Europe

By G. M. Tamás[1] As was to be expected, authoritarian governments in Eastern Europe have used the coronavirus epidemic as a pretext to enlarge, to extend, to harden their power and, in the case of Hungary, to finally put the…

Emily Beament While the landscape might appear to have recovered, it’s just one kind of grass that has grown back – no heather, no moss, no flowers. Wildlife including short-eared owls, curlews and mountain hares have returned to moorland devastated…

Doctors Without Borders has ended a cooperation saving migrants stranded at sea after its partner suspended rescue missions due to the coronavirus. The NGO has accused the EU of using the outbreak to keep migrants away. French aid group Doctors…

Poland’s abortion laws are some of the strictest in the EU, yet its parliament is considering tightening them further. Now, coronavirus restrictions have forced opponents to get creative with their protests. Honking cars block the half empty streets of Warsaw.…

By Tetiana Gaiduk Ever since the outbreak of hostilities with Russia in 2014, Ukraine has looked to strengthen its ties with the NATO military alliance. While the alliance’s response to the conflict has been understandably cautious, there has also been…

“Solidarity, the new virus which I hope will infect all Europe” is what Gino Strada, founder of Emergency, said he hoped for during an interview with Diego Bianchi on the program  “Propaganda Live” for the Italian TV Channel La7. “I…

Austria will begin lifting its coronavirus restrictions on Tuesday. When Chancellor Sebastian Kurz announced the plan it caused a great deal of excitement — but this is the first step in a long process, experts say. Austria came to a…

Julian Assange’s fiancée (and children) revealed for the first time In this video originally published on the WikiLeaks channel, Julian Assange’s fiancée and children appear for the first time on the one year anniversary of his arrest inside Ecuador’s London…

By Jérôme Duval for MrMondialisation Last March, one of our journalists had the opportunity to speak with Eva Joly, a lawyer and former Member of Parliament, about the details of the Assange case, as she herself knows the main protagonist…

Finance ministers of eurozone countries reached an “excellent accord” on fighting the pandemic-triggered recession. Europe has proven itself to be “a match” for the crisis, said French representative Bruno La Maire. After hours of talks on Thursday, representatives of 19…