CyberEast Interview: On the work of a Cybercrime Investigator with the State Security Service of the Republic of Azerbaijan
CyberEast Activities Online May 2021 Augmenter la taille du texte Imprimer la page efforts in the Eastern Partnership region and on the good cooperation relationships developed along the years. What is less brought to the foreground, however, is the human factor and the work of individuals driving the progress forward in the country. In this interview you can meet Farid Huseynov working with the State Security Service of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The State Security Service has been a long-term partner to not only the CyberEast project but also to the previous projects in the Eastern Partnership Region of the Council of Europe. For this interview we spoke with Mr Huseynov about his work as a cybercrime investigator and the challenges faced during COVID-19.
Lithuanian, EU formins to discuss response to events in Belarus
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Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis is leaving for Lisbon on Wednesday to attend an informal meeting of EU foreign ministers to discuss a response to the recent forced landing of a passenger plane in Minsk and the detention of opposition activist Raman Pratasevich.
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The meeting is being hold by Portugal which now holds the rotating EU presidency. The meeting will also focus on frozen conflicts in the Eastern Partnership region. Ministers will discuss the EU s further involvement in pursuit of long-term and sustainable solutions.
Friday, 30 April 2021, 15:41
Visegrad Group supports territorial integrity of Eastern Partnership countries
30.04.2021 09:35
Ukrinform
The Visegrad Group countries reaffirmed their support for the territorial integrity of the Eastern Partnership countries, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry’s press service reports.
First Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine Emine Dzheppar took part in a meeting of the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Visegrad Group (V4) and Eastern Partnership (EaP) countries on April 29.
The meeting was also joined by the foreign minister of Portugal as Presidency of the Council of the European Union, as well as the foreign ministers of Finland and Sweden. The EU institutions were represented by the Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement and the Secretary-General of the European External Action Service (EEAS).
New EBRD and EU funds for Moldovan businesses via Mobiasbanca-OTP Group
New EBRD and EU funds for Moldovan businesses via Mobiasbanca-OTP Group
Financing via Mobiasbanca - OTP Group to support companies’ competitiveness and export opportunities
Borrowers to benefit from EU grants on investment The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Union are releasing new funds to support micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in Moldova. A €15 million EBRD loan to Mobiasbanca - OTP Group will be on-lent to local companies to upgrade their processes and equipment and to advance sound health and safety practices. At least 70 per cent of the loan is aimed at financing investments in green technologies.
The Eastern Partnership turns 12 this year. When it launched in 2009, the initiative’s goal was to strengthen political relationships between the European Union and the six countries in the Eastern Partnership – and to encourage economic integration by promoting reforms in those states. Since then, the EU has achieved some successes: Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine concluded associated agreements with Brussels, and these countries’ citizens won the right to visit the EU without visas. Armenia entered into an extended partnership agreement with the EU. Belarus’s visa regime was eased.
However, despite the strengthening of EU policy positions on certain matters, problems remain throughout the Eastern Partnership region. Conflicts – both ‘frozen’ and ‘hot’ – are playing out in all countries with the exception of Belarus, while Russia uses each of the six as part of its geopolitical designs. Progress on political reform over the last 12 years also leaves much to be des