Anti-Covid measures in Italian and European prisons

Cramped, often unhygienic, and already characterised by numerous restrictions, many prisons in Europe were hit hard by the pandemic. In Italy, where prison facilities are among the most overcrowded in the EU, the pandemic aggravated a number of preexisting systemic problems.

By |2023-07-26T08:55:21+01:00December 15th, 2021|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Anti-Covid measures in Italian and European prisons

“With the pandemic, it was a prison within a prison”

Aurélie, 27, spent several years in prison. Maxime, 35, was an inmate in the Paris region, where the overcrowding rate is 160%. Like 13,000 other prisoners, he got out thanks to early-release measures enacted between March and May 2020. They told us their stories. 

By |2023-07-26T12:08:35+01:00December 14th, 2021|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on “With the pandemic, it was a prison within a prison”

France: The pandemic has exposed a dysfunctional prison system

While the poor state of French prisons led many to fear a serious health crisis in the wake of Covid-19, the worst of those fears have not materialised. However, the drastic lockdown measures have done nothing to benefit the mental health of detainees. Nor have they led to any serious reevaluation of the system itself.

By |2023-07-26T10:07:56+01:00December 13th, 2021|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on France: The pandemic has exposed a dysfunctional prison system

ENISA: The cornerstone of the EU’s cybersecurity strategy

The Cybersecurity Agency has been tasked with building a common defence, without any faults, against cyberattacks in the EU. While it seemed like an uphill struggle at first, restructure after restructure has built it into an organisation at the forefront of fighting Brussels’ war on cybercriminals.

By |2023-07-26T09:30:03+01:00December 13th, 2021|Tags: , |Comments Off on ENISA: The cornerstone of the EU’s cybersecurity strategy

Brussel’s plan to protect the EU from cyberattacks

The Covid-19 crisis has turned us into a digital society. Large parts of our day-to-day lives now take place in the digital sphere and this has made Member States much more vulnerable to cyberattacks. To neutralise them, the European Commission launched its new Cybersecurity Strategy in December 2020.

By |2023-07-26T09:02:25+01:00December 2nd, 2021|Tags: , |Comments Off on Brussel’s plan to protect the EU from cyberattacks

The postcode lottery of publicly-funded assisted reproduction in Spain

Many autonomous communities are not providing the bare minimum of provision in Spain’s health service and are using stripped back services, age limits and imposing fees in order to avoid providing the service.

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The EU faces off with Big Tech: GDPR’s enforcement enters its final phase

Member states have imposed eight hundred and eighty sanctions since the law was introduced in May 2018, but the war against the tech giants has just begun. If the EU wants to win it, it will need to commit to it with greater investment and cooperation from all its members.

By |2023-07-26T11:27:41+01:00November 15th, 2021|Tags: , , |Comments Off on The EU faces off with Big Tech: GDPR’s enforcement enters its final phase
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