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WHO Warns Europe to Brace for Growing Coronavirus Death Toll
The World Health Organization has warned Europe that the continent is likely going to experience an increasing number of deaths from COVID-19.
Johnson Accuses EU of Trying to Break Up Post-Brexit UK
The British leader has argued the controversial UK Internal Market Act will protect the territorial integrity of the UK.
Across Europe, Inequality Hangs Over Housing Issues
Recent numbers from the UK underscore just how much first-time British homebuyers rely on financial help from parents and families, with the ongoing coronavirus crisis making the gap between haves and have-nots even more extreme when
To Revive the European Project, Listen to Gen Z
Political mobilisation via social networks has already proved an effective strategy to tap in the potential of the Gen Z generation.
Arms Maker Calls for EU to Tackle Bulgarian ‘Novitchok’ Case alongside Navalny Poisoning
The investigation of the 2015 Skripal-like poisoning of arms makes Emiliyan Gebrev and two other men has been terminated by the Bulgarian authorities.
Dutch research shows that Big Tobacco wormed its way into European policy yet again
Fresh research by investigative journalists has revealed that the tobacco industry managed to skirt Dutch government safeguards and infiltrate negotiations surrounding the country’s National Prevention Agreement as early as 2018. The Netherlands’ National Prevention Agreement is
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Dutch research shows that Big Tobacco wormed its way into European policy yet again
Fresh research by investigative journalists has revealed that the tobacco industry managed to skirt Dutch government safeguards and infiltrate negotiations surrounding the country’s National Prevention Agreement as early as 2018. The Netherlands’ National Prevention Agreement is a flagship public health policy set on addressing alcohol use, smoking and obesity nationwide. In accordance with the World […]
‘Poisoned’ Russian Opposition Leader Navalny Improving, German Doctors Say
The German doctors found in Navalny's system indications of “cholinesterase inhibitors”, which are used in some drugs, pesticides and chemical nerve agents
Far-Right Protesters Try to Storm German Parliament amid Rally against Coronavirus Measures
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier described the incident as an "unbearable attack on the heart of our democracy" carried out by a "right-wing extremist rabble”.
France Sees ‘Exponential’ Coronavirus Surge ahead of New School Year
The new spike of coronavirus cases in France comes just as schools around the country are about to reopen for the new school year beginning on Tuesday.
Food, politics and the question of identity
The recent controversy surrounding Knorr’s polemic sauce is a stark example of the inextricable link between food and culture, even when it may be imagined – but the issue is not merely limited to debates on the national level. Indeed, it is playing out in large strokes across the EU in the form of a highly politicized debate about front-of-pack (FOP) labelling.
Stigma in mental health: the ultimate barrier to get help for 1 in 6 Europeans
Media perpetuates stigma Mental health ambassador from the Netherlands Kees Dijkman says that media tend to write and speak about people with mental health problems as ‘abnormal’, in the sense that they do not behave as they should. People with mental health problems are often referred to as a threat to society. Such a narrative […]
The EU’s response to Hong Kong’s national security law
During a time in which Hong Kong’s high degree of autonomy is at stake, as a proud Hongkonger, I am delighted to see the gradual response from the international community. The European Union (EU) is not an exception in this respect. However, due to the particularities of this supranational organisation, its position is multifaceted and […]
MERI President Prof. Dlawer Ala’Aldeen: EU Needs More Assertive Foreign Policy in the Middle East
There is no doubt that some Middle Eastern states have used the pandemic in order to suppress the opposition, the Middle East security expert says.
The Power of Political Imagination
The toppling of slave trader Edward Colston’s statue in Bristol brought with it images of suffering being dismantled into the river. Part of history was reduced to bubbles by anti-racism protestors, following the death of George Floyd at the hands of police. It took the world almost nine minutes to awaken itself from indifference. To […]
