Gender-based violence and feminism in Romania, a 20-year struggle
Aug 31, 2023 · A 2016 study that surveyed gender-based violence across European Union member states revealed that 55 percent of Romanians, both men and women, consider non-consenual sexual contact justified in certain situations. For 30 percent of these respondents, rape was justified when the woman was in a group that had used drugs and alcohol, while for 25 percent, dressing “provocatively” could ...
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 ...
La Repubblica - Voxeurop
Considered the newspaper of Italy’s intellectual and financial elite, La Repubblica was founded in 1976. With clear sympathies for the Democratic Party, it is the bugbear of Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi. Owned by industrialist Carlo De Benedetti’s L’Espresso group, La Repubblica is famous for writers such as Umberto Eco, Giorgio…
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Absorbing carbon and other greenhouse gases is one of the most essential functions of a forest. But in the last 20 years, some areas of European forest have not been able to fulfil this role, and are releasing more carbon than they are absorbing. This …
What happens to the thousands of kids who disappear every year
Jan 20, 2020 · Various forms of abuse, violence, neglect, family disputes, and poverty all account for over one thousand children going missing every year in Europe. A new development is the increasing number who disappear down migration paths.
A map of gun ownership in Europe - Voxeurop
Jun 16, 2016 · Every time a mass shooting takes place somewhere in the world, and especially in the United States, like the recent attack in Orlando, Florida, the media – rightly – points the finger on the weapon’s availability in the US.. If the gun possession in the United States is the highest in the world, with 88.8 weapons for every 100 inhabitants (the …
European Voice - Voxeurop
Founded in 1995 by The Economist, European Voice is a Brussels-based weekly covering European affairs and EU institutions. It considers itself an independent paper whose "mission is to promote informed debate, openness and progress in the EU" and which, it says, "has become essential reading for the EU regulatory and political affairs communities – Europe's most important decision-makers".
Kommersant - Voxeurop
Founded in 1909 and later banned by the Bolsheviks in 1919, Kommersant was relaunched in 1990 first as a weekly and shortly after as a daily. The self-styled “Westernised" business newspaper is one of the leading titles of the Moscow press. Kommersant has exercised a significant influence on journalism in…
Faruk Šehić – Voxeurop
Faruk Šehić was born in Bihać in 1970 and studied Literature after the Bosnian war. He is a freelance writer living in Sarajevo. His publications include the novel Knjiga o Uni (2011), for which he received the European Union Prize for Literature in 2013, and the short story collection Pod pritiskom (2004), which was also published in English translation in 2019.
Polska The Times - Voxeurop
Polska The Times is the merger of several regional dailies published by the Polskapresse group, which in 2007 were centralised to a single Warsaw editorial office to form a nationwide title. It is published in collaboration with The Times, carrying the London daily's logo and publishing articles in Polish translation.