Muslim women who wear headscarves are particularly affected by discrimination and exclusion in Germany, a report found, though not everyone in the governing coalition is in favour of reforming anti-discrimination laws. Read the original German article here. After Sinti and…
A new investigation found that Italian authorities took part in illegal intra-EU pushbacks of asylum seekers, detaining foreign nationals below deck on commercial ferries after their arrival in Italy’s ports and sending them back to Greece. The findings come at…
Rumours in Finnish media speculate that the Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament want Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin to be their leading candidate in the 20
Members of Poland’s ruling Law and Justice party want to make it easier for Polish authorities to electronically surveil citizens by giving officers easier access to their emails and social media messages. The lower house of the Polish parliament is…
The German parliament voted to recognise the prosecution and killing of thousands of Yezidi by the Islamic State (IS) as genocide with the backing of all party groups. The resolution, which was unanimously passed in the Bundestag on Thursday refers…
Advisers to President Biden calculated that the Justice Department would view possession of the documents as little more than a good-faith mistake. Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have
Image source, Getty Images Television is the most powerful sector of the media industry and the main news source for most Russians, although its dominance is being eroded by the internet. The top national TV networks are either state-run or…
The European Parliament strongly condemned the sentencing of Olivier Vandecasteele, the Belgian imprisoned in Iran since February 2022 and voted on a motion for a resolution on the EU response to the protests and executions on Thursday. In its motion…
The war in Ukraine and the increase in migrants coming into the Netherlands have increased the urgency for more accommodation, Housing and Spatial Planning Minister Hugo De Jong wrote in an action plan sent to the House of Representatives on…
Sweden will increase its support of Ukraine by sending high-tech Archer artillery systems, combat vehicles and anti-tank missiles, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson announced at a press conference on Thursday. The Swedish government decided to send the tenth military aid…