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Top story – International Women’s Day 2020 – 25th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration
Marking Women’s Day 2020, MEPs are looking at achievements and challenges in gender equality since the 1995 adoption of the Beijing Declaration.Source : © European Union, 2020 – EP
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Fighting plastic pollution | News | European Parliament
Find out what the European Parliament is doing to avoid plastic waste and marine littering as well as boost plastic recycling in Europe.Source : © European Union, 2020 – EP
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Top story – Future of Europe – Improving the EU
What is the best way to improve the EU so that it is better able to meet future challenges? Find out what ideas Parliament and others have come up with.Source : © European Union, 2020 – EP
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EU passenger rights | News | European Parliament
Find out how the European Parliament is working to protect people travelling by plane, rail, ship and bus.Committee on Transport and TourismSource : © European Union, 2019 – EP
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Top story – How to fight disinformation – The European Parliament tackles “fake news”
Disinformation campaigns are a threat to the proper functioning of democracies. The Parliament is committed to ensuring people are able to access reliable information.Source : © European Union, 2019 – EP
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United Nations recognizes Scientology Foundation with Special Consultative to the ECOSOC
New NGO status empowers MEJORA, the Foundation for the Improvement of Life, Culture and Society, to add to accomplishing the objectives of the UN Economic and Social Council and the helpful points of the Scientology religion. Mejora signifies “improvement” in Spanish, and Fundacion MEJORA is an adept name for the association that has quite recently…
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Bahram Hemdemov Released
On February 13, 2019, Bahram Hemdemov, 55 years old, was released from prison in Turkmenistan after serving a four-year sentence in Seydi prison (LB-E/12). He is now reunited with his wife, Gulzira, and their four children. Mr. Hemdemov was arrested on March 14, 2015, simply for holding a peaceful religious meeting at his home in…
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Australia Channel 9’s Ben McCormack under Child Pornography charges
Ben McCormack, the host of Channel 9’s A Current Affair program, was suspended after police raided the Sydney, Australia, TV station in their investigation of his alleged involvement with “sexually explicit” child pornography. (Published originally by STAND) McCormack, who has worked at Channel 9 for 25 years, according to the Daily Mail is being investigated for sending…