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Brussels, 2 August 2020 Weekly digest 27/07/2020 17:30 | Press release | Institutional affairs EU Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO): Council appoints European prosecutors Today, the Council appointed the first ever European prosecutors of the European Public Prosecutor's Office. The 22 prosecutors will supervise investigations and prosecutions and will constitute the EPPO College, together with the European Chief Prosecutor Laura Codruţa Kövesi. Read the full item 27/07/2020 17:30 | Δελτίο τύπου | Institutional affairs Ευρωπαϊκή Εισαγγελία (EPPO): Το Συμβούλιο διορίζει τους ευρωπαίους εισαγγελείς Σήμερα, το Συμβούλιο διόρισε τους πρώτους ευρωπαίους εισαγγελείς της Ευρωπαϊκής Εισαγγελίας. Οι 22 εισαγγελείς θα εποπτεύουν έρευνες και διώξεις και θα αποτελούν το συλλογικό όργανο της Ευρωπαϊκής Εισαγγελίας, μαζί με την Ευρωπαία Γενική Εισαγγελέα κα Laura Codruţa Kövesi. Read the full item 30/07/2020 15:35 | Press release | Foreign affairs & international relations Travel restrictions: Council reviews the list of countries for which member states should gradually lift travel restrictions at the external border Following a review under the recommendation on the gradual lifting of the temporary restrictions on non-essential travel into the EU, the Council updated the list of countries for which travel restrictions should be lifted. Read the full item Council of the European Union 30/07/2020 12:38 | Press release | Foreign affairs & international relations Central African Republic and Common Security and Defence Policy: EU launches civilian advisory mission and extends the mandate of military training mission The Council launched a civilian advisory mission and extended the mandate of the existing military training mission in the Central African Republic. Read the full item 30/07/2020 12:38 | Δελτίο τύπου | Foreign affairs & international relations Κεντροαφρικανική Δημοκρατία και κοινή πολιτική ασφάλειας και άμυνας: Η ΕΕ δρομολογεί μη στρατιωτική συμβουλευτική αποστολή και παρατείνει την εντολή της στρατιωτικής εκπαιδευτικής αποστολής Το Συμβούλιο δρομολόγησε μη στρατιωτική συμβουλευτική αποστολή και παράτεινε την εντολή της υφιστάμενης στρατιωτικής εκπαιδευτικής αποστολής στην Κεντροαφρικανική Δημοκρατία. Read the full item 30/07/2020 12:40 | Press release | Foreign affairs & international relations North Korea: EU confirms autonomous sanctions for a year The Council renewed the list of individuals and entities subject to EU's autonomous sanctions against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea for one year. Read the full item 30/07/2020 12:40 | Δελτίο τύπου | Foreign affairs & international relations Βόρεια Κορέα: Η ΕΕ επιβεβαιώνει την επιβολή αυτόνομων κυρώσεων για ένα έτος Το Συμβούλιο ανανέωσε τον κατάλογο των προσώπων και οντοτήτων που υπόκεινται στις αυτόνομες κυρώσεις της ΕΕ κατά της Λαοκρατικής Δημοκρατίας της Κορέας για ένα έτος. Read the full item 30/07/2020 16:30 | Press release | Foreign affairs & international relations EU imposes the first ever sanctions against cyber-attacks The Council imposed the first ever restrictive measures against six individuals and three entities responsible for or involved in various cyber-attacks. Read the full item 30/07/2020 16:30 | Δελτίο τύπου | Foreign affairs & international relations Η ΕΕ επιβάλλει τις πρώτες στα χρονικά κυρώσεις κατά κυβερνοεπιθέσεων Το Συμβούλιο επέβαλε τα πρώτα στα χρονικά περιοριστικά μέτρα κατά έξι προσώπων και τριών οντοτήτων που ευθύνονται για διάφορες κυβερνοεπιθέσεις ή εμπλέκονται σε αυτές. Read the full item 30/07/2020 16:42 | Press release | Foreign affairs & international relations Declaration by the High Representative Josep Borrell on behalf of the EU: European Union response to promote international security and stability in cyberspace High Representative Josep Borrell issued a declaration on EU response to promote international security and stability in cyberspace. Read the full item 30/07/2020 17:10 | Media advisory | Foreign affairs & international relations Media advisory - Off-the-record technical briefing on cyber sanctions Off-the-record technical briefing organised on cyber sanctions. Read the full item 30/07/2020 18:46 | Press release | Foreign affairs & international relations EU fight against terrorism: terrorist list renewed for a further six months and one person added to the ISIL/Da'esh and Al-Qaida list The Council renewed the EU terrorist list of persons and entities subject to restrictive measures and added one person to the list of ISIL/Da'esh and Al-Qaida sanctions. Read the full item Council of the European Union 27/07/2020 | Library blog Readers of Europe – the full list of recommendations Over the past month the Council Library, in collaboration with the former Croatian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, ran a new initiative – the Readers of Europe Reading List. It is a list compiled of reading recommendations from 15 Permanent Representations to the EU. Click to discover the full list and find your next book! Go to the website 29/07/2020 | Library blog New books added to the library's collection – July 2020 Find out here about the latest additions to the Council Library collection, including books on the EU's policies, the relationship between the EU and its member states, multilateralism, and various other subjects. Go to the website 31/07/2020 | Library blog Readers of Europe Reading List - Austrian Reccomendation The Council Library, in collaboration with the Croatian Presidency of the Council of the European Union, has started a new initiative – the Readers of Europe Reading List. The list is compiled from choices made by the Permanent Representations to the EU. Click to discover the book recommended by the Permanent Representation of Austria to the EU. Go to the website