Tackling violence against women: the elusive concept of consent
Jan 2, 2025 · On 6 February 2024, the European Union's Parliament and Council reached an agreement on the Directive on violence against women which had been tabled in March 2022. This text will harmonise national legislation on sexual harassment, female genital mutilation, sterilisation, forced marriage and "revenge porn" (the leaking of sexual images with the aim of harming someone).
2024 as seen by press cartoonists – and our subscribers!
Dec 24, 2024 · The war in Ukraine and Gaza, the protests in Georgia, the elections in Europe and elsewhere: it's a real challenge to sum up 2024 with a selection of press cartoons, as we do every year.Which is why, this year, we gave the task to our subscribers. We gave them the opportunity to make themselves heard and choose the best press cartoon published by Voxeurop each month – and they answered the call.
Migration in Europe: Planning for tomorrow's crises
Dec 3, 2024 · More conflict, more movement. 59 armed conflicts in 34 countries: 2023 was one of the most violent years ever, according to a study by the Oslo Peace Research Institute. War in Ukraine, in Gaza, in Sudan: the more conflicts there are and the more they get bogged down, the greater the chances of new waves of migrants heading for Europe.And that's without counting global warming, which will ...
How post-truth media fuels polarisation in Georgia
Dec 24, 2024 · The current anti-government protests in Georgia highlight the country's political polarisation, government brutality towards journalists and media manipulation. Highly biased state media, starting with television, are responsible for this division, argues Georgian journalist Salome Belkania. – At ...
How many guns are in circulation in Europe?
Aug 26, 2024 · "Getting a gun legally in Europe may be hard, but terrorists have little trouble," read a Washington Post headline back in February 2015, after the attacks on a Copenhagen shopping centre, the offices of the Charlie Hebdo magazine in Paris, and the Bataclan nightclub. For the latter attack, the terrorists acquired an arsenal of weapons, including AK-47 assault rifles and Zastava M-70 rifles ...
People of no nation: how being stateless means living ... - Voxeurop
Aug 1, 2024 · In 2013, UNHCR launched an action plan to end statelessness by 2024. However, just ahead of the deadline, the agency’s figures for stateless people as of mid-2023 were still far from the goal: around 381,000 stateless people in the EU in 2023. However, UNHCR itself acknowledges that, because it is based on data provided by governments and NGO, the real figure must be higher.
The last indigenous people of Europe, the Sámi, move closer to …
Nov 6, 2024 · Recently, the war in Ukraine led to the isolation of almost 2,000 Sámi people.. “Usually, there is a lot of cooperation across all borders. But since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, we've had to put our cooperation with the Sámi on the Russian side on hold.It's a complicated situation, even though our people have never been at war with anyone,” explains Anja Márjá Nystø Keskitalo, head ...
Compulsory military service back in Europe?
Jan 2, 2025 · Spain abolished compulsory military service in 2001, France in 1996, Germany in 2011, Belgium in 1994 and the UK all the way back in 1963. Iceland has no national army, while Ireland has never had compulsory military service. Now, however, the picture is beginning to change. Considering conscription. In July, debate engulfed Germany on the reintroduction of military service, as well as the ...
Understanding Georgia’s protests
Dec 12, 2024 · The scenario of a Russian intervention typically results from a reductive Russia versus the West prism. The regional situation is geopolitically more advantageous for Georgia: the country is a strategic transit corridor for Turkey, Azerbaijan and Central Asian countries. These countries have a strong interest in maintaining a Georgia that is not totally subservient to the Kremlin’s demands.
The Europeans who live without toilets
Nov 3, 2024 · The lack of safe sanitation even extends to some schools. This school year, beginning on 9 th September in Romania, 70 schools still had “inadequate toilets”, Romanian Education Minister Ligia Deca told a press conference. This sometimes means a wooden cabin in the courtyard, with a latrine.