Ethnic minorities

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia holds local elections just days after deadly floods

Bosnia and Herzegovina held local elections on Sunday for both cities and municipal councils, just days after flooding killed at least 16 people.

06/10/2024

Europe News

Does the European Commission match its own diversity goals?

Only one of the Commissioner nominees has an ethnically diverse background.

07/09/2024

World News

Rwanda remembers genocide 30 years on in ceremony

World leaders around the world have marked the anniversary of the genocide of the Tutsi ethnic minority.

07/04/2024

Ukraine

Siberian Battalion: Who are the Russians fighting for Ukraine?

The newly-formed "Siberian Battalion" is made up of Russians who have come to fight against their fellow citizens.

18/12/2023

Sweden

Sweden ordered to apologise to Tornedalian minority for abuses

A Truth and Reconciliation Commission has made a series of recommendations of how to strengthen the Tornedalian culture and language.

16/11/2023

Russia

Euroviews. Russia's multiculturalism claims are a front for colonialist policies

In today's Russia, Putin’s policies — obscured by quotes of one nation "united by a common destiny" — are feudal and assimilationist, Aleksandar Đokić writes.

17/08/2023

Kosovo

Kosovo shuts border with Serbia amid worst crisis in years

The US has called on all sides to "exercise maximum restraint".

28/12/2022

Kosovo

Ethnic violence flares up as Serbs barricade roads in Kosovo

Overnight there was an exchange of fire between Serbs and the police amid mounting tensions in Kosovo.

10/12/2022

Kosovo

Serb MPs and police resign en masse in Kosovo amid licence plate spat

Ethnic Serbs resigned from their posts to protest a rule change on vehicle registration plates, which has sparked volatile questions around sovereignty.

05/11/2022

China

UN report slams China for 'torture and sexual violence' in Xinjiang

The Chinese government had tried to block the release of the report, which was finally published a few moments before the end of the term in office of human rights chief Michelle Bachelet.

01/09/2022

Bulgaria

Euroviews. The Bulgarian government must make the UN torture report public | View

This week the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture raised concerns about the treatment of migrant children in Bulgarian detention centres. But the report will stay confidential - unless Sofia decides otherwise. Not good enough, says UN expert advisor Iveta Cherneva

11/11/2021

Scenes

Meet the man who’s aiming to change the face of aviation

In partnership with Media City

“I wanted to change the thought process that you can't do something because you're not represented, I want the young people to be the representation that they seek.”

18/10/2021

Netherlands

Dutch activists lose ethnic profiling case but vow to appeal

The Hague District Court ruled that ethnicity can be one of the criteria for singling out passengers, but not the only one.

22/09/2021

USA

US becoming more diverse, new census data shows

The proportion of white people went from just over 63% in 2010 to just under 58%, the lowest on record.

13/08/2021

United Kingdom

English study of 17 million finds minorities at higher risk from COVID

The largest study of its kind confirmed minority ethnic groups in England had a higher risk of testing positive for coronavirus, as well as hospitalisation, admission to intensive care, and death.

01/05/2021

Climate

The dangers of eco-fascism and why it’s a ‘veneer for racist beliefs’

Francisca Rockey on how ordinary people are unknowingly contributing to the growing manifestation of modern eco-fascism.

21/03/2021

United Kingdom

Ethnic minorities over-80 less likely to get COVID-19 vaccine in UK

New research shows that BAME communities are less likely to get vaccinated than white people, especially those aged 80 and above in the UK. But what are the underlying reasons for this low vaccine uptake and what efforts have been made to improve it?

17/02/2021

United Kingdom

UK churches combat covid vaccine mistrust

Church groups in the UK launch a campaign to combat mistrust and increase covid vaccine take-up in black and minority ethnic communities

07/02/2021

Ethiopia

More than 100 killed in latest ethnic massacre in Ethiopia

The attack in Metekel zone of Benishangul-Gumuz region occurred a day after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed visited the region and spoke about the need to end such massacres.

23/12/2020

Europe News

EU lawmakers debate rights and protections of ethnic minorities

MEPs discussed the topics of minority languages and cultures that are spread out across the continent.

14/10/2020