Category: Europe
At least 84 people have died and scores have been injured after a truck crashed into a crowd of people in the south of France. A further 18 people are seriously injured and many others hurt. The dead include a number of children. Witnesses described how the driver of the articulated lorry sped along a […]
It was under this slogan that thousands of Britons participated Saturday in a “march for Europe”, nine days after the victory of Brexit. An impressive procession started from Hyde Park towards the Palace of Westminster. Many demonstrators carried flags of the European Union or were dressed in blue tops. Many expressed a feeling of revolt: […]
At least 880 migrants and refugees have died in shipwrecks and capsized vessels in the Mediterranean Sea over the past week, the UNHCR said on Tuesday after interviewing survivors in Italy. The United Nations Refugee Agency says that 2016 is ‘proving to be particularly deadly’ in the Mediterranean, with some 2,510 lives lost so far […]
The sinking of the balance sheet craft this Wednesday has been revised upwards. Several survivors of a hundred people have been rescued, being trapped in the hull. Initially, the authorities spoke of five victims. The boat had left Libya, with on board more than 600 people, mostly Moroccans. euronews
A conference for the media’s role in the thematic Ukrainian conflict. Slobodan Despot puts into perspective the war, the dismantling of the former Yugoslavia and the current situation in Ukraine. This is to highlight the involvement of media practices in the geopolitics of NATO wars. Conference organized by the Human Rights Agency –watch the […]
Three men were shot dead Saturday, April 2 about 22 h 30 during a shootout in the northern districts of Bassens city, according to sources close to the investigation. Three individuals were also slightly injured in the incident. This incident brings the number of at least eight victims shot in the streets of Marseille and […]
UKRAINE: MAIDAN, ODESSA: TWO YEARS LATER Public conference, Geneva, 21 March 2016 A CALL FOR AN INTERNATIONAL INVESTIGATION PURPOSE OF THE CONFERENCE On 21 March 2016, a Side Event in the context of the session of the Council of Human Rights was convened in the Palais des Nations, the headquarters of the United […]
Two bomb explosions have rocked Brussels Airport, followed by another blast at a metro station in the city, killing at least 34 people in total. Belgian state broadcaster said the Tuesday blasts had left several dead and many injured. National security level was raised to its maximum. Belgian broadcaster VRT said at least 14 people […]
Five migrants, including a baby, are said to have drowned after the speedboat they were in capsized off the Turkish coast. They were hoping to reach Europe via the Greek island of Lesbos. Nine people were reportedly rescued by Turkey’s Coast Guard. More than 130,000 people have reached Europe from Turkey so far this year, […]
At least 13 children and 12 adults are reported drowned after a boat carrying migrants to Greece sank off the west coast of Turkey. The Aegean Sea’s latest disaster on Sunday, near the town of Didim, came just hours before crucial EU talks with Ankara on trying to solve the migrant crisis and highlights how […]
