For the fourth day in a row, riots have raged in the Swedish cities of Linköping, Norrköping, Stockholm, Örebro, Malmö, and Landskrone after far-right politician Rasmus Paludan, who heads the Danish anti-immigration party Stram Kurs (“Hard Course”) publicly burned a Koran, saying he would do it again in other cities across Sweden. Some 100 opponents…
After the Russian army left the Kyiv region, it became possible to think over the development of the current tragedy: the Russian military began the systematic destruction of the civilian population as early as the first days of March. For almost a month dead people who were shot lay on the streets of Bucha, Irpin,…
According to our European partners, is it crucial not to provoke russians? (a bitter irony). Is it crucial that the World War III does not break out? writes Mikhail Podiliak All that matters is that Russians not being upset about Ukraine and don’t use… Don’t use what? Missiles, bombs, tanks, commit no massacres of civilians,…
Every time you talk about the great Russian ballet, I will tell you the story of a young teacher from Brovary who was repeatedly raped in front of her parents and then kidnapped by Russian monsters. About dozens, maybe hundreds of raped Ukrainian women, writes #OlenaPshenychna. Often in front of children. About 15-16-year-old girls from…
Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum should no longer be an Eldorado for money laundering and terrorist financing, say MEPs. “Regulating cryptocurrencies is just as important as the fight against terrorism. It’s clear that, especially now with Russia’s horrible war on Ukraine, we have to get this right. We need to make sure our law…
The growth of hatred, expressed both online and offline across Europe, confirms the need to address hate speech and hate crime at EU level, an EESC hearing was told. On 30 March, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) held a public hearing to discuss the European Commission’s proposal to broaden the list of EU crimes…
In the city of Mariupol, which the Russian army is literally razing to the ground, hundreds of thousands of people remain without food and basic necessities. Mariupol residents have been under siege for weeks. The invaders have cordoned off all the exits from the city and fire at civilians who try to leave for a…
The number of cyberattacks on EU bodies is increasing sharply. The level of cybersecurity preparedness within EU bodies varies and is overall not commensurate with the growing threats. Since EU bodies are strongly interconnected, a weakness in one can expose others to security threats. This is the conclusion of a special report by the European…
The president of the European Parliament’s committee on civil liberties, justice and home affairs, Juan Fernando López Aguilar, this week met with the Bulgarian Minister of Justice, Nadezhda Yordanova. They discussed together the rule of law crisis in Bulgaria over the last years. According to them, there are too many questions that need answers, especially…
Effectively fighting homelessness requires the availability of clear, reliable and comparable data. For the second consecutive year, the King Baudouin Foundation has supported research teams (from (LUCAS KU Leuven and UCLouvain CIRTES) in organising point-in-time counts of homeless people at the end of 2021 in four cities and regions: Charleroi, Namur, the southern part of…
