Entries from Byline Portal tagged with 'Europe'
German Schools Struggle with Wave of Immigrants
by Katja Irle, Der Spiegel, Germany - Germany is experiencing a well-documented boom in immigrants from countries hard-hit by the euro crisis. Less visible, however, are their children. They rarely have any knowledge of German, and schools are struggling to...
Marseille, Europe’s New Cultural Capital, Seeks to Shed Its Shady Image
by Charlène Pelé, France 24, France - As Marseille takes the baton as European Capital of Culture 2013, it is hoping its full programme of arts and entertainment events will reshape traditional – and less savoury – perceptions of the...
European Court Sets Limits on Religious Liberty
by Naomi Conrad, Deutsche Welt, Germany - The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that religious freedom applies in the workplace, so long as it doesn’t infringe on the rights of others. But the member states have been left...
How Populism Grew Its Roots in the Netherlands
by Yvonne Zonderop, openDemocracy, UK - As politics and elite behaviour move away from consensus and inclusion, Geert Wilders has been able to capitalise on the social compartmentalisation that characterises the modern Netherlands....
The Neets, a Generation in Need
by Fleur de Weerd, Trouw, The Netherlands - Fourteen million European young people are neither working nor in school. Their number is growing because of the economic crisis, with disparities according to the countries. Sociologists worry of the social and...
Sanctions Are Pushing Iran towards Nuclear Talks, Just Not US Sanctions
by Heidi Moore, Guardian, UK - Sanctions against Iran are working but you won't have heard that at the presidential debate – because the US has Europe to thank....
Why Turkey Can’t Lead a Ban on Islamophobia
by Barcin Yinanc, Hurriyet Daily, Turkey - Every time Turks tried to talk about freedom of expression being abused against Muslims, they hit the wall as Europeans told them: “freedom of expression is a core right!”...
Thousands March in Paris against 'Austerity'
by Rachel Holman, France 24, France - Chanting "resistance", demonstrators took to the streets of Paris on Sunday to protest against austerity policies and Europe’s new budget treaty, in the first major demonstration since President François Hollande took power four...
Their Europe Is Ours Too
by Cláudia Carvalho, Público, Portugal - What is our Europe like? How do we see it? How do we experience it? We all live in the same space, but without seeing it in the same way: an observation demonstrated by...
The Roma Who Live and Beg on the Streets of Paris
by Charlotte Boitiaux, France 24, France - France’s Socialist government on Wednesday announced new measures to help the Roma (Gypsy) community, notably by expanding their access to legal employment. Meanwhile, many of the country’s Roma continue to set up house...
Between East and West, a Gulf of Stereotypes
by Rasa Navickaité, IQ, Lithuania - The far right’s hatred for immigrants who do not respect Western values has switched target. After September 11, Islam and Muslims became the scapegoats for all the ills of society; today, it’s the eastern...
City at Heart of Jewish Deportations Confronts Past
by Catherine Nicholson & Andrea Davoust, France 24, France - Despite a poll suggesting a shocking lack of knowledge about the WWII round-up of Jews being commemorated Sunday, cities like the Parisian suburb of Drancy, which housed an infamous deportation...
Refugees Outnumber Locals in German Village
by Anna Kistner, Der Spiegel, Germany - The tiny southern German village of Schöllnstein is a microcosm of what happens when two worlds collide. Outnumbered by an influx of asylum seekers, locals are struggling to cope. And although the foreigners...
While Europe Seems to Be Unravelling, a Newspaper Tries to Keep It Together
by Carmen Paun, European Journalism Centre, The Netherlands - Who wants to launch a newspaper at a time when advertising revenues are increasingly migrating online and print journalists need to learn multimedia skills to keep their jobs? At a time...
The Gypsy in Me
by Cristiana Grigore, International Herald Tribune, France - I am Roma, but for many years I denied my origins for fear of being called a Gypsy. I grew up in Romania, where one meaning of tigan — tzigane, Zigeuner, cigány,...
Dimitris Dimitriadis — “Living in the Light of a Dead Star”
by Fabienne Darge, Le Monde, France - The multifaceted crisis that has struck Greece is the result of several centuries of decadence marked by the deterioration of the state and the loss of a sense of morality, argues Dimitris Dimitriadis....
Regional Human Rights Violations Raise Concerns
by Linda Karadaku, Southeast European Times, Bosnia - Amnesty International's 50th report on human rights, released last week, notes that the region still is rife with gender, sex and ethnic discrimination, and that some governments are doing too little to...
Europe’s New Soft Right Is Winning
by Katrine Kielos, Aftonbladet, Sweden - Triumphant a decade ago, today social democrats have been voted out office in most European countries — a change that is due to a lack of new proposals, but also and more importantly to...
Greeks Cast Ballots against Austerity
by Julia Amalia Heyer, Der Spiegel, Germany - Frustrated Greek voters on Sunday punished the country's two biggest parties. The vote represents a protest against draconian austerity and the massive influence the EU and IMF are having on the country....
European Refugees Meet Austerity-Era Hostility
by Claudia Ciobanu, IPS, Italy - As the economic slump drags on in Europe, refugees and immigrants are keeping a wary eye on state budgets, as governments in the throes of austerity slash the social protections and public services that...
Indignado Generation Finds Happiness Abroad
by Aleksandra Lipczak, Polityka, Poland - Thousands of young people, often educated, are leaving Portugal and Spain. Europe doesn’t need them while Africa and South America receive them with open arms....
Europe’s Welfare States Aren’t Protecting Their Citizens from Harm
by Paulina Neuding, Daily Star, Lebanon - We may not know much about Merah, but we are, unfortunately, increasingly well acquainted with this imported form of anti-Semitism, which is proving to be extremely difficult for European societies to confront. No...
Europe's Youngest State: No Work, No Way out, No Country for Young People
by Mary Fitzgerald, Irish Times, Ireland - Unemployment in Kosovo is at 45 per cent overall, and its population is the youngest in Europe. With no chances to travel and few opportunities at home, what hope is there for the...
Our Lost and Found Memories of Vimy Ridge
by Jane Urquhart, Globe and Mail, Canada - Vimy, as far as I could remember, had received short shrift during my history teacher’s brief foray into the role of the British Expeditionary Force in the First World War....
Europe's Pain Is Coming America's Way
by Frida Ghitis, CNN, USA - It's a good bet that just as Europe has come up against the reality that deficits cannot grow forever, so too will America. Investors, who have taken losses in the European debacle, will start...
Emigration – a Beautiful Mirage
by Patrícia Carvalho, Público, Portugal - Along with a lost generation of young people in low-paid and insecure jobs, the crisis is now pushing couples with families to seek work elsewhere in Europe. Unfortunately, arriving in foreign countries ill-prepared, not...
Europe Deals Arms While Defending Rights
by Judy Dempsey, New York Times, USA - Two new reports show that European companies and governments are seeking markets for their weapons outside Europe more eagerly than ever. Not all these markets are in stable, conflict-free, democratic countries. This...
Bridge Southern Europe and the Mediterranean
by Robin Niblett and Claire Spencer, InDepthNews, Canada - The Mediterranean stands as a dividing line between a prosperous Europe and a poor North Africa at a time when deeper economic ties could provide part of the solution to both...
Paying with Pesetas in Salvaterra de Miño
by Claire Gatinois, Le Monde, France - In response to the crisis, shopkeepers in Salvaterra de Miño have decided to once again accept the former national currency. And the customers, attracted by prices at the same exchange rate that applied...
Italy Killings Underscore European Extremism Problem
by Annette Langer, Der Spiegel, Germany - The murders of African street vendors by a right-wing extremist writer in Florence have shocked Italy. Questions are now emerging about whether the gunman acted alone. But one thing seems certain, he was...
Europe: Far-Right Extremism on the Rise
by Kudashkina Ekaterina, Voice of Russia, Russia - Interview with Jonathan Birdwell, senior researcher on violence and extremism program at DEMOS, which is a UK Think Tank focusing on power and politics....
European Far-Right on the Rise Online
by Rachel Holman, France 24, France - Inspired by the tens of thousands that have ‘liked’ far-right political groups such as France’s National Front party online, a new study published Monday examined who exactly are the supporters of Europe’s increasingly...
Straws Grasped from China Won't Solve This World Crisis
by Jayati Ghosh, Guardian, UK - Expecting China to save the world is also based on an unrealistic assessment of the state of the Chinese economy. The global slowdown is bringing out more clearly that the investment and export-led model...
Spain: Detained Immigrants "Are Treated Like Criminals"
by Inés Benítez, IPS, Italy - "The very fact of locking someone up for having emigrated is unacceptable."...
Countries Cutting off Europe’s Poor
by Sabine Verhest, La Libre Belqique, Belgium - Six member States refuse to allow funds from the Common Agricultural Policy to be used as food aid to the poor. On 1 January 2012, the budget for assistance to 18 million...
The New Road to Europe: Ways Out of the Hydra-Headed Crisis
by Mary Kaldor, OpenDemocracy, UK - The European Union is uniquely placed to solve the problems that have been caused by the tensions and templates of national political solutions in a globalised economy. There exists a positive European reinvention of...
Macedonia: 20 Years of Independence
by Marina Stojanovska, SETimes, - Macedonia seceded peacefully from Yugoslavia in 1991, avoiding the violence that wracked other parts of the former federation....
How to Get Rid of Europe's Last Dictator in Belarus?
by Nathalie Vogel, World Security Network, UK - Lukashenka could torture and murder at the front door of the EU with complete impunity. Meanwhile, Eurocrats in Brussels were essentially busy with the standardization of the size of bananas and the...
Oxford on the Polders
by Irene de Pous, De Volkskrant, The Netherlands - Easier and cheaper enrolment plus courses taught in English: for young Brits, studying in the Netherlands is the fashionable new trend for escaping the problems besetting universities back home....
'The West Has Become Very Conceited'
by Susanne Koelbl, Der Spiegel, Germany - China's vice minister of foreign affairs, Fu Ying, 58, accuses Europeans and Americans of perpetuating Cold War stereotypes of her country, rejects allegations surrounding the treatment of artist Ai Weiwei and disputes notions...
Young Kosovars Lose Patience with Foreign Helpers
by Julia Amalia Heyer, Der Spiegel, Germany - Plagued by manipulated elections, mismanagement and corruption, the new Balkan republic of Kosovo has seen little progress since it declared independence in 2008. Frustrated young people accuse the many UN and EU...
Norway's Atrocity: The Mental Tunnel
by Sara Silvestri, OpenDemocracy, UK - The deadly attacks in Norway are fuelling debate about multiculturalism, immigration, security and radicalisation. But more attention must also be paid to the behaviours and attitudes that underlie extreme political violence....
Leaving Tunisia
by Alexandra Deniau and Francois Renaut, Al Jazeera, Qatar - Despite the recent revolution, thousands of Tunisians are risking their lives in search of a new life in Europe....
Berlin's Drive to Recruit Foreign Workers Proves Unpopular
by Jutta Wasserrab, Deutsche Welle, Germany - The economic crisis has cost many skilled workers in nations like Greece or Spain their jobs. Some of them now want to try their luck in Germany. That makes labor experts happy, but...
The Face of Evil Infecting Europe
by Linda Heard, Arab News, Saudi Arabia - For all his impeccable family background (his father was a diplomat), superior intellect, high education and sophistication, the Norwegian gunman Anders Behring Breivik is consumed with hatred toward Muslims in Europe whom...
Italy's 'Arab Spring'
by Federiga Bindi, Deutsche Welle, Germany - For Italy to finish its "Spring" - initiated in the early 1990s - there has to be a wholesale clear-out. Silvio Berlusconi's departure would not solve Italy's deeper problems and would probably have...
African Women in Europe Victims of Human Trafficking
by Beatrice Mariotti, InDepthNews, Germany - As European countries strive to find a solution to Lampedusa that has come to symbolize much disdained African migration to Europe, little attention is being paid to African women and children in Europe, who...
Scenes from the Battlefield
by Iryna Vidanava, Eurozine, Austria - Despite renewed crackdowns on the independent media in Belarus, there are signs that the tide is turning in the battle for free speech in the country. However, victory for the democratic forces will require...
Tunisia’s Democratisation: Is Europe Rising to the Occasion?
by Anna Khakee, FRIDE, Spain - Criticism focuses on the funds looted by Ben Ali and stashed away in European banks; European failure to engage with civil society demands regarding debt relief; the lack of a clear vision for future...
Europe Sees U.S. Experience With Shale Gas As Cautionary Tale
by Heather Maher, Radio Free Europe, Czech Republic - As European countries grapple with how -- and in some cases, whether -- to exploit their own natural-gas deposits, the U.S. experience with the relatively new technique of hydraulic fracturing, or...
Europe: The Need to Overcome Xenophobia
by Emma Bonino, Deccan Chronicle, India - Diversity is now considered a threat. The signs are plain to see: a propagation of intolerance and fanaticism, growing support for populist and xenophobic parties, an ever more massive presence of immigrants without...
The Decidedly Uneventful 'Capture' of Ratko Mladic
by Anes Alic, Radio Free Europe, Czech Republic - It would be interesting to see a list of those individuals and institutions that helped him evade arrest for 16 years. So far, the results of that investigation have shown that...
Germany and Austria Open their Doors – At Last
by Michaela Terenzani-Stanková, The Slovak Spectator, Slovakia - Reactions in Austria and Germany to the new freedoms have been mixed: some worry that workers from the east will flood their labour markets; while others rejoice, saying that Austria and Germany...
When Institutions Rape Nations
by Rebecca Solnit, Tom Dispatch, USA - Some Thoughts on the IMF, Global Injustice, and a Stranger on a Train....
Humble Advice to European Women Activits
by Barcin Yinanc, Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey - Violence against women should not be seen as a problem of developing countries. Women in France, Germany or Sweden might not face the phenomenon of “honor crimes.” But even in countries where...
Europe Battles with Emerging Economies over IMF Successor
by Joanna Impey, Deutsche Welle, Germany - As Dominique Strauss-Kahn faces growing pressure to step down as head of the IMF, speculation is mounting as to who might replace him, with Europe keen to push for the tradition of a...
World from Berlin: "Obama's 'Retaliatory Justice'"
by Kristen Allen, Der Spiegel, Germany - While relief that Osama bin Laden has finally been eliminated is widespread, many in Europe and Germany are concerned about the implications of the targeted killing. German commentators on Wednesday say celebrating the...
Turkey to Put First Signature on Treaty on Violence against Women
by Emine Kart, Today's Zaman, Turkey - İstanbul will witness a first next month as the Turkish foreign minister, as the outgoing chairman of the decision-making body of the Council of Europe, the Committee of Ministers, puts the first signature...
Turkey: the Reinvigorated Man of Europe
by Amanda Paul, Today's Zaman, Turkey - As Turkey heads towards the June 12 parliamentary elections, the country is in pretty good shape compared to many other nations, including a number of EU member states....
European Commission Prods on Roma Strategies
by Michaela Terenzani-Stanková, Slovak Spectator, Slovakia - Without an education, Romani children will not be able to get jobs and will not be able to contribute to the Slovak economy and society....
Ritual Slaughter: Animal Suffering or Religious Freedom?
by Margo de Haas, Radio Netherlands, Netherlands - The Dutch Lower House wants to introduce a ban on unanaesthetised ritual slaughter. A majority supports the proposal of the Animal Rights Party, which would make kosher and halal slaughter things of...
Chernobyl: The Unreadable Sign
by Sonja Zekri, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Germany - We are changing - from a civilisation of fear to a civilisation of catastrophes. Progress has become dangerous, for both humankind and nature....
The Economic Recession in Europe Rampages the Newsroom
by Moran Barkai, European Journalism Centre, Belgium - The European Commission’ response to unemployment in the EU has been to promote the implementation of Flexicurity - a Danish employment model - in all member states. The idea is straightforward enough:...
Are Western States Failing the World’s Refugees?
by Olivia Ward, Toronto Star, Canada - As Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi vows to evacuate 6,200 refugees fleeing North African turmoil from the island of Lampedusa, hundreds more are headed for its shores in rickety boats. Meanwhile, refugee camps...
Europe Takes the Lead in Drive to Tax Speculators
by Sarah Anderson, Institute for Policy Studies, USA - There are still places in the world where folks from across the political spectrum can have a rational discussion about fair taxation....
Return of a Nation's Gilded Youth
by Elitza Dimova, Presseurop, France - The brain drain is a serious issue for Bulgarians. But not all of the country’s young people leave for good. Those who have opted to return home after studies abroad have even created an...
Multiculturalism's Failure Allows Europe to Display Courage
by Paulina Neuding, Daily Star, Lebanon - State-sponsored multiculturalism has failed. That proclamation by British Prime Minister David Cameron, following hard on the heels of similar renunciations of multiculturalism by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy, suggests...
Refugee Families in Germany Face Isolation and Hopelessness
by Kathrin Erdmann, Deutsche Welle, Germany - Refugees arriving in Germany face an uncomfortable time. Housing policy often concentrates them in isolated neighborhoods like Billstieg in Hamburg, which are plagued by high crime, unemployment and despair....
Veiled Debate Arrives in Germany
by Anna Reimann, Spiegel, Germany - Germany has generally steered clear of the issue of what Muslim women can wear in public. But that might now change. The announcement by a city employee in Frankfurt that she will begin wearing...
More Interest in Business than Human Rights
by Katharina Peters, Spiegel, Germany - The fall of the regime in Tunis took the European Union by surprise and exposed France's contradictory policy. The tumult is now threatening to spread to other North African countries, with further protests. The...
A Roma Community Fights Against the Odds
by Siobhán Dowling, Spiegel, Germany - The village of Alsószentmárton is at the very margins of Europe, one of the last places in Hungary before the Croation border. And all its people are Roma, among the most marginalized in the...
European Poll: An Islamic Threat?
by Nabila Ramdani, Al Jazeera, Qatar - A new poll conducted in France and Germany indicates that a notable portion of participants consider Islam a "threat"....
The New Boys in Europe
by Irena Maryniak, Eurozine, Austria - Why are the super-rich bankrolling the press?...
Women Head East for Wombs to Rent
by Doroteya Nicolova, The Sofia Echo, Bulgaria - Most women heading for Ukraine come from western Europe and the Americas – only they can usually afford the fees. But a growing number, like Nencheva, are middle-class professionals from the Balkans...
Taking Responsibility for Violence against Women Today
by Dr. Christine Loudes, New Europe, Belgium - It is time for each of us to realise our responsibility as citizens, residents, and fellow human beings, to ensure that we bring female genital mutilation to an end and protect women...
Trafficking of Young Girls Booms in the Balkans
by Alexandra Scherle, Deutsche Welle, Germany - It's a dangerous life for those who try to help the young girls who are victims of human trafficking in the Balkans. This includes Mara Radovanovic who oversees a woman's shelter in Bosnia....
Germans Deport Afghans to Prevent Refugee Flood
by Conny Neumann, Spiegel, Germany - Europe is currently threatened with a wave of refugees from Afghanistan. After years of tolerating refugees who have not been granted political asylum, German authorities have started deporting Afghan nationals in an effort to...
'There Is A Dangerous Economic Imbalance in Europe'
by Siobhán Dowling, Spiegel, Germany - Berlin has long been trying to find a crisis mechanism that would prevent the more stable states, such as Germany, from having to take on responsibility for the debts of member states that got...
Is Hungary Finished?
by Matild Torkos, Magyar Nemzet, Hungary - Reeling from the crisis and beset by corruption, Hungary is spectacularly failing its young, who are emigrating in droves....
The Success of Islamophobia
by Markha Valenta, openDemocracy, UK - How, after fifty years of the institutionalised nurture of human rights and anti-racism could an ideology of vicious discrimination gain such ground?...
Poverty Forces Roma People to Scavenge Toxic E-waste
by Carolyn Lebel and Jemima Roberts, The Ecologist, UK - Persecuted Roma communities in France are being forced to scavenge for dangerous e-waste, potentially threatening health and questioning the country's recycling policies....
The Green City that Has a Brain
by Helen Knight, New Scientist, UK - The planned city of PlanIT Valley, on the outskirts of Paredes in northern Portugal, is aiming to be an environmentally sustainable city. And, just like an organism, it will have a brain: a...
Europe Has Failed To Move From Scapegoating To Inclusion
by Els de Groen, Radio Free Europe, Czech Republic - The best way to include is inclusion -- sharing responsibilities and joining forces. Treating people like unstable minors is close to discrimination....
Where to Cut the Pound of Flesh
by Priya Shrestha, Russian Times, Russia - In October 2010, facing similar struggles, Americans have shown very little passion compared to the fury displayed overseas, where Europeans are striving much harder to protect their pockets....
Echoes of Vichy
by Nabila Ramdani, New Statesman, UK - With France back to business after the August break, politicians of the right are once again leaping on the one trick that they hope can help them win back public support — xenophobia....
France Pushes Europe back 50 Years
by Alia Papageorgiou, New Europe, Belgium - According to the Council of Europe the Roma population – whether citizens, displaced persons or migrants – is worse off than any other group in Europe when it comes to education, health, employment,...
Grandfather at the Centre of Roma Debate Dividing France
by Harriet Alexander, Telegraph, UK - Pensioner René Galinier has become the face of a fierce debate in France over their Roma community and the limits of liberté, égalité and fraternité....
France's Roma Crackdown Could Spark Xenophobia
by Lizzy Davies, Guardian, UK - Former ambassador issues warning as Nicolas Sarkozy's government prepares its first 'removal flights' to send illegal Roma to Bucharest....
Sarkozy Faces Backlash over Roma Expulsions
by Honor Mahony, EU Observer, Belgium - French President Nicolas Sarkozy's drive to expel illegal Roma from the country has provoked criticism from the Roma themselves and a backlash from within the ranks of his own centre-right party....
Zero Tolerance in the Fight against ETA
by Helene Zuber, Spiegel, Germany - Patxi Lopez is the Spanish government's great hope in the struggle against ETA. The separatists have been in retreat since the Socialist politician took office as president of the Basque country one year ago....
Looking for Roots in Lviv
by Iryna Tuz, Radio Free Europe, Czech Republic - In an effort to revive the Jewish spirit which once ran through the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, local enthusiasts organized a Jewish folk music festival....
Berlin's Last Squat
by Candice Novak, Deutsche Welle, Germany - In former squat-heaven Berlin, the last one closes after a dramatic battle. The city's urban make-up is changing, and now a legal alternative to squatting is gaining ground in a city with lots...
Roma Voice Missing From Dosta! Campaign
by Afua Hirsch, The Guardian, UK - I wonder how people of Roma origin feel every time they are described as 'mysterious' or 'non-conformist'. Even at the Council of Europe – Europe's oldest and most powerful human rights organisation –...
The European Extremists and their Burqa Ban
by Sajida Farheen Farhee, Newsline, Pakistan - Placing restrictions on women wearing the veil in the public sphere is as much a violation of their rights as is forcing them to wear it....
The Last Russian-Germans Prepare to Leave a Berlin Refugee Center
by Oxana Evdokimova, Deutsche Welle, Germany - The Marienfelde Refugee Center has been the first stop in a new life for many East German and Russian-German families. As it prepares for closure, its last inmates begin their new lives in...
Children in Prison
by Mary McAuley, openDemocracy Russia, UK - A colony, both because of its organization and by definition cannot exercise an educational function. Time spent in a colony leads only to one outcome: it operates as a mechanism for reproducing juvenile...
Building a Sustainable Future With Straw and Wood
by Stefania Milan, IPS, Italy - Pescomaggiore village, destroyed by the earthquake that hit the mountain region of L’Aquila in central Italy on Apr. 6, 2009, is now being rebuilt by its 40-odd inhabitants with straw and wood....
Sarkozy Calls Burqa Ban Bill a 'Moral' Choice
by Georja Calvin-Smith, France 24, France - French President Nicolas Sarkzoy has defended a draft government bill to ban full Islamic veils such as the burqa or niqab in France as a "conscientious" and moral choice, despite warnings from a...
Greek Tourism Put to the Test by Debt Crisis
by Sarah Harman, Deutsche Welle, Germany - Tourism is an important part of the Greek economy, but with strikes, a debt crisis and the falling euro, can the nation still count on the usual load of summer tourists?...
Talk is Crucial to Unity
by Hariati Azizan, The Star, Malaysia - As the borderless world creates more diverse societies around the globe, inter-faith dialogues are becoming an important device in many countries for reconciling their religious, cultural and social differences....
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