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Euroviews. We need better representation of female role models to smash through the glass ceiling ǀ View

We must recognise the importance of visibility of successful women and how they are represented in both the media and the broader cultural conversation. We all have a duty to contribute towards driving that change.

Saudi Arabia

Euroviews. Saudi Arabia’s clear response to the coronavirus outbreak is in stark contrast to the West ǀ View

Saudi Arabia’s bold, swift response to COVID-19 is a lesson to western countries, and means that there are - so far - minimal cases and only one death in the country.

USA

Euroviews. Trump coronavirus failures should cost him re-election. They won't if Democrats play too nice ǀ View

The US president's egregious actions should have consequences for him in November. That requires liberals to loudly contradict the narrative he's constructed.

United Kingdom

Euroviews. Boris Johnson’s coronavirus lockdown restrictions don’t go far enough to contain its spread ǀ View

The prime minister will now need to elaborate further on what practical steps his government plans to implement to tackle this pandemic. I fear that his current restrictions are lacking any concrete steps for how he hopes to achieve them.

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Iran

Euroviews. Sanctions are not the enemy of Iran’s public health as coronavirus grips - its regime is ǀ View

The spread of COVID-19 has caused governments worldwide to mobilise in the face of this emergency. Countries have implemented emergency measures to protect their citizens and shown solidarity by providing supplies where appropriate. One nation is an obvious outlier to this sentiment - Iran.

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Euroviews. It’s not too late for Europe and the US to learn lessons from Asia to fight COVID-19 ǀ View

Despite claims by some US officials that it is too late to learn from Asia, policies in Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan show what rapid and effective prevention can look like.

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Euroviews. Coronavirus could lead to a sustainable society better equipped to tackle future problems ǀ View

A sustainable society is an inherently resilient society with a broad-based economy, making it much better equipped to face a pandemic threat than a globalised, grow-forever consumer society.

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Euroviews. Love in the time of coronavirus: why our lives in crisis should foster empathy for refugees ǀ View

At present, being in exile from my homeland of Canada (which has virtually shut its borders), feeling cut off from my loved ones overseas, gripped by anxiety for their well-being as well as my own, I have a new and visceral appreciation for the experiences of people caught up in catastrophes.

United Kingdom

Euroviews. The $4 billion dollar question: how do you deal with soaring cyptocurrency crime? ǀ View

Cryptocurrency crime accounted for more than $4.3 billion (€3.9 billion) in 2019. There are grounds for optimism but many more causes for concern regarding the rise of this kind of financial crime.

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Euroviews. Globalisation is no longer business as usual. Coronavirus has changed how the world works ǀ View

This virus has created mayhem the world over, threatening to topple globalisation itself, the organising system of free markets, free trade, free financial flows and free movement of people that has been dominating the planet since the end of the Cold War.

Iran

Euroviews. Punishing sanctions against Iran are turning the coronavirus pandemic into a massacre ǀ View

Hundreds of lives have been lost because of the sanctions that not only mean it is often impossible to get basic medicines but that a Coronavirus app, launched by the Iranian government to assist vulnerable citizens, was recently pulled by Google from its app store.

United Kingdom

Euroviews. Innocence is the first victim when UK police are forced to seize assets to fund themselves ǀ View

Due to years of budget cuts, police in the UK are forced to self-fund their operations. Less widely reported s the fact that this is through the seizing of cash and assets, often from law-abiding people.

Hungary

Euroviews. Hungarians should be rising to the challenge of the coronavirus outbreak in spite of Orbán ǀ View

The Orbán government's response to the coronavirus outbreak is not surprising given its track record over the last decade. But now is the time for Hungarians to seize the moment and take matters into their own hands.

USA

Euroviews. This high-tech way to try to slow the coronavirus spread has low-tech problems ǀ View

As federal, state and local governments increasingly contemplate big tech and mass surveillance as a tool to combat the spread of the deadly virus, we must guard against surveillance opportunists who will endanger public health and the health of our democracy.

France

Euroviews. Life on coronavirus lockdown with an autistic child ǀ View

One in 150 people have an Autism Spectrum Disorder in France and places in specialised schools are hard to get so for some parents, the lockdown and home-schooling is just "our normal".

USA

Euroviews. Trump's 'Chinese Virus' racism isn't accidental — making it all the more stupid ǀ View

Somewhere right now, a team of great people is working on a vaccine. It's likely this team is made up of men and women from diverse backgrounds — including Asian Americans. And when this team has that breakthrough, the people using it won't care if it came from a person of color or an immigrant.

Iran

Euroviews. Hossein Dehghani: Coronavirus, US unilateral sanctions and Iranian People’s Right to Life ǀ View

Iran is the third most severely hit country in the world after China and Italy, yet the latter two, face none of the predicaments that Iran has found itself in.

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Euroviews. EU leaders need to be communicating a shared vision to get us through the coronavirus crisis ǀ View

The role of the European institutions has been seriously questioned during the past two weeks. As a passionate European, this hurts to see. Despite the efforts of the European Commission to help and to intervene in the crisis, member states have decided rather to take a national approach.

United Kingdom

Euroviews. The levy to fight financial crime in the UK could prove a breaking point for regulated firms ǀ View

Why it should be the businesses in the regulated sector rather than the state that should have to fund the fight against financial crime? These businesses are the gatekeepers to a financial and economic system that is open to abuse by money launderers and terrorist financiers.

World News

Euroviews. The EU must seize this chance to deliver a fairer and more sustainable food system ǀ View

We have been farming and fishing - and consuming - as though everything will be fine. This clearly needs to stop. We must decide upon what is necessary in order to achieve a truly sustainable food system.