Today is International Women’s Day, and just like every year in recent times, fossil fuel companies will exploit this day to advertise their career options for women, call out the gender gap in science and engineering, and sponsor cultural events celebrating women and gender minorities. As progressive as this might sound, it is nothing but [&hellip
Helping Spain’s forgotten victims in the fight against gender violence
2023 is off to a dramatic start in Spain with ten women so far victims of gender-based violence. Joshua Alonso lost his mother six years ago to her ex-partner. At the age of 25, he has to take care of his eight-year-old brother. They are among the 391children orphaned since 2013 because of domestic violence […]
Ursula von der Leyen in Canada for talks on renewable energy and Ukraine aid
On her visit to Canada, the European Commission President, Ursula von der Leyen, addressed the Canadian parliament as part of her charm offensive across the Atlantic. Her goal is to promote cooperation in areas such as energy transition, climate action and support for Ukraine. With the fallout from the war in Ukraine felt across the European [&hell
New intelligence suggests pro-Ukrainian group behind Nord Stream attack
New intelligence reviewed by European and US officials suggests that a pro-Ukrainian saboteur group carried out the attack on the Nord Stream pipelines in September last year. The bombing took place in international waters in the Baltic Sea, near the Danish island of Bornholm. The explosions damaged the pipelines connecting Russia and Germany relea
‘No foreigners’: Discrimination allegations mar Turkey quake response
In the early hours of the morning Daria Gilani, who asked that we not use her real name, awoke to the earth shattering beneath her. She and some friends — all Iranian asylum-seekers — came onto the “tense” and “sleepless” streets of Mersin, a port city on southeastern Turkey’s Mediterranean coast, eventuall