Portugal: First national Roma survey released
01 Jul 2015
The Portuguese Roma Gypsies have little formal education, marry young, mainly work in fairs, though many are unemployed and get basic social security benefits, a study published this week has revealed. This, is the first national…
Poland: Gay community - a shift in attitudes
01 Jul 2015
The Polish city of Gdansk, on the country's Pomeranian coast, is famous for several reasons. World War II is widely regarded as having started here in 1939,as did the Solidarity workers' movement of the 1980s. Recently…
A Dutch court has ordered the government to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 25% by 2020, in a case environmentalists hope will set a precedent for other countries. Campaigners brought the case on behalf…
The sixth meeting of the EU-Montenegro Civil Society Joint Consultative Committee (JCC) in Brussels, held a lively debate on the transparency and inclusiveness of Montenegro's accession process to the EU. The situation concerning disability policy and…
Monaco: Law enforcement system to be envied
01 Jul 2015
Law enforcement in Monaco is provided by an armed national police. It has the largest police force and police presence in the world on both a per-capita and per-area basis. Its police includes a specialist unit…
Last week you were asked to pray against corruption and fraud in Moldova . This week the prime minister of Moldova, Chiril Gaburici, announced his resignation a day after the prosecution questioned him on his fraudulent …