Civil Georgia - voxeurop.eu
Civil Georgia is a free daily news website. Founded in 2001, it published news stories and analytical articles on Georgia's political and social life in Georgian, English, and Russian. It is run by Georgian NGO UN Association of Georgia.
2024 in Europe, as seen by press cartoonists around the world
Oct 10, 2024 · Created in 2019 by the European Press Prize and Studio Europa Maastricht following the New York Times announcement that they would stop publishing press cartoons, the European Cartoon Award is designed to reward "courage and quality in the field of cartooning and foster conversation on the topic of Europe". These are two objectives that are at the heart of Voxeurop's mission.
Forest abandonment and poor management threaten Europe’s …
Nov 21, 2024 · The condition of Europe's forests has been deteriorating, as the European Union itself concluded in a 2021 study.The strategy for 2021-2030, based on the European Green Deal, aims to improve the quantity and quality of Europe's forests and make them more resilient to the "uncertainty of climate change". Carbon neutrality, which Brussels aims to achieve by 2050, is a key element in this process.
The three horsemen of social media: brain rot, anxiety and foreign ...
Dec 10, 2024 · On a similar front, for France Inter, Victor Dhollande reports that depression rates have risen sharply among young people in France since the first Covid lockdowns. "41% of students have depressive symptoms (compared with 26 percent before Covid). That's an increase of 15 points in just four years. Over the same period, suicidal thoughts among 18-24 year-olds have risen from 21% to 29%.
A shockwave in Syria - voxeurop.eu
Dec 10, 2024 · So ends more than fifty years of dictatorship in Syria.On Sunday 8 December, an armed coalition led by Abu Mohammad al-Julani's Islamist group Hay'at Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS) stormed the capital, Damascus, after a lightning offensive.Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who inherited power from his father and whose regime was known for its brutality and corruption, promptly fled the country.
Elections in Georgia and Moldova: where does Europe end?
Oct 15, 2024 · In Georgia, the situation is more complex.In recent months, the positions of the government and the opposition parties have hardened. The ruling party, Georgian Dream (KO), is being manipulated in an increasingly secretive manner by the party’s founder and the country's richest man (his fortune is estimated to represent almost …
Hans Kundnani: ‘A powerful Europe doesn’t have to be a great …
Jul 2, 2024 · Hans Kundnani is an associate fellow in the Europe programme at the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) in London and a visiting fellow at The Remarque Institute of New York University. He’s the author of Utopia or Auschwitz.Germany’s 1968 Generation and the Holocaust, The Paradox of German Power and Eurowhiteness.Culture, Empire and Race in the European Project.
Migration in Europe: Planning for tomorrow's crises
Dec 3, 2024 · More conflict, more movement. 59 armed conflicts in 34 countries: 2023 was one of the most violent years ever, according to a study by the Oslo Peace Research Institute. War in Ukraine, in Gaza, in Sudan: the more conflicts there are and the more they get bogged down, the greater the chances of new waves of migrants heading for Europe.And that's without counting global warming, which will ...
Fleeing war, finding exploitation: Ukraine’s refugees in Europe
Sep 4, 2024 · Russia's 2022 all-out invasion of Ukraine sparked Europe's largest post-WWII exodus. Two years on, 10 million Ukrainians remain displaced, with 6 million refugees in Europe, according to UNHCR estimates.The long-dormant Temporary Protection Directive, activated for the first time, granted Ukrainian refugees swift access to residence permits, labour markets, housing and social safety nets ...
Novaya Gazeta Europe - Voxeurop
Novaya Gazeta Europe is an independent Russian newspaper founded in April 2022, following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine six weeks earlier and the subsequent introduction of wartime censorship that forced most of Novaya Gazeta’s editors and journalists to leave the country. From exile, it seeks to continue the legacy of Novaya Gazeta, which has been one of the most trusted names in Russian ...