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Following revelations of large-scale Internet surveillance Brazil and the EU have become actively involved in the global debate on internet governance. Since early 2014 cyber policy has become part of the agenda of the EU-Brazil Strategic Partnership. The two have agreed on the need for support for inclusive and transparent internet governance based on a

In order to deepen the debate on topics of interest between Brazil and the European Union (EU) such as trade, investment and energy, a delegation of six MEPs arrived in Belo Horizonte (MG) on Monday (02/11) and will travel to Brasília on Wednesday (04/11). In Belo Horizonte, the MEPs will visit a pioneer project of

The visit, organized by UNALE (National Union of Legislators and State Legislatures), promoted the meeting of the delegation deputies from Paraíba with the MEPs. The committee formed by the President of UNALE, Dep. Sandro Locutor (ES), Dep. Antonio dos Santos (SE), Dep. Adjuto Afonso (AM), Dep. João Gonçalves (PB), Dep. Ricardo Barbosa (PB), accompanied by

The end of roaming will materialize in 2017 after the agreement of the European Parliament (EP), who also gave a favorable opinion to measures for net neutrality. MEPs voted against amendments to the telecoms single market legislation, thus adopting the new law without last minute changes filed against the measures on net neutrality. The legislative

The EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström announced the New Trade Strategy “Trade for All” in a meeting that is part of an ongoing process of Civil Society Dialogue (CSD) on EU trade policy. The strategy aims to adapt trade policy to the economic reality of a deeply interconnected world economy. It also seeks to open

To maintain the leading role of the European Union (EU) in reinforcing the implementation strategy of a single digital agenda for the 28 countries. This is the goal of the Directorate General for Communications Networks, Content & Technology (CONNECT) of the European Commission (EC), reinforced this week (12/10) by the Director General of that DG,

The decision taken by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on Tuesday (06/10) does not ensure an adequate level of protection to personal data stored in the United States. The decision affects the giants of ICT such as Facebook, Apple, Google and Amazon. The CJEU vetoed the agreement, called Safe Harbour, between

This week the European Parliament (EP) published the amendments made to the European proposal already approved for the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), which is being ratified within the World Trade Organization (WTO). With the European Parliament step completed, the proposal goes to the European Council for approval by Member States. Only after that, the European

The XII Forte de Copacabana International Security Conference will discuss the possibilities of cooperation for international security and the common challenges between Brazil and the European Union. The event takes place in Rio de Janeiro tomorrow (08/10) and brings together top government officials, politicians, members of civil society and academia. The conference is organized by

Two companies to build a High Throughput Satellite system using dedicated broadband capacity on Spacecom AMOS-6 satellite Eutelsat Communications (NYSE Euronext Paris: ETL) – member of EUBrasil- and Facebook  announced they are partnering on a new initiative that will leverage satellite technologies to get more Africans online. Under a multi-year agreement with Spacecom, the two