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Students on the AHIF Foreign Policy Study Trip met with the President of Greece Prokopis Pavlopoulos.
Photo: (EUROKINISSI) 3/17/2021 The National Herald
WASHINGTON, DC – The American Hellenic Institute Foundation (AHIF) is accepting applications for its leading travel abroad program the AHIF College Student Foreign Policy Study Trip to Greece and Cyprus aimed to help Greek and Cypriot-American college students better understand the core foreign policy issues important to the Greek American community. Barring any health concerns due to COVID-19, the trip is scheduled for June 22-July 9.
During the two-week trip, the students will have the opportunity to experience first-hand foreign policy issues affecting Greece and Cyprus, and the interests of the U.S. in the region. Prior to their departure, students will meet in Washington, DC where they will attend meetings and briefings with officials at Greek and Cypriot embassies, the State Department,
They re dictating how to monitor networks, without fully understanding the impact on the sector
Matthew Hughes Fri 12 Mar 2021 // 11:32 UTC Share
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Introduced last year by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), the UK s Telecommunications Security Bill aims to change how mobile and fixed-line communications systems are built and operated.
The bill is a recognition of the importance of comms networks to national security, and was largely spurred by the growing use of equipment from so-called high risk vendors, namely Huawei and ZTE.
But the reception from networks has been lukewarm. Although ISPs and mobile networks recognise the importance of ensuring the integrity of the nation s communications infrastructure, the devil very much lurks in the details. The wholesale overhaul proposed by the Telecoms Security Bill would result in high costs for operators, who would be forced to rip and replace existing equipment, potentially
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US Representative Jamie Raskin has become a key player in this season’s impeachment drama, serving as the lead manager of the House of Representatives’ case against Donald Trump. The congressman has repped his district since 2017, but his roots in the region extend back to the day he was born. Here’s what to know about the Maryland Democrat:
He is a DC native
Although his district is in Maryland, Raskin himself was born in
the District in 1962. Dad Marcus Raskin co-founded the progressive think tank Institute for Policy Study while mom Barbara Raskin was a journalist and a bestselling author. The congressman graduated from Georgetown Day School in 1979, where he honed his leadership skills as captain of the soccer team and editor of student newspaper
• Women Groups Kick Over Low Number
The President, Muhammadu Buhari, recently assigned portfolios to 52 non-career and 43 career ambassadors screened last year by the Senate. A cursory look at the postings released showed that 11 envoys were re-appointed with eight retaining their places of primary assignment, while the other three were redeployed to other countries.
But that is not all the list revealed; it also showed that of the 52 non-career ambassadors, Only 12 are women with three career ambassadors and heads of mission, bringing the grand total number of women to15 out of 95 slots.
Reacting to this development, the president of the Nigerian Women’s Trust Fund (NWTF) Mufuliat Fijabi said the dismal number of women appointed as ambassadors further demonstrates the lack of political will to include women in critical positions and in the governance process at all levels.