to conduct real-time surveillance, find passwords and sensitive files, track locations and plant fabricated evidence. It is usually installed through a malicious app or website link and leaves very few traces for its detection.Pegasus, developed by the Israeli-based company NSO Group, and Predator, a less sophisticated version, are the most well known brands across Europe.The report, presented as a draft version on Tuesday, accuses EU countries of practicing “omertà,”...
November 08, 2022
EU democracy is under attack by mercenary spyware, claims new report
November 08, 2022
German girl, 8, freed after being kept in isolation for nearly all her life
November 08, 2022
Cardinal Ricard among 11 French bishops accused of abuse
November 08, 2022
Polish leader blames low birthrate on women using alcohol
November 07, 2022
Gas and electricity bills ‘nearly double in all EU capitals’, new data reveals
ATHENS — Greece’s supreme court has called for an investigation into a wiretapping case that has rocked the country for months, following revelations that more political personalities were illegally wiretapped.The left-leaning weekly Documento claimed in a report on Sunday that former Prime Minister Antonis Samaras as well as the current ministers for foreign affairs, finance, development, labor and tourism were victims of wiretapping.Vangelis Marinakis, a prominent mogul with media and shipping businesses as well as two football clubs, was also reportedly wiretapped.The weekly, which has links to the left-wing opposition party Syriza, said it had information from “two people who had a key role in the surveillance”.The newspaper’s editor-in-chief, Kostas Vaxevanis, said he would...
November 07, 2022
Greek supreme court calls for probe into wiretapping scandal
November 07, 2022
Lab-grown blood given to people in world-first clinical trial
KYIV — The mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, has warned residents they must prepare for the worst this winter if Russia keeps striking the country’s energy infrastructure — and that means possibly having no electricity, water, or heat in the freezing cold winter months.“We are doing everything to avoid this. But let’s be frank, our enemies are doing everything for the city to be without heat, without electricity, without water supply, in general, so we all die,” Klitschko told Ukrainian state media.“The future of the country and the future of each of us depends on how prepared we are for different situations,” he added.Meanwhile, President Volodymyr Zelensky said late on Sunday that about 4.5 million people were without electricity.He called on Ukrainians to endure the...
November 07, 2022
Kyiv mayor warns of winter without heat, water or electricity
November 07, 2022
UK demands post-Brexit access to EU science programs
November 07, 2022
Glasgow set to become the UK’s first ‘feminist city’
