It was mid-June when the summer heat that had already settled over Paris hadn’t yet reached Normandy, when my coworker invited me to his house to celebrate his birthday. It wasn’t a big event (altogether we weren’t more than nine or ten that had gathered at this house in a small town on the English…
If I had a Euro for every time I’ve heard phrases like “we don’t mean people like you” or “you’ll be fine” or “nothing will change” in relation to Brexit, I would be a very wealthy lady by now. I’m a German citizen but, in 1998, I made my home in England with my British…
“I feel the pandemic has highlighted the invisibility of people with disabilities,” said the mother of Luigi Gabriel, a 9-year-old boy with cerebral palsy. Throughout history, it has been proven that the most vulnerable groups are mainly affected, in many ways, by the risks related to humanitarian crises. The most recent example is the pandemic…
As I am writing this article, someone is being infected by the novel coronavirus (Sars-CoV-2) around the world and the statistics of the pandemic are updated and disseminated by some online platforms, such as the Coronavirus COVID-19 Global Cases, created by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) at Johns Hopkins University. And in…
The story of my grandma shows what can happen to EU citizens if their country cannot pay for its health system.
Corruption weakens economies, deepens inequality and undermines democracy. And the citizens are always left to foot the bill. It’s time to say enough is enough.
Toys sold in the EU must meet strict safety requirements. But parents should wise up to the fact that no toy is hazard-free and keep their eye on the ball.
As the date of the British referendum on its EU membership approaches, the country finds itself evenly split, while Europe holds its breath.
Outgoing Socialist Prime Minister Robert Fico (SMER-SD) won the challenge to form a new government in Slovakia. On Wednesday, 23 March, President Kiska appointed Fico as Prime Ministern again. His coalition comprises the socialists of SMER-SD, the nationalists of SNS, the center-right Siet and the party representing the Hungarian minority, Most-HID. The majority controls 81 out of 150 seats in parliament. A confidence vote is supposed to be held within 30 days to confirm the new government.
Those who blame refugees and Muslims hide the role of the alliance between the West and the petrol-monarchies.
By Lorenzo Feltrin (Translation from Italian by Carlo Geromel)
As it is well known, terrorist attacks are a manna from heaven for fascists and other xenophobic forces who point to the massacres as a confirmation of their theses: migrants and Muslims are a threat that must be erased in one way or another…
