BREAKING | Slovak PM Robert Fico is shot and wounded in the town of Handlova, where a government meeting had been held, according to local media. He has been taken to hospital and a man has been detained. Several shots were reported fired.
A video allegedly showing the aftermath of the shooting 👉 https://twitter.com/BGatesIsaPyscho/status/1790734452722725330/video/1
Fences stand towering along the borders of Greece, Hungary, and Poland, ostensibly to protect against foreign dangers.
They vary in size and design, but their shared purpose is unmistakable – to deter those seeking asylum.
Do these fences really stop migration?
The reality suggests otherwise.
Read the three stories on how, instead of thwarting migration, fences contribute to the hardship of those seeking refuge.
https://balkaninsight.com/reporting-democracy/europes-fences-have-holes/
POLAND | Thousands of workers from the public sector - including social workers, firefighters and bureaucrats - are protesting in Warsaw demanding better pay.
'Withous us, the state doesn't exist,' they chant.
How Greece’s Coal-Mining Heartland Won A Brief Reprieve After the War in Ukraine
The Russian assault on Ukraine last year saved mining jobs across Europe, making domestically sourced coal a secure alternative to imported natural gas.
Greece was the site of the fastest decarbonisation plan in Europe. Find out how it coped, in Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence's latest long-read: https://bit.ly/3SABcP6
Critical Mass: Inside the Polish Far-Right’s ‘Trad-Cath’ Revival
Poland’s nationalists have traditionally been close allies of its clergy. But within the far-right, many now believe that the mainstream Catholic way of worship has become too liberal. Their response: attending mass in Latin instead of Polish.
Find out more in our Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence long-read: https://bit.ly/3uI3bRz
In November, the Polish government started building a fence that’s intended to stretch all the way along the border with #Kaliningrad.
So far, there is no change in the crossing patterns, but fear and speculation torment the locals.
Read more: https://bit.ly/3Eb7glS
Flawed Payouts Defer Justice for Czech Roma Women Sterilised By the State
During the Czechoslovak era and beyond, thousands of Roma women were sterilised by doctors who had used unlawful, coercive tactics to secure consent for the procedure.
Learn more in our latest Fellowship for Journalistic Excellence long-read: https://bit.ly/3zlcPML
Thousands protest in Budapest are blocking the Margaret Bridge on behalf of teachers who were fired for striking.
Reproductive Rights ｜Women organisations staged a demonstration in Budapest against the recent amendment of the abortion which would force women to listen to the heartbeat of the foetus before deciding about an abortion.
Speakers accused the Orban government of trying to push women exclusively in the role of childbearing instead of providing sexual education and proper economic conditions.
