Europe
Spain Probes Platforms Over AI Child Abuse Images
Madrid asks prosecutors to investigate Meta, TikTok and X amid growing EU pressure on online harms
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International
IOC faces backlash over Berlin 1936 Olympic T-shirt
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is facing criticism after a T-shirt featuring design elements linked to the 1936 Berlin Olympics appeared in official Olympic online stores and quickly sold out.…
Europe
Dobrota psych hospital allegations revive CRPD calls to end institutions
A complaint by Montenegro’s Human Rights Action, prompted by leaked preliminary findings linked to the Council of Europe’s anti-torture committee, has put the Special Psychiatric Hospital in Dobrota back under…
Events
Freedom of Thought Report 2025 Launch Set for Brussels
Humanists International will unveil the latest edition of its global benchmark on the treatment of humanists, atheists and the non-religious at a hybrid event in the EU quarter. On Wednesday,…
Health
Europe’s Coercive Psychiatry Draft Protocol Faces a Rights Reckoning
After years of criticism from disability-rights advocates, UN experts and civil society, the Council of Europe is under renewed pressure to abandon its draft protocol on involuntary placement and treatment…
News
Kallas pushes back on US ‘Europe-bashing’ at Munich
EU’s top diplomat rejects Washington’s “civilizational erasure” rhetoric, while insisting the transatlantic bond must endure—even amid sharper ideological friction.
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Environment
Rail offers a major opportunity for Europe to cut transport emissions, as road transport still dominates
Transport remains Europe’s most persistent climate challenge. While rail offers a low-emission alternative for moving people and goods, Europe’s continued reliance on road transport is keeping greenhouse gas and pollutant…
News
Elder Gilbert-Newest Apostle-Meets the Media
“There’s a mix of trepidation and joy, two feelings that don’t usually coincide,” said Elder Clark G. Gilbert, the newest member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, as he…
Europe
Ukraine ‘Four Years of Resistance’ films at EESC in Brussels
A two-day programme of documentary and feature-film screenings, expert panels, and filmmakers’ testimonies will take place at the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) in Brussels on 24–25 February 2026,…
Economy
Dimitar Borumov and the series “Hidden from the Economy”
Dimitar Borumov, a political economist based in The Hague, is joining The European Times as the author of Series – Hidden from the Economy, a new contribution that examines what…