Amsterdam’s red light district relocation proposal sparks concerns
The Amsterdam City Council has put forward a proposal to set up a large new erotica centre, relocating the city's infamous red light district.The planned...
Nationwide strikes continue to cause serious disruptions in France
Demonstrators once again took to the streets of France on Wednesday decrying President Emmanuel Macron's proposal to raise the minimum retirement age from 62 to...
Denmark, the first country to import CO2 and bury it undersea
Denmark inaugurates on Wednesday a project to store carbon dioxide 1,800 metres beneath the North Sea, the first country in the world to bury CO2...
‘Dark day for Georgia’s democracy’: Mass protests over foreign agent law
Georgians protested against a controversial foreign agent law on Tuesday that some claimed will stifle freedoms in the country. Riot police used tear gas and water...
Husband in Spain ordered to pay Є200,000 to ex-wife for domestic labour
A Spanish judge in the town of Velez-Malaga in Malaga, Andalusia, has recognised that a divorced woman should be compensated with Є204,624.86 as compensation for...
‘A silent epidemic’: Have murders of women increased in Europe?
Gender-based violence has been dubbed a 'silent epidemic' that affects women all across Europe. According to EU statistics, one in three women from the age of...
Two Americans found dead after violent Mexico kidnapping
Two of the four Americans kidnapped by a Mexican drug cartel last week have been found dead. The two survivors are now back on US...
Women are disproportionately harmed by the fossil fuel industry. This has to change
Today is International Women’s Day, and just like every year in recent times, fossil fuel companies will exploit this day to advertise their career options...
Helping Spain’s forgotten victims in the fight against gender violence
2023 is off to a dramatic start in Spain with ten women so far victims of gender-based violence.Joshua Alonso lost his mother six years ago...
Ursula von der Leyen in Canada for talks on renewable energy and Ukraine aid
On her visit to Canada, the European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, addressed the Canadian parliament as part of her charm offensive across the Atlantic....