Author: Euronews

Mustafa Nayyem’s resignation comes only a day before the Ukraine Recovery Conference kicks off in Berlin. Source link

New research shows that on average this year at UK music festivals, 63% of acts are male artists or all-male bands, compared to just 21% of female solo artists or bands. ADVERTISEMENTThe music festival season is well under way and the UK has, as every year, a wealth of events catering to every music taste. However, a recent study leaves a sour taste in the mouth…  New research compiled by A2D2, a British company aiming to connect analogue audio devices with modern smart speaker sound systems, reveals that UK music festivals are still exhibiting a persistent gender gap on their main…

Updated: 11/06/2024 – 13:48 Footage has been released by the World Health Organisation showing the delivery of supplies two hospitals in northern Gaza. Footage has been released by the World Health Organisation showing the delivery of supplies two hospitals in northern Gaza.In late May the two hospitals, Kamal Adwan and the Awda hospital were raided by Israeli forces and endured heavy bombing, forcing WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus to declare the hospital out of service. One patient, Aya Nofal suffered numerous fractures to her rib cage and lost her leg following an israeli strike. She was transferred by the WHO…

EU executive sent an official warning to Prague raising concerns over Czech company’s dominant position and its impact on sustainability. ADVERTISEMENTThe sole company authorised to collect and recover packaging waste in Czechia may have a conflict of interest in its dual role as a waste collector with powers of authorisation over competitors in breach of EU competition rules, the European Commission has warned Prague, according to a statement published today (June 11).EKO-KOM is the only company operating in the country offering collection and recovery services for packaging waste to over 20,000 business for more than two decades.The EU executive considers that national legislation in force since 2002, the Czech…

Updated: 11/06/2024 – 13:47 The military said Monday that one was killed and two others were injured by soldiers with live fire during a raid targeting militants. The military said Monday that one was killed and two others were injured by soldiers with live fire during a raid targeting militants. The boy killed was identified as 15-year-old Mahmoud Nabrisi and said five others were wounded in the built-up camp, which dates back to the 1948 Arab-Israeli war. Source link

Women’s rights campaigners say a surge in support for the far-right in Europe has made efforts to fund abortion at the EU level even more urgent than before. Source link

Macron’s decision to call snap election opens France to the potential for a far-right government or a hung parliament. Both these outcomes will generate instability in the EU. ADVERTISEMENTFollowing Macron’s snap election, a Rassemblement National led government could control the Matignon, with dramatic impact on the EU. What would such a regime look like? Would it tack towards the line of Giorgia Meloni in Italy, or reflect the views of EU contrarians, such as Viktor Orban and Geert Wilders? How would it reverberate on Brussels? Whatever such a regime looks like, there will likely be conflicts between the president and…

In a major election year, approaches to climate policies around the world range from outright rollbacks to uncertainty and a lack of focus on the key issues. ADVERTISEMENTThe EU Parliamentary election results have ended the greenest European Parliament ever. The last five years have seen the bloc embrace one of the most ambitious climate strategies in the world, the Green Deal. Now Green parties have shed seats, dropping from the fourth largest group to the sixth with 53 seats. The mainstream parties which supported the Green Deal kept their majority which means it likely isn’t going anywhere. But with wins…

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz promises to focus on renewable energy and hydrogen potential as Ukrainian President Zelenskyy visits Berlin on Tuesday. Source link

The activists were criticising the welfare standards of RSPCA “assured farm” status, with King Charles being a patron of the charity. This follows a report from Animal Rising, saying its members visited farms that had won the RSPCA Assured stamp of approval and found animal cruelty on each one. ADVERTISEMENTThe first official portrait of King Charles III has been vandalized by a group of British animal rights activists.  Activists from Animal Rising, a non-violent organization campaigning for an “urgent transition to a sustainable and just plant-based food system”, pasted posters of the Wallace and Gromit animation film series on the painting of…