Compulsory military service back in Europe?
Jan 2, 2025 · Spain abolished compulsory military service in 2001, France in 1996, Germany in 2011, Belgium in 1994 and the UK all the way back in 1963. Iceland has no national army, …
Cas Mudde: In 2025, Europe must learn to stand on its own two feet
Jan 2, 2025 · Germany will hold crucial elections in February 2025, but while the polls show a clear winner, the Christian Democratic CDU-CSU, coalition formation will be difficult given the …
Migration in Europe: Planning for tomorrow's crises
Dec 3, 2024 · More conflict, more movement. 59 armed conflicts in 34 countries: 2023 was one of the most violent years ever, according to a study by the Oslo Peace Research Institute. War in …
Traditional fishing in the Mediterranean is disappearing
Dec 11, 2024 · Traditional fishing in the Mediterranean is disappearing, and with it, the people who keep it going. The decline of traditional fishing in the Mediterranean reflects European …
Italian journalist Cecilia Sala is free
Jan 8, 2025 · Italian journalist Cecilia Sala was released on 8 January, after spending 19 days in an Iranian prison. She was arrested in Tehran on 19 December while reporting for the daily Il …
Belarus’s Lukashenka: “Does anyone really think that the wrong …
Jan 21, 2025 · The election was originally scheduled for summer but Alexander Lukashenka's government decided to bring it forward to January. Political scientists and commentators …
Is Sofia becoming just another faceless city? - voxeurop.eu
Jan 18, 2025 · This has now been laid bare by a 3D map designed by Boyan Yurukov, an anti-corruption activist involved with the liberal Yes Bulgaria party (DB, centre-right).He has made a …
Islamophobia, a European problem
Dec 20, 2024 · “The issue of Islamophobia is a global problem, which has been amplified everywhere since 11 September 2001,” says Julien Talpin, a French sociologist at the CNRS …
How many guns are in circulation in Europe?
Aug 26, 2024 · "Getting a gun legally in Europe may be hard, but terrorists have little trouble," read a Washington Post headline back in February 2015, after the attacks on a Copenhagen …
Tackling violence against women: the elusive concept of consent
Jan 2, 2025 · On 6 February 2024, the European Union's Parliament and Council reached an agreement on the Directive on violence against women which had been tabled in March 2022. …