Brussels, My Love?

Brussels, my love? Transparency over MEPs' side jobs

In this edition, we look at what lawmakers' extracurricular activities mean for their core role.

18/05/2024

Lifestyle

'We belong': LGBTQ community finds haven in Kosovo's Bubble Pub

As the sun rises over Kosovo’s Pristina, the call to Muslim morning prayer from tens of minarets echoes through the city, just as the last call sees patrons at the capital's first and only LGBT bar Bubble Pub wrap up an evening of socialising and partying.

30/11/2023

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Watch: 'We are all equal': Thousands take to Rio's streets for Pride

Participants at the 28th edition of the Gay Pride Parade along Brazil's Copacabana beach spoke of the need for respect as equals after years of government prohibiting the rights of the LGBTQA+ community.

20/11/2023

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WATCH: Hundreds attend Belgrade's Pride march in Serbia

The participants of the march on Saturday held banners reading “We Are Not Even Close” - referring to the current status of the gay population is Serbia.

10/09/2023

Culture news

Culture Re-view: History is made with the first ever Gay Games

On this day in 1982, the first ever Gay Games kicked off in San Francisco, with the goal to promote the acceptance and inclusion of LGBT+ athletes in the sporting world.

28/08/2023

Culture news

Amsterdam opens trailblazing skatepark for LGBTQ and women

Despite its image as an alternative sport for baggy-pantsed rebels, in Amsterdam, a unique skatepark is one of the first in the world to offer a safe space for LGBTQ skateboarders.

15/08/2023

Travel News

Meet the founder of the first-ever lesbian travel company

“When we first started in the industry, they didn't want to charter to us. And now we're one of the largest charters in the world,” says the founder of Olivia Travel.

14/08/2023

Hungary

Thousands march at Budapest Pride as Hungary enforces restrictive laws

Thousands of participants of the Budapest Pride march wound through the streets of the Hungarian capital on Saturday – with many voicing their anxiety over the increasing pressure on the LGBTQ+ community from the country's right-wing government.

15/07/2023

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WATCH: Madrid celebrates Pride three weeks before the elections

Thousands of people filled Madrid streets to demonstrate and enjoy Pride 2023 in the Spanish capital.

02/07/2023

United Kingdom

Just Stop Oil disrupts London Pride over ‘high-polluting’ sponsors

Just Stop Oil protesters interrupted London’s Pride March in protest over sponsorship from “high-polluting industries”. A number of protesters were arrested after blocking the road in front of a Coca-Cola truck.

02/07/2023

Lithuania

In pictures: Vilnius Pride 2023

Here are some of the best photos from Lithuania's biggest LGBT+ event.

02/07/2023

Lithuania

'We celebrate love': Lithuania's Pride defies counterprotests

"Open your heart because we all deserve love and the same rights,” one demonstrator told Euronews.

01/07/2023

Culture news

How has Pride and LGBTQ culture changed our lives?

Euronews Culture takes a look at the queer cultural practices and linguistic traditions which have influenced our everyday ways of living, speaking, and thinking.

30/06/2023

United Kingdom

Pride month support: Most people think big brands are 'not sincere'

The phenomenon is known as pink-washing, when companies or brands seem attentive to LGBTQ+ issues during Pride, but they're not for the rest of the year.

27/06/2023

World News

Rome holds Pride parade amid backdrop of Meloni government crackdown

Rome’s annual LGBTQ+ Pride parade wound its way through the Italian capital on Saturday, providing a colourful counterpoint to the national government’s crackdown on surrogate pregnancies and same-sex parents.

11/06/2023

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Watch: Thousands of Israelis celebrate Pride in Jerusalem

It is the first time that Pride has been held under the hard-right government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

02/06/2023

Culture news

Gay Days kicks off in Florida amid anti-LGBTQ+ legislation

Gay Days will see LGBTQ+ celebrations at Disney and venues across Orlando in the midst of Governor Ron DeSantis' sweeping anti-gay legislation

02/06/2023

Culture news

Target removes some LGBTQ+ Pride merchandise amid threats

Target, which has nearly 2,000 stores across the country, said it wants to protect employees from harm. Critics argue it sends the wrong message.

24/05/2023

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Pride flags in Chile as country celebrates its new Diversity Day

Pride flags wave in the streets of Chile as the country approves its new National Diversity Day

20/11/2022

Serbia

Karen Melchior: “Discrimination of minorities: the canaries in the coal mine of democracy”

Karen Melchior is a Member of the European Parliament (Renew Europe) from Denmark, and member of the European Parliament’s LGBTI Intergroup. Speaking to euronews reporter Valérie Gauriat at Belgrade’s EuroPride this september.

30/09/2022