Residents of a Copenhagen housing estate, Mjølnerparken, are highly critical of plans to ‘upgrade’ it – arguing it was only the Danish government’s ‘Ghetto Law’ that turned it into a ‘parallel society’ in the first place.
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The EU’s population is set to both shrink, age, and thus be short of workers, according to a new demographics study on Thursday.
As hospitals overheat, schools close and thousands of elderly people die, France’s Greens and far right are tearing into each other over whether mass air‑conditioning is a lifeline or a dangerous illusion.
Between 2006 and 2016, the number of homicides fell by 56 percent in Glasgow alone. And across Scotland as a whole, the homicide rate dropped by more than a third.
What began as a lucrative OnlyFans “agency” promoted by one of the Czech Republic’s biggest influencers is now at the centre of a human‑trafficking case that could send him and his associates to prison for up to 12 years and shake the country’s online creator economy.
Over decade in the making, the new EU asylum rules are finally kicking into force on Friday. But EU member states delays are posing challenges amid critics who warn of rights abuses when it comes people seeking international protection.
Youth unemployment is going down, but many are not even looking for work. A new report found that the EU can’t monitor them, and what progress has been made is not being measure long-term.
Some OnlyFans middlemen allegedly got rich by managing then exploiting young models, with a recent investigation seeing four charged by Czech police. Now the EU has to face adapting their human trafficking strategy.
The grim forecast, announced on Wednesday by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control points to a resurgence of HIV, TB, viral hepatitis, and other sexual transmitted infections.
On 1 July this year, Ireland takes the rotating EU presidency and agenda powers on the crown jewels of EU tech laws: “That should make you worried,” says activist Johnny Ryan.
“We are barely making it,” admitted Roxana Mînzatu, the EU commissioner for social rights and skills, who presented a plan earlier this month to eradicate poverty by 2025 throughout the EU.
The EU affordable housing plan was conceived in crisis mode, mirroring the reactive logic of many national ‘housing crisis’ strategies: rushed, politically-driven, and shaped more by the need to be seen to act than by a deep understanding of the root of the problem.
Eurovision is the most-watched cultural event in the world. It involves artists from 35 countries, its online clips are set to be viewed two billion times, while Saturday’s grand final is expected to attract over 160 million viewers. Yet what was once a camp and glittery celebration has become the new frontline in Europe’s culture wars.
Europe’s top court has ruled against Hungary’s homophobic laws, further dismantling Viktor Orbán’s far-right legacy.
For journalists, access to the internet is central to reporting the news. When governments shut it down, reporters find ways around the blackout, but the work comes at a cost. Here are the experiences of journalists working in Iran, India, Ethiopia, Turkey, and Ukraine.
Germany reintroduced systematic military registration in January 2026. The controversial law mandates medical exams for young men and requires those aged 17–45 to seek permission for long-term stays abroad. Amidst public confusion and youth protests, the government is now working to amend the controversial travel approval process.
Psychiatrist and writer Péter Hunčík argues that Viktor Orbán has transformed Hungary not only politically but psychologically, replacing civic autonomy with tribal loyalty, diffuse anxiety and a rewritten moral order. In this interview, he traces how power, myth, religion and fear have been used to remake both the state and society.
Czech journalist Petra Procházková recounts Putin’s 1999 rise from obscurity, sparked by his mafioso “crapper” speech after Moscow bombings. Fueled by deep Russian humiliation from Western arrogance and guided by cunning strategists, this “rattlesnake” seized absolute power, transforming resentment into terrifying autocracy.
Birth rates around the world are plummeting and the once-proven recipes of European states stopped working long ago. Here is why.
Domestic abuse has emerged as a nationwide problem in Ukraine, with reports suggesting that some battle-weary soldiers are bringing wartime trauma into their family lives.
