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Malta
Euroviews. LGBTIQ+ communities are today valued members of Maltese society ǀ View
Among the LGBTIQ+ community there are persons who are either raising their own children, or who have adopted or fostered children. As a society, we have a responsibility to ensure that these children thrive and reach their full potential, like all other children.
World News
Euroviews. Ashura reminds us that Islam is an integral part of the Abrahamic tradition ǀ View
Many of the events that unite Judaism, Christianity and Islam are eclipsed by divisive or even downright racist rhetoric pushed out by the far-right. First amongst these events is Ashura, which falls today.
United Kingdom
Euroviews. Putting Facial Recognition Technology in the dock: How the use of FRT is impacting UK law ǀ View
In the first legal challenge of its kind anywhere in the world, the Court ruled that the South Wales Police use of live facial recognition technology (‘FRT’), which has been trialled since 2017 was lawful even though no specific FRT law was or is in existence.
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World News
Euroviews. Policymakers should better protect outdoor workers from the sun ǀ View
In Europe alone, 14.5 million workers spend at least 75 per cent of their working lives outdoors without adequate protection and are at greater risk of developing skin cancer. Yet this invisible risk is being vastly neglected.
Brazil
Euroviews. Sens. Schatz and Murphy: Trump won't act on Brazil's forest fires. Congress will ǀ View
For President Donald Trump, maintaining his personal friendship with Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro — another right-wing leader with authoritarian tendencies — is seemingly more important than leading the charge against the disaster unfolding in Brazil.
Germany
Euroviews. The EU’s Far Right surge is unstoppable if we don’t transform how our democracies work ǀ View
Germany, Europe’s biggest economy, could well be the first major industrial power to fall in a global recession, triggering a Far Right victory that could have a domino effect across the EU.
United Kingdom
Euroviews. Shipping containers are the tip of the iceberg. Homelessness in the UK is at epidemic levels ǀ View
Homelessness makes us uncomfortable - it challenges our assumptions about global inequality, as well as the viability of our own welfare states and governance, when we see large numbers of our fellow citizens living in conditions akin to refugee camps abroad.
United Kingdom
Euroviews. The rejection of a LGBT asylum seeker’s claim shows a rising intolerance in Brexit Britain ǀ View
The rejection of a LGBT asylum seeker's application by a UK judge because he didn't have a gay "demeanour" is the latest chapter in growing intolerance in Britain, unleashed in part by the Brexit debate.
Germany
Euroviews. Interpol, Freedom of Movement and EU Data Protection Laws - Policing the World’s Police ǀ View
There are real problems within Interpol’s independence and especially the ability of corrupt governments to target politicians and business people using the Interpol Red Notice system to request extradition.
Iran
Euroviews. Action must be taken to address new information on Iran’s breaches of nuclear accords ǀ View
There are strong indications that Tehran is in breach of its obligations. Documents seized from a warehouse in Tehran by Israel in January 2018 disclose a wealth of new information about Iran’s nuclear program that was previously unknown to the IAEA.
Latvia
Euroviews. Arms Trade Treaty offers hope as multi-lateral relations falter ǀ View
104 countries have now ratified the ATT, and they will meet this week in Geneva [...]. This annual meeting is the main mechanism for the implementation of the treaty, and sees states report on the progress of effective implementation, transparency and universalisation of the treaty.
