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Poland
Euroviews. How a hashtag looks set to offer LGBTI people a #MeToo moment in Poland ǀ View
Two days ago, a young man called Tomasz tweeted a message suggesting that LGBTI people post photos of themselves “in school or work showing that we are the normal people whom you might meet anywhere: in the shop, on the street, the office”. He added the hashtag #jestemLGBT ("I am LGBT”).
United Kingdom
Euroviews. Fewer people are marrying but that won’t stop marriage being reinvented for a new generation ǀ View
This week, the new UK prime minister Boris Johnson will invite his girlfriend, Carrie Symonds, to live with him in Downing Street. If being live-in lovers is good enough for the PM, is it good enough for the rest of us?
Haiti
Euroviews. The UK has abandoned Haiti. The push for a “Global Britain” is an opportunity to make amends ǀ View
2020 will mark a decade since the earthquake that devastated the country’s infrastructure and set Haiti back a generation. Lest we forget, this earthquake was catastrophic. More people died in five minutes than during five years of conflict in Syria.
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United Kingdom
Euroviews. Johnson and Trump both need a victory abroad. Pacifying the Middle East is unlikely to be it ǀ View
For the sake of his political survival, Boris Johnson needs to make a mark on the world stage. Derided as a buffoon or worse, he is likely to look beyond Europe for a way to secure his legacy.
Russia
Euroviews. The chilling inaction on domestic violence in Russia is endangering women’s lives ǀ View
Russia has no domestic violence law and does not treat domestic violence as a stand-alone criminal offense. In a dramatic step back in 2017, certain forms of domestic violence were actually decriminalised.
Turkey
Euroviews. The need to hold the Turkish judiciary to account is stronger than ever ǀ View
Ekrem İmamoğlu’s election as Istanbul’s Metropolitan Mayor in June, following an increased margin of votes in a second poll, highlights the unfaltering determination of the Turkish people to live in a fully democratic state.
World News
Euroviews. Resource extraction, climate change and the right to live well ǀ View
Protecting the world’s remaining tropical forest cover from natural resource extraction is essential if the worst of climate change is to be avoided, and the rights of people who depend on those forests are to be respected.
United Kingdom
Euroviews. As a GP, I'm happy FaceApp is making us all think about old age - for once ǀ View
FaceApp has taken the world by storm in the last week, giving users the chance to see themselves age through its algorithm. [...] It turns out we are more interested in ageing than we realised.
Nigeria
Euroviews. Can Boris Johnson stop the slow murder of "Nigeria's Gandhi"? ǀ View
As Boris Johnson moves into Downing Street, his first priority will be to demonstrate Britain’s strength beyond Europe and its ability to survive and thrive after Brexit. The Commonwealth - Britain’s international bloc that Johnson hopes can rival the EU’s soft power - is a logical place to start.
United Kingdom
Euroviews. Will Boris Johnson be a unifying leader? Time will tell ǀ View
The UK sorely needs a unifying leader who can be a prime minister for all Brits. No stranger to controversy or even accusations of racism, Johnson will have his work cut out if he is going to create inclusion for all his citizens.
World News
Euroviews. We need an EU Commissioner for Children to protect the European dream ǀ View
Children are our most prized asset, yet around the world they still face poverty, trafficking, exploitation, bullying and discrimination even though the Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) is the most widely ratified of any of the human rights treaties.
France
Euroviews. Health worker strikes in Europe should not be ignored ǀ View
For the past three months, emergency departments across France have been hit by industrial action. Doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals working on the frontline of healthcare have walked out over concerns about patient safety and their working environments.
World News
Euroviews. Regardless of who the next UK Prime Minister is, Brexit is causing headaches for business ǀ View
In a week when the two candidates for the Tory leadership making their pitch to be the next prime minister said the so-called ‘backstop’ was now dead, business owners across the UK and the wider EU were still left scratching their heads about what exactly will happen October.
