After a two-year absence, Belgian Pride made a comeback this year. More than 120,000 people participated in the Belgian Pride Parade. The streets of the capital were decked out in the colours of the rainbow. It was an opportunity for those taking part to share their message and their demands in a joyful and good-humoured…
The European Parliament wants member states to immediately start negotiation talks with North Macedonia and Albania. Despite the fact that these two Western Balkan countries have fulfilled all the requested conditions a long time ago, the European Council has not been able to schedule the first Intergovernmental Conference (IGC). The Socialists and Democrats have always been…
At ETF’s 6th Ordinary Congress in Budapest, Frank Moreels and Livia Spera were elected President and General Secretary of the European Transport Workers’ Federation. ETF delegates representing transport trade unions across Europe confirmed Frank Moreels as President and Livia Spera as General Secretary to run the Federation for the next five years. Before being re-elected…
Who is the Italian chef who for ten years has been transforming the Belgian way of conceiving Italian cuisine and, especially, their taste and palate of transalpine cuisine? Well, that chef is called Filippo La Vecchia and Everything. EU Political Report took the chance to get to take a closer look at someone who actually…
The Vatican should more forcefully oppose the arrest of Cardinal Joseph Zen Ze-Kiun, a retired Hong Kong archbishop who has courageously opposed human rights violations, and Western governments should sanction responsible Hong Kong officials, said Peter Zoehrer, Director of FOREF a Vienna-based, independent human rights organisation. “Cardinal Zen courageously risked his own freedom and security…
Throughout all stages of the existence of the Russian state, its key drivers have been internal repression and external expansion, often combined with the genocide of the peoples who stood up against Russian invasion. Russia is an artificially created country with an artificial people inhabiting it: the so-called Russians, who claim to be part of…
Some European naitons are trying to sit on two chairs to the last – on the one hand, publicly supporting Ukraine in the fight against Russia and on the other, not daring to take more decisive action. The civilized world today provides Ukraine with unprecedented assistance, but only with one hand, while the other hand…
Ukraine’s entry to the Eurovision song contest by the Kalush Orchestra on Saturday night 14 May was massively boosted by phone polls in each participant country. This followed the verdict of national juries, which had given most votes to the UK. The final scores were 631 to Ukraine – lifted by 400 public votes – to…
The Ministerial Meeting of the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS opened on Wednesday 11 May in Marrakech, with the participation of representatives of more than 80 countries and international organisations. The Conference was jointly chaired by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Abroad, Nasser Bourita, and the US Under Secretary of State…
The 5th “Kharibulbul” International Folklore Festival has today opened in Shusha, the cultural capital of Azerbaijan. The President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev and First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva attended the festival’s opening. The Festival is being held in the “Year of Shusha” on the occasion of the 270th anniversary of the city of…
