is not so good when freedom of speech gets attacked. really, it's not. only stupid people mix it up with women's rights. unfortunately there's a lot of those.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>
From: <b class="gmail_sendername">News from EUobserver.com</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:news-twice-daily@list.euobserver.com">news-twice-daily@list.euobserver.com</a>></span><br>Date: 2 December 2010 17:45<br>
Subject: Commissioner concerned about cyber-attacks on WikiLeaks<br>To: <a href="mailto:teirdes@gmail.com">teirdes@gmail.com</a><br><br><br>***** EUobserver.com - 02.12.2010 ******************************************<br>
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Silesian Days in Brussels (1st - 10th December 2010)<br>
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02.12 - 'Barborka' (St Barbara's Day) - traditional Silesian evening by<br>
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06.12 - Screening of the movie 'Zgorszenie publiczne' (Public Depravity) by<br>
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08.12 - 'City of Gardens', interactive presentation of Katowice?s<br>
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1. Commissioner concerned about cyber-attacks on WikiLeaks - 02.12.2010 - 17:07<br>
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The latest cyber-attacks on WikiLeaks make the case for the EU to<br>
criminalise the software tools enabling such crimes and for setting up a 24<br>
hours alert system where citizens and companies can flag up attacks, EU<br>
home affairs commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom has said.<br>
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<a href="http://euobserver.com/9/31409/?rk=1" target="_blank">http://euobserver.com/9/31409/?rk=1</a><br>
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2. China urges restraint as EU moves to increase trade arsenal - 02.12.2010 - 17:41<br>
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China's ambassador in Brussels has called on the European Union to moderate<br>
trade restrictions, just as rising fears inside the 27-member bloc appear<br>
to be spurring a new raft of defensive measures from the European<br>
Commission.<br>
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<a href="http://euobserver.com/9/31408/?rk=1" target="_blank">http://euobserver.com/9/31408/?rk=1</a><br>
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3. No more escape from traffic fines by skipping EU borders - 02.12.2010 - 09:31<br>
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Drivers who are caught speeding or not wearing their seatbelt while on<br>
holiday in another EU nation will no longer be able to ignore traffic fines<br>
when they get home under a draft directive transport ministers are set to<br>
consider on Thursday.<br>
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<a href="http://euobserver.com/9/31407/?rk=1" target="_blank">http://euobserver.com/9/31407/?rk=1</a><br>
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4. EU neighbours are 'mafia states,' US cables indicate - 02.12.2010 - 09:32<br>
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Belarus, Georgia, Russia and Ukraine are already or are swiftly becoming<br>
'mafia states' according to a senior Spanish prosecutor cited in US<br>
diplomatic cables.<br>
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<a href="http://euobserver.com/9/31406/?rk=1" target="_blank">http://euobserver.com/9/31406/?rk=1</a><br>
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