Minorities

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

World News

Euroviews. In 2024 elections, we have to act against AI-aggravated bias

Journalists must give a voice to the underrepresented and underprivileged communities at the receiving end of much of the misinformation that drives polarising narratives and undermines trust in democracy itself, Meera Selva writes.

07/12/2023

Tech News

Euroviews. Can emerging AI strategies protect vulnerable groups?

Algorithms mirror the society that created them, posing the logic that in order to address specific challenges legislation should reflect the society, not just the algorithms themselves, Yonah Welker writes.

22/11/2023

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

Culture news

Drag, zhoosh, troll: did you know you're speaking Polari?

Spoken mostly by gay men this language is a victim of progress, but some words have survived.

09/12/2022

My Europe Series

In Rome's progressive quarter, Meloni's win causes anger and concern

Having Meloni in power — together with her coalition partners, Lega’s Matteo Salvini and Forza Italia’s Silvio Berlusconi — has made people who lean away from conservative ideas both worried and angry.

27/09/2022

Culture news

New film celebrates Charlie Chaplin's Romani background

Friday, April 8 is International Romani Day. As Roma advocacy groups raise the alarm over discrimination on the Ukrainian border, Euronews looks back at a surprising cultural icon who had a stark message on the treatment of minorities in his own time.

08/04/2022

Lifestyle

Meet the Turkish winemaker taking risks to restore Assyrian culture

Assyrian winemaker Yuhanna Aktas is bringing the Turkish Mardin province's wine-growing traditions back to life.

04/11/2021

Sweden

Foreign-born citizens less likely to be vaccinated in Sweden & Norway

Official statistics show that foreign-born citizens elderly citizens in Sweden and Norway are much less likely to have received a COVID-19 vaccine.

12/05/2021

No Comment

Uyghur protest in Istanbul to mark visit of China's foreign minister

Uyghur community members in Istanbul gather to protest the visit of the Chinese foreign minister to Turkey.

25/03/2021

Europe News

Cuban activists blocked from attending EU meeting

Cuban activists who made it to Brussels called on the EU to put pressure on Cuba to respect human rights.

07/02/2020

France

Coronavirus: France faces 'epidemic' of anti-Asian racism

Young French-Asians say they are facing an 'epidemic' of racism in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak

03/02/2020

India

Why is India's new citizenship law sparking protests?

Euronews looks at the bill and the controversies surrounding it as protests rage in the South Asian nation.

12/12/2019

World News

Is Europe doing enough for its indigenous peoples? | Euronews answers

On the occasion of the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples (August 9), Euronews looks at the situation of Europe's indigenous communities, from Scandinavia's Samis to Greenland’s Inuits.

09/08/2019

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.

23/07/2019

World News

'Stark differences' in East, West Europe towards minorities: report

People in Central and Eastern Europe are less accepting of Muslims, Jews, same-sex marriage, and legal abortion, a Pew Research Center survey has found.

30/10/2018

Europe News

Citizen campaign to protect minorities secures debate in EU parliament

More than a million people sign-up to initiative calling for common EU standards for national and linguistic minorities

04/04/2018

World News

Euroviews. OECD: Probe Colombia's inaction on indigenous hunger crisis | View

Colombia must tackle dire malnutrition among its largest indigenous group, the Wayuu, if it wants to join the OECD, writes a researcher for Human Rights Watch.

20/03/2018

Serbia

Serbia's lesbian PM joins Belgrade Pride Parade

Campaigners have described the event as a test of the conservative Balkan state's rights record as it seeks to join the European Union.

17/09/2017

Myanmar

Amnesty accuses Myanmar of Rohingya "ethnic cleansing"

The human rights group has released "irrefutable evidence of an targeted campaign" to push Rohingya people of of Myanmar

15/09/2017