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World News
Euroviews. Authorities are using COVID-19 as a smokescreen to stifle the legitimate right to protest ǀ View
Measures that are rightly being put in place by governments to restrict the spread of COVID-19 are now being used as a means to put an end to our right to protest when they make poor decisions.
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Euroviews. ‘Down with Satire!’ How our right to freedom of expression is being eroded ǀ View
Freedom of expression - through satire, cartoons and so on - is being eroded by self-censorship. Despite it being a fundamental cornerstone of European culture, we are becoming afraid to be irreverent.
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Euroviews. David Miliband: It’s time the EU restarts and scales up refugee resettlement after COVID-19 ǀ View
Resettlement programmes were put on pause by coronavirus pandemic, leaving refugees heading to EU countries to start a new life in limbo. The EU's new Migration Pact needs to be more ambitious in what it can do for those needed sanctuary.
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Euroviews. The EU needs urgent reform. A strong Europe doesn't exist without flourishing member states ǀ View
The EU cannot be found at offices in Brussels, Luxembourg or Strasbourg but rather in the history and in the spirit of the peoples of which it is composed. If Europe rejects its nations, she will lose her soul.
Montenegro
Euroviews. With power within reach, this is what Montenegro's new coalition government needs to do first ǀ View
Montenegro's opposition is on the cusp on forging a historic coalition, ending nearly 30 years of rule by the country's Democratic Socialists. There is a lot on the agenda to turn the country around.
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Euroviews. It’s time the EU ended the cynical stalling game endangering lives in the Mediterranean ǀ View
Implementing a plan that reflects a shared responsibility among its member states is the only way the EU will end the deaths or indefinite languishing at sea of migrants crossing the Mediterranean for a better life.
United Kingdom
Euroviews. 'Grief must be witnessed': A time of national mourning for UK COVID-19 victims is overdue ǀ View
A nationwide day to remember those lost to COVID-19 six months after the UK’s first coronavirus death will take place on September 5. While national mourning has taken place in other countries, politics has put a stop to collective grieving.
Ireland
Euroviews. The EU Commission was wrong on Phil Hogan’s resignation. The damage may already be done ǀ View
Former Irish Taoiseach and former member of the EU Convention on the European Treaties, John Bruton contends the EU Commission made the wrong decision on Phil Hogan's resignation - with lasting implications for the future.
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Euroviews. The Baltics missed out this time but the long pursuit of US troops in the region will pay off ǀ View
The long-term pursuit of having US boots on the ground in the Baltic region has so far not borne fruit. But while Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania lost out to Poland in the latest round of US troop deployments, the overarching trend shows it may happen sooner rather than later.
Belarus
Euroviews. There is hope again in Belarus - even as Lukashenko muddies the election waters ǀ View
While the results of the presidential election in Belarus can be already be anticipated, the EU must be ready to be called on to mediate between the opposition and incumbent President Lukashenko, "Europe's last dictator."
Poland
Euroviews. As it battles COVID-19, Europe is being stalked by a shadow pandemic: domestic violence ǀ View
Plans for Poland to withdraw from the Istanbul Convention have brought to light the spiralling pandemic no one is talking about - the surge in domestic violence and dilution of women's rights.
United Kingdom
Euroviews. Nurses are in the COVID-19 pandemic front lines. They should be first in line for a pay rise ǀ View
The news that UK nurses will not be benefiting from a pay rise has angered many across the profession, one which has lost members to coronavirus and continues to fight the pandemic on the frontlines.
