Achieving Gender Equality

Gender Equality

The European House – Ambrosetti has ccarried out a research study on women’s empowerment, shared with the Minister for Equal Opportunities and the Family Elena Bonetti. This was presented on 30 August during the first G20 Conference on women’s empowerment that took place in Santa Margherita Ligure. The results of the work and the Manifesto…

NGOs Criticise Commission for Deregulating GMOs

GMOs

The European Commission has “uncritically followed” the GMO industry’s “wish list” for deregulation of new GMO products, it is claimed. On Monday, over 50 NGOs and farming organisations have shared with the European Commission their critical response to DG SANTE’s working document on ‘new genomic techniques’ (published in April 2021). In the report, civil society…

Poland Warns of Security Threat From Russia

Russian aggression against EU

Polish ECR MEPs Anna Fotyga and Witold Waszczykowski have labelled recent joint Belarusian and Russian activities around the EU-Belarus border as “hybrid warfare”, also warning against a further worsening of the situation. During a meeting of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the European Parliament, MEP Anna Fotyga stated that the situation caused by Belarusian attempts…

Reimagining A More Resilient UN System With Taiwan In It

Jaushieh Joseph Wu from Taiwan

After more than 200 million infections and over 4 million deaths and counting, the COVID-19 pandemic has raged across the globe, writes Jaushieh Joseph Wu from Taiwan.  This has created a profoundly devastating socio-economic impact on our interconnected world, with virtually no countries spared. The pandemic has disrupted global trade, exacerbated poverty, impeded education, and…

UK blocks Popoviciu’s extradition exposing “denial of fair trial rights”

Popoviciu extradition denied by British Courts

The High Court decision in London that Romanian businessman Gabriel Popoviciu must not be extradited to Romania highlighted concerns about that country’s legal system. Popoviciu’s  case exposed that the Romania legal system does not meet the standards expected of a country with membership of the European Union. The robust judgment from the appeal court went…

Belgian Chocolate: Antwerp Tells the Story

Chocolate Museum

Belgium museum showcases the country’s best known export – chocolate Although Belgium may be small in size, it’s definitely famous for its wide variety of products such as beer, frites and waffles. But, as good as these are, nothing quite beats the delicious, creamy taste of Belgian chocolate.  The question though is how did this…

Top Brussels Chef Tickles the Tastebuds at Annual Culinary Jamboree

Brussels chef Alex Joseph

This Brussels event is described as the perfect opportunity to “take your taste buds on a journey thanks to authentic specialities and flavours.” From 2 to 11 September, in the sumptuous Gare Maritime at Tour & Taxis, is the iconic Brussels culinary event – eat! BRUSSELS, drink! BORDEAUX. Every day, a team of talented Brussels-based…

China Threatens EU Over Taiwan

Chinese Military bullying

After what they call the latest Chinese “threats, intimidation and bullying” against Taiwan MEP Petras Auštrevičius (Renew Europe, Lithuania) and MEP Reinhard Bütikofer (Greens/EFA, Germany) jointly initiated an open letter of solidarity to the President, the Prime Minister and the Speaker of the Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania.  The letter was supported by over 60 Members of the…