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07/11/2024

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Every Thursday We send out a newsletter focused on a major topic that affects people right across Europe. You'll receive a selection of articles hand-picked from hundreds of European sources or written by independent journalists from across the continent. Our aim? To put these pieces into context so...

29/10/2024

In her latest press review, FrFrancesca Barcaook at the case of Gisèle Pelicot, who was drugged by her husband and 🍇 by more than 50 men over a ten year period In Mazan, France. The tiral of her r*pists has Europe talking.

The case of Gisèle Pelicot, drugged by her husband and r**ed by more than 50 men over a ten year period in Mazan, France, has Europe talking.

29/10/2024

On 26 October, 🇬🇪 held a pivotal election viewed by many as a defining moment for the country's future – whether it would align closer with Moscow or pursue a path toward the European Union. People across the country put on hold important life decisions, anxiously awaiting clarity on Georgia’s direction. We've asked Georgian journalist and producer Masho Lomashvili to share her view:

The turmoil after the recent pivotal vote is leading people across Georgia to put on hold important life decisions, anxiously awaiting clarity on the country's direction.

29/10/2024

A few days before the US 🇺🇲 presidential election, we asked American journalist and author – and occasional European guest – George Blecher to share his view of how Europe is seen from the other side of the Pond: "The United States is changing, perhaps for the better, if not in politics. And they are becoming less and less 'European'," he writes:

The United States is changing, perhaps for the better, though not in politics. And they are less and less “European”, says the American author George Blecher.

25/10/2024

If you missed our live conversation with Georgian journalists Anna Gvarishvili and S***a Kincha on the stakes in 26 October critical election in 🇬🇪, here's the replay:

On 26 October, Georgian voters will choose their new parliament. This election will be decisive for the future of Georgia and perhaps of Europe. The polls sh...

17/10/2024

✍ As the 26 October elections 🗳 approach, 🇬🇪 faces a crucial choice between joining Europe or falling further under Russian influence. The ruling Georgian Dream party has undermined democracy by passing controversial laws and promoting pro-Russian rhetoric. Civil society has mobilised, seeing the election as a battle for Georgia's future and EU aspirations. We've asked Georgian journalist Anna Gvarishvili to share her views and thoughts on this pivotal moment for her country:

As elections approach, Georgia faces a crucial choice between joining Europe or falling further under Russian influence. Civil society has mobilised, in a battle for the country's future.

16/10/2024

The 🇪🇺 wants to weight down once again on with a new law, as 's 🇭🇺 PM Viktor Orbán pushes the bloc further to the right, and Donald Tusk in 🇵🇱 suspends the right of asylum. A cartoonist's view, by 🇩🇪 Paolo Calleri | Cartoon Movement

On 6 September, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán (Fidesz, far right) called on the EU to take more measures to combat illegal immigration.

16/10/2024

🗞 What are the most important political showdowns in Southeast ’s pivotal election season? Find the answer in Claudiu Pop's review with Europe 🇲🇩 🇧🇬 🇷🇴

En Europe du Sud-Est, les trois derniers mois de l'année seront rythmés par des élections qui détermineront l'avenir de la région.

16/10/2024

💡 "This is no less than a referendum on 🇬🇪 's future": what's at stake in the 26 October election? Analysis and explanations, by Gian Paolo Accardo, with , feat. Marika Mikiashvili.

Between 20 and 26 October, Georgia and Moldova will decide where they stand in geopolitics – and perhaps in history: will they have a Western calling, or will they return to the bosom of Moscow?

09/10/2024

The problem is the same in practically all European countries: a growing shortage of healthcare personnel, particularly nurses. A collaborative article by Confidencial SOLE 24 ORE .bg Referendum .hu .

https://voxeurop.eu/en/europe-short-nurses-professionals/

En Europe, un million d’infirmières supplémentaires sont nécessaires pour que cette profession puisse s’exercer dans de meilleures conditions.

24/09/2024

🗞 After a spring on the back foot, this summer, 🇺🇦 went on the offensive and invaded 🇷🇺. Paulina Siegień looks at the response in the Polish and Ukrainian media. A press review written with Europe.

To everyone's surprise, the Ukrainian army marched into Russia. A bold move that boosted the morale of Ukrainians, exposed Moscow's ambivalences and opened the door to possible negotiations.

24/09/2024

There is a form of “banal nationalism” lurking behind the defence of culinary traditions, which can even deploy the language of Sovereigntism. The phenomenon is also fueled by European food policies. What is Gastronationalism?

There is a form of "banal nationalism" lurking behind the defence of culinary traditions, which can even deploy the language of Sovereigntism.

23/09/2024

🗞The 🥙, one of Europe's favourite dishes, is caught between attacks from the far-right, a request from Ankara to define it as a Turkish "traditional speciality", and gentrification.
Read this press review by Francesca Barca, written with Europe :

We are what we eat: a blend of tastes, recipes, cultures and habits. The kebab, a beloved, consumed, opposed, and now gentrified dish, represents and embodies all these tensions. Meanwhile, Turkey wants the döner kebab to be recognised as a traditional Turkish speciality, as pizza is for Italy.

21/09/2024

📅 Anche quest'anno siamo partner del festival di cultura europea Lectorinfabula, a Conversano (BA), che tra l'altro celebra i suoi primi 20 anni! https://lectorinfabula.eu . 🎙️Il nostro direttore Gian-Paolo Accardo è sul posto fino a martedì e animerà discussioni su e . Lo potrete incontrare in giro per il festival, ma soprattutto al caffè ☕️ della Corte.

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13/09/2024

🎂 Today we celebrate Voxeurop's 7th anniversary as a European news cooperative (the first of its kind)! To keep our editorial independence, we have created a unique model owned by our readers, journalists, translators and partners: 205 shareholders of 29 nationalities! A big THANK YOU 🤗 to all those who believed in the project and supported us along the way!✨

11/09/2024

🎙 "The market does not care about injustice and inequality, especially on a global level." Adrienne Buller of Wealth talks to Andrea Siccardo of about the false promise of green capitalism.

What are the limits of a net-zero strategy that entrusts everything to the free market and leaves structures of power and injustice untouched? And how should we see the role of green investment? AltraEconomia discusses what's at stake with Adrienne Buller of the think tank Common Wealth.

10/09/2024

"I believe in Europe, I believe that 's place is in Europe, and that Moldovans can be, and are, Europeans.’ Anita Natascia Bernacchia interviews Moldovan writer Tatiana Țîbuleac.

A conversation with Tatiana Țîbuleac about her journey as a writer, and her relationship with migration and language, in the context of Moldova's EU accession path and the war in Ukraine.

06/09/2024

🗞 /X works hand in hand with the , and the impact on society politics is starting to make itself felt in 🇪🇺 too. A press review by Gian-Paolo Accardo, with Europe.

Since its acquisition by billionaire Elon Musk two years ago, Twitter, renamed X, has become the preferred platform for radical right-wing personalities and groups, including in Europe.