A map of gun ownership in Europe - Voxeurop
2016年6月16日 — 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 second being Yemen, with 54.8), Europeans ...
Gender-based violence and feminism in Romania, a 20-year struggle
2023年8月31日 — 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 ...
How the Ukrainian Resistance operates in the Russian-occupied ...
2022年8月31日 — People already have a better understanding of how to resist”, the speaker of the National Resistance Center announces new actions. Residents of the occupied territories also resort to sabotage. According to the Ministry of Education, in Kherson, only two school principals out of 60 agreed to cooperate with Russians.
Live Replay | Georgia on the edge
2024年10月8日 — On 26 October, Georgian voters will choose their new parliament. This election will be decisive for the future of Georgia and perhaps of Europe. The polls show the pro-European opposition parties in the lead. But Georgia’s pro-Russian government, in power since 2012 and led by the oligarch Bidzina Ivanishvili, does not seem ready to relinquish power.
Archipelago Ukraine - Voxeurop
Archipelago Ukraine. Eight prominent authors born in the countries surrounding Ukraine (with the exception of Belarus and Russia) tell about their personal experience of the war in Ukraine, the impact and consequences of the Russian invasion on their countries. All the articles are illustrated by Ukrainian cartoonist Oleksiy Kustovsky.
A map of Europe’s separatist movements - Voxeurop
2017年3月22日 — There have always been separatists and independence movements in Europe, but they seem to have gained momentum lately. In the past few days Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon announced she was willing to organise a new referendum on Scotland’s independence from the United Kingdom. The former president of Catalonia, Artur Mas, has been recently condemned for organising a popular ...
Kommersant - Voxeurop
Kommersant. Moscow. 131 000. 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 Russia ...
La Repubblica - Voxeurop
138 Articles. 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 ...
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 ...
In a few decades, Sicily will look like Tunisia - Voxeurop
2021年11月25日 — In a few decades, Sicily will look like Tunisia – or Southeast Asia. How altered rainfall patterns and crumbling water infrastructure will reshape Sicily – if no action is taken. Between extreme drought and flash floods, the Mediterranean is looking unprepared in the face of a new climate. Published on 25 November 2021 at 13:32. Davide Mancini.