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How the EU is tackling gender-based violence
Gender-based violence remain common in Europe as does domestic violence, especially affecting women and girls. EU is taking measures to put an end to it.
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Top story – Gender equality in the EU – The EU fight for women’s rights
Gender equality has always been a priority for the EU. Discover the main issues and what the Parliament does to tackle them. Source : © European Union, 2022 - EP
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European church leaders send letter to Putin and Zelenskyy calling for an Easter ceasefire in Ukraine
CEC and COMECE Presidents Rev. Christian Krieger and H.Em. Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich SJ, sent a letter addressed to the presidents of Russia and Ukraine Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy on…
Health
One of the largest ghettos in Europe
Old buildings, disease and poverty. There is a pungent odor in the air, the smell of laundry and the stench of sewage. Bed linen hangs sadly from the balconies of…
Archeology
A museum of Islamic civilizations has opened in Turkey’s largest mosque
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has opened the Museum of Islamic Civilizations at the Grand Mosque of Chamlaca. It is the largest mosque in the country, which was recently built…
Europe
From the EU’s Aim of Peace to European Citizenship
Since 1950, Europe has developed its own brand of peace. The European communities were not born as the United Nations, as a fully formed machinery of peace. Instead, as Robert…
Europe
War in Ukraine: EU-wide operation targeting russian criminal assets
Europol, jointly with EU Member States, Eurojust and Frontex, launched Operation Oscar to support financial investigations by EU Member States targeting criminal assets owned by individuals and legal entities sanctioned…
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Future of Europe: Conference plenary puts finishing touches to proposals
The Conference on the Future of Europe plenary met again in Strasbourg on 8-9 April to further develop proposals from the Conference’s working groups. Chairs from the nine topical working…
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EuroLat Assembly: hate speech, circular economy and food security
The 14th Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly plenary session will take place in Buenos Aires (Argentina) on 13 and 14 April. Members of the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (EuroLat), composed of…
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Council of Europe: The battle for human rights in mental health continues
The decision-making body of the Council has started its review process of a controversial drafted text that aim at protecting human rights and dignity of persons who are subjected to…