Category: EU Reporter

Italy’s outgoing government adopted a new plan for LGBTI rights before handing over the rule to a right-wing government which had promised to be socially conservative. The LGBTI strategy aims to fight discrimination at schools, hospitals, prisons, sports clubs and the workplace. It recommends LGBTI awareness courses for teachers, doctors, police officers and prison guards. […]

A UN human rights body passed a motion on Friday to appoint an independent expert on alleged human rights abuses in Russia. It is the first time that the Human Rights Council has set up a special rapporteur to examine a security council member. Almost 50 countries brought the motion including the US and all […]

This year’s Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded on Friday to jailed human rights advocate Ales Bialiatski from Belarus, human rights organisation Memorial, which aimed to preserve the memory of the victims of Communist regime in Russia and the Center for Civil Liberties in Ukraine, documenting war crimes committed by Russian in Ukraine. Belarusian security […]

Speaking at arrival in Prague, Estonian premier Kaja Kallas said countries should be “very cautious” admitting Russian draft dodgers. Although the 1951 UN Refugee Convention is supposed also to cover draft evaders, Kallas warned it could fuel Russian “imperialism.” “If the minority grows large enough Russia could us it as an excuse to “liberate” them,” […]

Sputnik and Russia Today can be accessed from any computer via a virtual private network. The problem is that the European Court of Justice is deciding what we — as European citizens — should have access to.

While Europe is weaning itself off Russian fossil fuels, its nuclear sector is still heavily dependent on Russia, importing over €200m of uranium annually. But when the EU adopts a new sanctions on Friday, nuclear energy will again be absent.

The elections in Bosnia are famously complicated, and last-minute changes to election laws made by the High Representative Christian Schmidt, did not make matters any simpler — and divided analysts, activists and the international community.

Dozens of European leaders have met in Prague Castle to showcase Russia’s pariah status beyond EU capitals.

The grievances are expected flare up on Friday, during the more intimate meeting of the 27 EU leaders, when German chancellor Olaf Scholz is scheduled to lay out his plan in detail.

The European Commission will present its roadmap to reduce gas prices to member states during an informal summit in Prague. The plan includes a price cap on gas used to generate electricity, but experts point out a variety of risks.