Jenny Hauser

World News

Is non-consensual sex rape? Most European countries say 'no'

While Spain is currently in the spotlight for its legal technicalities between sexual abuse and rape — it is not the only European country that does not recognise sex without consent as rape.

2 May 2018

World News

Facebook's new match-making service wants to build 'meaningful relationships'

New dating features on Facebook are coming soon. In the aftermath of the data breach scandal, will users sign themselves up?

1 May 2018

Germany

Crosses ordered onto walls of all Bavarian government buildings

Religious symbol or cultural identity? A new law that instruct government buildings in Bavaria to display the cross has sparked controversy.

24 April 2018

World News

Greatest anti-democratic backlash in eastern Europe since mid-90s, report

A project measuring the health of democracy in eastern European countries has logged the most year-on-year decline in scores across the region in 23 years.

11 April 2018

Israel

Israel defence minister says sniper filmed shooting Palestinian ‘deserves medal’

A video shared widely on social media showing Israeli soldiers cheering as one of them shoots an apparently unarmed man in Gaza has sparked a public outcry.

10 April 2018

Germany

'Too many’ migrants in your neighbourhood, who you gonna call?

Skeptical of multi-culturalism in Germany? Feel let down by mainstream politics on the issue of immigrants? Ali Can, founder of the ‘concerned citizens hotline’, wants to talk.

9 April 2018

World News

Yulia Skripal issues statement on her recovery from the nerve agent attack

Yulia Skripal has issued her first statement from the hospital in Salisbury, England, saying that her "strength is growing daily".

5 April 2018

Ireland

Protesters rally across Ireland over handling of high-profile rape trial

A high-profile rape trial involving two Ireland rugby players has brought thousands out on to the streets across Ireland to protest the handling of the case and inspired a new 'I belive her' campaign.

29 March 2018

France

France supermarket terror: What we know

Death toll rises to four after a gunman went on a shooting spree in the southern French towns of Carcassonne and Trèbes on Friday.

23 March 2018

USA

Facebook suspends account of Trump campaign's political data firm

Cambridge Analytica has responded saying none of the acquired data had been used in the 2016 US election.

17 March 2018

Ireland

Irish brave chilly temperatures for St Patrick's Day

'Beast from the East 2.0' is visiting Ireland for St Patrick's Day. But that's no reason to stay indoors.

17 March 2018