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Europe Press Freedom Report 2024 highlights rising threats to journalists amid Ukraine war
Europe Press Freedom Report 2024 highlights rising threats to journalists amid Ukraine war
Brussels unveils 2026 budget with deficit under €1 billion, eyes balanced finances by 2029
Brussels unveils 2026 budget with deficit under €1 billion, eyes balanced finances by 2029
EU reaches deal to strengthen farmers’ power in food supply chain and tighten meat labelling rules
EU reaches deal to strengthen farmers’ power in food supply chain and tighten meat labelling rules
EU and Canada launch Digital Trade Agreement talks to boost online business and consumer protection
EU and Canada launch Digital Trade Agreement talks to boost online business and consumer protection
Euro area unemployment falls to 6.1% in January 2026 as EU labour market keeps improving
Euro area unemployment falls to 6.1% in January 2026 as EU labour market keeps improving
EU launches special panel on child online safety, weighs social media age limits
EU launches special panel on child online safety, weighs social media age limits
EU organises emergency repatriation flights from Middle East as crisis escalates
EU organises emergency repatriation flights from Middle East as crisis escalates
Northern Europe leads the EU in electric car adoption, while Alpine and border regions dominate freight vehicles
Northern Europe leads the EU in electric car adoption, while Alpine and border regions dominate freight vehicles
Women now hold one-third of parliamentary seats across the EU, new data shows
Women now hold one-third of parliamentary seats across the EU, new data shows
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Europe Press Freedom Report 2024 highlights rising threats to journalists amid Ukraine war
Europe Press Freedom Report 2024 highlights rising threats to journalists amid Ukraine war
Brussels unveils 2026 budget with deficit under €1 billion, eyes balanced finances by 2029
Brussels unveils 2026 budget with deficit under €1 billion, eyes balanced finances by 2029
EU reaches deal to strengthen farmers’ power in food supply chain and tighten meat labelling rules
EU reaches deal to strengthen farmers’ power in food supply chain and tighten meat labelling rules
EU and Canada launch Digital Trade Agreement talks to boost online business and consumer protection
EU and Canada launch Digital Trade Agreement talks to boost online business and consumer protection
Euro area unemployment falls to 6.1% in January 2026 as EU labour market keeps improving
Euro area unemployment falls to 6.1% in January 2026 as EU labour market keeps improving
EU launches special panel on child online safety, weighs social media age limits
EU launches special panel on child online safety, weighs social media age limits
EU organises emergency repatriation flights from Middle East as crisis escalates
EU organises emergency repatriation flights from Middle East as crisis escalates
Northern Europe leads the EU in electric car adoption, while Alpine and border regions dominate freight vehicles
Northern Europe leads the EU in electric car adoption, while Alpine and border regions dominate freight vehicles
Women now hold one-third of parliamentary seats across the EU, new data shows
Women now hold one-third of parliamentary seats across the EU, new data shows
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Zurich introduces Eruv, creating a Sabbath-friendly public zone for Jewish life
Zurich has quietly drawn a new kind of line across the city — one that cannot be seen at first glance, yet carries deep religious and social meaning. Spanning severalRead More...
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Zurab Musinyan: “Let my case lie at door of Russian special services combating international terrorism…”
Specialized Oil-Loading Seaport Vitino captured by Russian security officials through hostage taking keeps on being a subject of carve-up and litigations by Russian and international companies....Read More...
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Young Europeans losing faith in democracy
Recent findings from a comprehensive survey conducted by the YouGov institute for the Tui Foundation reveal a concerning trend among Europe’s youth: a growingRead More...
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World Refugee Day: Joint Statement by the European Commission and the High Representative
No country, no region in the world has been spared from the impact of COVID-19. The virus is exacerbating existing inequalities and has a disproportionate effect on refugees,Read More...
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World peace under strain — yet some countries still shine
As a storm of conflicts, rising militarisation and geopolitical fragmentation rattles the globe, the annual Global Peace Index 2025 paints a soberingRead More...
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Women still a minority among Flemish professors despite gains elsewhere
Women account for just one in three professors and visiting professors at Flemish universities, according to new figures released on Tuesday by Statistiek Vlaanderen.Read More...
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Women now hold over a third of EU managerial roles, but gaps remain
In 2024, women occupied 35.2% of managerial positions across the European Union, marking a steady rise from 31.8% a decade earlier, according to the latest EU laborRead More...
The European Commission on Tuesday welcomed Romania's pledge to renounce controversial judicial reforms that had triggered strong criticism and
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Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday urged whoever succeeds her to get Britain out of the EU quickly but with a deal, as she met the bloc's leaders just
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As up to 400 million Europeans prepare to vote for the EU parliament, the populist challenge to the Brussels consensus has been disrupted by scandal.
Europe's mainstream political parties took a hit in elections on Sunday but held off a strong surge by the populist right of Marine Le Pen, Matteo Salvini and Nigel Farage.
Read more: Battered EU centre holds off populist surge in vote
Facebook has closed 23 mostly pro-government pages in Italy which were spreading fake news and anti-immigrant content, after an investigation by Avaaz, the civil rights group said on Monday.
More than half of the pages, which had a total of almost 2.5 million followers, supported the far-right anti-immigrant League party or the anti-establishment Five Star Movement, which form the ruling coalition, Avaaz said in a statement.
The most active page translates as "We want the Five Star Movement in government" which had shared a quote wrongly attributed to anti-mafia writer Roberto Saviano that he would "prefer to save migrants than Italian earthquake victims."
Saviano was forced to publicly deny having said it.
A pro-League page shared a video which it wrongly said depicted migrants smashing up a police car.
The footage was in fact filmed for a movie, but was viewed almost 10 million times, days ahead of next week's European parliament elections in which Italian populist parties hope to do well.
"This is more proof that lies designed to sow hate and division in our societies are being spread deliberately on social media ahead of the EU elections," said Avaaz's Christoph Schott.
"Facebook has done a good job in taking these pages down, but it says a lot that a multi-billion dollar company is relying on a crowd-funded Avaaz investigation to defend Europe’s democracy. Facebook need to do more, and they need to do it fast."
Avaaz also noted the practice of "recycling followers" used by some supporters of the two ruling parties, whereby a page with non-political content changes its name to become political or partisan, retaining likes and followers.
One such page "was started as an agricultural breeders’ association of the Messina province and eventually became a League-supporting local chapter. The change was made one word at a time, gradually, using the ambiguity of the word 'League' to avoid the automatic checks carried out by Facebook," Avaaz said.
Facebook and other social networks are regularly accused of not doing enough to eliminate fake news from its platform.AFP