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Spain/Catalonia – Spanish PM: Socialists will ‘never’ endorse Catalonia independence vote (EuroEFE, Euractiv)

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has said that there will not be an independence referendum in Catalonia because the Socialist Party (PSOE) he leads...

Slovenia/Europe – Slovenia hosts College of European Commissioners for working visit (Euractiv with STA)

Slovenia’s six-month stint at the helm of the Council of the European Union begins on Thursday (1 July) with a customary working visit by...

Russia – Putin says Russia could have sunk UK warship without starting World War Three (Euractiv with Reuters)

President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday (30 June) that Russia could have sunk a British warship that it accused of illegally entering its territorial...

TechInnovation – COVID vaccination cards to appear on Android in US (Chris Duckett, ZD Net)

Google said on Wednesday it has updated Passes API on Android to handle COVID vaccination and test information. COVID vaccination cards to appear on Android in US | ZDNet

TechInnovation – Global 5G population growing at 1M a day: Ericsson (Eileen Yu, ZD Net)

The global number of 5G subscribers is projected to surpass 580 million by end of this year, before hitting 3.5 billion in 2026. China...

TechInnovation – Tim Berners-Lee sells World Wide Web source code NFT for $5.4 million (Asha Barbaschow, ZD Net)

The creator of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee, has sold an NFT version of his source code from the early 90s for just...

Australia – eSafety says tweeting commisioner will not qualify as a formal Online Safety Act request (Asha Barbaschow, ZD Net)

Australian eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant is set to receive sweeping new powers in early 2022 as part of the Online Safety Act that passed...

Australia – National Archives gets AU$67m from Canberra to digitise records and lift cybersecurity (Aimee Chanthadavong, ZD Net)

The Australian government has announced it will hand out AU$67.7 million to the National Archives of Australia to help further preserve the Commonwealth's aging...

TechInnovation – Research finds voice assistance could improve speech for Parkinson’s patients (Aimee Chanthadavong, ZD Net)

Speech impairment is a common condition found in patients who suffer from Parkinson's disease. However, early research between Monash University and Ulster University has...

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