Spain has what is widely considered to be one of the European Union’s most advanced set of laws on gender-based violence, however, last year another […]
Month: March 2023
Estonia election: i-voting comes of age in the world’s ‘digital republic’ with record ballots
For the first time since Internet voting was introduced in Estonia, more digital votes have been cast in this month’s general election than physical paper […]
‘We’re not breaking the law’: UK doubles down after new ‘Stop the Boats’ migrant crackdown announced
Britain’s interior minister has been forced to deny the government’s new crackdown on migrant boats crossing the Channel was announced in language “not dissimilar to […]
Moldova is resisting Moscow’s maskirovka. Can the Western security shield protect it?
Moldova is having a watershed moment in its three-decades-long existence as an independent state and its split from the crumbling Soviet Union in 1991. The […]
Ukraine war: Russia’s Wagner Group claims full control of eastern Bakhmut districts
The owner of Russia’s Wagner Group military contractor claimed that Russian troops have extended their gains in the Ukrainian stronghold of Bakhmut, on Wednesday. Yevgeny […]
In Kyiv, António Guterres reaffirms UN’s ‘full commitment’ to Ukraine
UN Secretary-General António Guterres reiterated the UN’s full support to Ukraine in a press conference with the country’s war-time president in Kyiv on Wednesday, his […]
Amsterdam’s red light district relocation proposal sparks concerns
The Amsterdam City Council has put forward a proposal to set up a large new erotica centre, relocating the city’s infamous red light district. The […]
Nationwide strikes continue to cause serious disruptions in France
Demonstrators once again took to the streets of France on Wednesday decrying President Emmanuel Macron’s proposal to raise the minimum retirement age from 62 to […]
Denmark, the first country to import CO2 and bury it undersea
Denmark inaugurates on Wednesday a project to store carbon dioxide 1,800 metres beneath the North Sea, the first country in the world to bury CO2 […]
‘Dark day for Georgia’s democracy’: Mass protests over foreign agent law
Georgians protested against a controversial foreign agent law on Tuesday that some claimed will stifle freedoms in the country. Riot police used tear gas and […]