The Italian elections and the rise of Giorgia Meloni
After a hectic electoral campaign running over the Summer, this weekend, Italian citizens are called to the ballot boxes to elect a new Parliament. Pundits see the far-right party, Brothers of Italy, ...
22 Syys 202219min
Belgrade Bans EuroPride
On September 13, 2022, Serbian authorities banned the iconic EuroPride march, which was supposed to take place next Saturday in the country’s capital, Belgrade. The march would have been the culminati...
15 Syys 202221min
“Only Yes Means Yes” Law Approved in Spain
Trigger warning: RapeSex without consent is rape. Yet, according to the NGO, Amnesty International, in Europe, only 13 countries, feature laws, that define rape, in terms of the absence of consent. Th...
8 Syys 202223min
Teachers Protest in Hungary
In the past months, teachers in Hungary have been on strike, protesting against a public educational system which, as they say, risks collapse. What teachers complain about is low pay and deterioratin...
1 Syys 202225min
Resistance Against Data Centers in the Netherlands
The Netherlands is one of the top data center markets in Europe, hosting approximately 200 facilities such as Google and Microsoft hyperscale data centers which exceed 5,000 servers and 3,000 square k...
24 Elo 202226min
One of the Worst Cases of Gentrification
The housing crisis in Lisbon is caused by one of the worst cases of rapid, violent gentrification. Lured by programs to attract foreign investment, new real estate developments and tourist accommodati...
17 Elo 202223min
Depopulation is Causing Wildfires in Europe
As Europe is seeing intense and unprecedented heatwaves, with temperatures spiking above 40 degrees, huge wildfires are raging across several countries in the region. Thousands of hectares of land wer...
10 Elo 202225min
Greece Criminalizes the Work of NGOs
During the month of June, Mary Lawlor, the UN Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders, went on a 10-day long mission to Greece. At the end of her mission, in a preliminary observations and recommendation...
4 Elo 202224min
