According to a new climate report, rising sea levels will make extreme flooding that used to happen in Venice once every 100 years occur every six years by 2050. Venice’s famed historic sites are at ...
A contentious battle to remove Francisco Franco’s body from one of Spain’s most esteemed monuments parallels Spain’s struggle to confront growing fascist sympathy and far-right movements within its borders. The long and contentious struggle to ...
The Catalunya independence movement in Spain shows no signs going away despite violent crackdowns and lengthy prison sentences handed out by the Spanish government. On October 14, nine imprisoned members of the Catalunya independence movement ...
Europe does not have a refugee or migration crisis. The real crisis is in Africa, where the thief—often a European firm—continues to undermine the continent’s ability to breathe. If you ask an African migrant in ...
What was billed as a ‘Super Saturday’ has turned into a super disappointment for U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson as his fellow legislators voted to extend the Brexit withdrawal deadline. In the first Saturday session ...
Both the U.K. and the E.U. have reportedly agreed on new terms for Britain’s exit from the E.U. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the E.U.’s commission president Jean-Claude Juncker announced the new Brexit deal ...
“More than ever we need public intellectuals who are able to make a robust defense of human rights in the face of the indifference and cynicism of our political leaders. Handke is not such a ...
Despite repeated warnings that the U.N. was underfunded, the international peacekeeping body may be facing a U.N. bankruptcy in a matter of weeks. The United Nations is facing a severe budget deficit of $230 million ...
Extinction Rebellion activists of all ages are continuing to press for action on climate during a planned two-week-long protest in several major European cities. In 48 hours, the London metropolitan police arrested more than 500 ...
Portugal’s Socialist Party won big over the weekend, overcoming recent corruption scandals and a rising tide of right-wing populism in Europe. Portugal’s Socialist Party won the most votes in Sunday’s general election, granting prime minister ...
“It’s a strike by employees saying, ‘We want to retire at a reasonable age with a reasonable pension.’” Paris, France was crippled by a strike on Friday as transport workers on Paris’s 16 metro lines ...
“This is really unprecedented what’s happening to our democracy. It’s positive the court has ruled today that this is unlawful.” Since winning an inter Conservative Party election to replace Theresa May as party head and ...
“Every single meeting of Julian Assange seems to be ‘suspicious’ for CNN.” A former staff member at the Ecuadorian embassy in London where Julian Assange lived for almost seven years dropped a bombshell in late ...
“The personality of Conte is seen as one of a person who is moderate, who tries to reach compromise.” Italy’s new left-leaning coalition government took office on Thursday in a setback for far-right populist leader ...
“We may have to let them [the refugees] cross into Europe to get support.” During a speech in Ankara, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said his country will work on removing at least one million ...
An unexpected guest, a financial pledge for the Amazon, trade talks, and Russia’s reinstatement were just some of the key topics discussed at the 2019 G-7 summit in Biarritz. On Monday, the 2019 Group of ...
The Open Arms ship, a migrant rescue boat run by Spanish charity Proactiva, has been stuck at sea for over two weeks as migrants onboard await their fate while Italy debates their future. Italian Prime ...
Britain’s new Prime Minister Boris Johnson is encouraging the UK to leave the EU without a ‘withdrawal agreement.’ “Prime Minister Boris Johnson pushed Britain closer to a no-deal exit from the European Union on Monday, ...
“He’s tough and he’s smart. They’re saying, ‘Britain Trump.’ They call him ‘Britain Trump.’” Boris Johnson replaced Theresa May to become the new prime minister of the United Kingdom on Tuesday, inheriting immediate challenges including ...
“The Stena Impero was seized in Omani waters in clear contravention of international law. It was then forced to sail into Iran. This is totally and utterly unacceptable.” “A British-flagged oil tanker remains in Iranian ...
There are signs of a new tanker war in the Persian Gulf, with Britain joining a coalition that wants a war with Iran. The standoff between the U.S. and Iran is now developing into a ...
“The risks are such that it is necessary for all stakeholders to pause, and consider the possible consequences of their actions.” Europe did not want Trump and the United States to walk out of the ...
“We have our allies. We really want to begin to have a great alliance with these parties that are pro Russia, but not pro Russia for Russia but for our countries.” Italy’s far-right is under ...
“It is shameful that Kim Darroch has effectively been forced out for doing the job that diplomats are appointed to do.” The United Kingdom’s ambassador to the United States resigned Wednesday after leaked diplomatic cables ...
Turkey contends that its current drilling explorations off the Greek Cyprus waters abide by international law, as they take place in international waters off Turkish-controlled northern Cyprus. On Wednesday, the Turkish foreign ministry rejected ...
“The anger is very real. Workers are taxed to the hilt. Why should large groups – Google, Amazon – be able to find a way round it?” France is pioneering big tech regulation with a ...
The government of Gibraltar thanked British forces for seizing an oil tanker bound for Syria on Thursday. British Royal Marines and port officials of Gibraltar boarded an oil tanker believed to be bound for Syria ...
This is the third part, in a three-part series on the Roma people in Europe. Roma, who are commonly referred to as “gypsies” though the term is often considered derogatory, face widespread and often state-sanctioned ...
“Heat waves will become more intense, they will become more drawn out, they will become more extreme, they will start earlier, and they will finish later.” Monthly and all-time temperature records have been breaking across ...
This is the second part, in a three-part series on the Roma people in Europe. Roma, who are commonly referred to as “gypsies” though the term is often considered derogatory, face widespread and often state-sanctioned ...
“There is a complete disconnect between EU principles and its image and enforcing any coherent policy concerning arms exports.” The British government gave the green light to arms sales to Israel in 2018 worth $17 ...
This is the first part, in a three-part series on the Roma people in Europe. Roma, who are commonly referred to as “gypsies” though the term is often considered derogatory, face widespread and often state-sanctioned ...
Washington’s aggressive prosecution of Assange is a pivotal case for journalism that could have a vast and severe impact on journalists and whistleblowers for decades to come. The U.K. signed a controversial order last Wednesday ...
“The S-400 is among the most advanced air defense systems available, on par with the best the West has to offer.” On Wednesday, Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced Turkey bought a Russian anti-aircraft missile ...
“Current data on cocaine show that both the number of seizures and the volumes seized are at an all-time high. Cocaine enters Europe through numerous routes and means, but the growth in large-volume trafficking, through ...
“If we do not intervene soon, there will be a sea of blood.” Greek officials confirmed on Tuesday that at least seven people, including two children, were killed earlier in the day after a boat ...
There were 2,308 homophobic hate crimes across London in 2018, compared with 2014 when 1,488 were recorded, according to the Met Police’s crime dashboard. Melania Geymonat, one of the victims of a bloody homophobic bus ...
Mette Frederiksen, the leader of the Social Democrats is likely to form a minority government, seeking support from various parties on an issue basis. The Social Democrats supported welfare measures but have taken an anti-immigration ...
President Donald Trump is off to a rocky start in the United Kingdom. President Trump’s state visit to the U.K. on Monday June 3 started off with a combative series of tweets, including a suggestion ...
The United Kingdom and Egypt strengthen economic ties. Upon arriving in Cairo on Monday, British minister of trade, Liam Fox, said his country would become the largest investor of the Group of Seven (G7) in ...
After a week of tumult over U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May’s latest Brexit proposal, May announced her resignation. British Prime Minister, Theresa May, announced her resignation on Friday in an emotional statement, saying she had ...
“Any government use of the Espionage Act to criminalize the receipt and publication of classified information poses a dire threat to journalists seeking to publish such information in the public interest, irrespective of the Justice ...
“To be a woman at the Times during these years was to experience systemized sexism.” “A former editor at the Times is suing the newspaper for anti-trans discrimination, harassment, victimisation [sic], and unfair dismissal on ...
The U.K. Brexit crisis took a new turn as two announcements in two days shook up the U.K. Parliament. The leader of Britain’s conservative House of Commons and a supporter of Britain’s Brexit referendum of ...
“They want to make an example of us because it’s the first time in France that there have been leaks like this.” French investigative journalists are facing imprisonment for exposing, through the use of an ...
“Hungary’s status declined from Free to Partly Free due to sustained attacks on the country’s democratic institutions by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz party.” President Trump welcomed Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán to the White ...
“I’ve certainly never seen a male nurse wearing a dress to work.” Last Sunday, Jessica Anderson, a nurse at the Royal London Hospital ran the city’s marathon wearing the exact outfit she does at work. ...
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is fighting an attempt to extradite him to the U.S. where he faces computer hacking charges. Appearing via video conference while behind bars in the U.K., Assange faced a hearing at ...
Julian Assange is charged with a conspiracy to criminally obtain classified information through computer hacking — not with a conspiracy to disclose or publish classified information. (By Ofer Raban, The Conversation) A British court on ...
The largest donor in the openDemocracy investigation on dark money groups is the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. A recent report from openDemocracy shows U.S.-based religious rights groups have spent at least $50 million on ‘dark ...
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