200 stars urge ‘serious’ action on climate change in letter to Le Monde
Two hundred of the world’s most prominent artists and scientists signed an open letter in French...
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Category: Europe
Sweden’s Economy Is Getting a Lift From Migrants
Hussam Al-Homsi came to Sweden in 2015, along with hundreds of thousands of refugees fleeingunimaginable horrors in the Syrian war. Three years on, he finds himself part of a demographic group that’s at the center of the biggest...
Read MoreIreland becomes world’s first country to divest from fossil fuels
Bill passed by parliament means more than €300m shares in coal, oil, peat and gas will be sold ‘as soon as practicable’
Read MoreMigrant numbers are way down in the EU, but the far right doesn’t want you to know that.
By Tim Hume Jun 28, 2018 The number of migrants entering Europe has dropped dramatically this year — but you wouldn’t know that from looking at the European Union’s summit agenda. The make-or-break, two-day summit kicked off...
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Medical Cannabis Legalization Passed Unanimously by Luxembourg Parliament.
Cannabis for medical use has been made legal in Luxembourg. The government unanimously passed the...
Read MoreUK looks at allowing cannabis oil for boy with epilepsy
The Home Office has said it will “carefully consider” allowing a 12-year-old boy to be prescribed cannabis oil after he was admitted to hospital with “life-threatening” seizures following the confiscation of his supply. Billy...
Read MoreNewly formed Transatlantic Commission on Election Integrity.
An international commission has formed to try to end meddling in elections in Western democratic nations by Russia and other autocratic countries. The Transatlantic Commission on Election Integrity (TCEI), co-chaired by former...
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Increased engagement on ocean stewardship
The Stockholm Resilience Centre becomes scientific partner to new UN business platform on sustainable marine stewardship
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Steve Bannon is on a far-right mission to radicalise Europe
Don’t be fooled by Bannon’s split with Trump. He’s leading a Trumpian onslaught to undermine...
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European Human Rights Court Exposes Further Complicity in CIA Torture
The appointment of Gina Haspel as the new CIA director has brought the issue of extraordinary...
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A Moscow paper asks a most inconvenient question: ‘What is the secret of Estonia’s success?’
The independent Moscow newspaper Novyye izvestiya points out that the average pay in Estonia is...
Read MoreBarcelona Forces Banks to Turn Repossessed Homes Into Affordable Housing
Don’t let an apartment you own sit empty, or the city may turn it into affordable housing for someone else. That’s the message this monthfrom Barcelona, as it revives a controversial policy to force banks to do something with...
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