A third of disabled people are at risk of exclusion, a figure that has remained largely unchanged in past years. 3 December is International Day of Persons with Disabilities, a day dedicated to ...

The effectiveness of governments in addressing complex challenges is limited by the fact that only one in three Europeans tend to trust them. Survey after survey and report after report continue to ...

Click on the button to load the content from Spotify. After years of dire environmental warnings, and now against the backdrop of US sanctions against Russian oil companies, the replacement of petrol ...

“Organized crime thrives worldwide, affecting governance and political processes, and weakening the advancement of the rule of law”, warns the UN. From human trafficking and migrant smuggling to the ...

NGOs are self-governing bodies independent from government that include associations, charities, foundations and non-profits and are notably not political parties, according to the Council of Europe.

Accommodation on the agenda At a summit at the end of October, EU leaders discussed the housing crisis for the first time. While acknowledging that competences in this area remain at a national, ...

“The process of integration into the Union has always recognised the right of citizens of the European Community, and later the EU, to speak and protect their mother tongue, even if it is a minority ...

The rapid entrance of social media into our lives has led to an equally rapid evolution of typed language. Not only is this so-called ‘Textspeak’ characterised by a predominance of English terms, but ...

The EU is reportedly reducing its agriculture policy budget, while allowing countries with less stringent agricultural standards to sell their products on its market. What is the real situation? Our ...

It’s in the EU’s DNA to be firmly convinced of the merits of trade liberalisation and the economic interdependence it engenders. Moreover, Europe has strategically leveraged trade liberalisation to ...

Click on the button to load the content from Spotify. The EU has 24 official languages for communication between its member states. However, Europe’s linguistic landscape is even richer, with more ...

Last weekend, a small nation state of great symbolic importance went to the polls. The outcome of the election has left Europe beaming and Moscow with egg on its face. Moldovan president Maia Sandu’s ...