Mission Possible: Working together to reshape the future of cancer care
Q&A with Greg Rossi, Senior VP, Head of Oncology Europe and Canada at AstraZeneca.
Inequality
Equality โdowngradeโ in European Commission dismays rights groups
Ursula von der Leyen criticised for merging equality commissioner role into brief including crisis managementMore than 50 rights organisations from across Europe have expressed their โshock and dismayโ at Ursula von der Leyenโs decision to do away with…
UK energy policy: 20 people to lobby at Labour conference
Who to look out for in Liverpool this weekend.
Latvia kicking gender inequality into play with female soccer strategy [Advocacy Lab Content]
Latvia is strengthening football gender equality, implementing good practices under the European Unionโs TARGET football project, and deploying new long-term development strategies.
Who keeps Europe’s wealthy west going? Underpaid, invisible migrants from its east โ and I went undercover to find them | Saลกa Uhlovรก
I took on three of the jobs shunned by western workers. Our mini-series reveals the hidden lives of those with no choiceUndercover as a farm worker in Germany: โMy hands are numb. No one knows when the shift will endโMigration statistics donโt tell us …
Czechs stamp out loan sharks to help tackle inequality
Regulation and public campaigns drive down household debt, but some fear optimistic data may hide a harder story
Is Germanyโs rising superstar so far left sheโs far right?
Sahra Wagenknechtโs brand of โleft conservatismโ is upending German politics ahead of critical elections in the east.
Oprah Winfrey takes stage in Chicago to praise Kamala Harris
She defended the so-called childless cat ladies disparaged by JD Vance.
Sicilians are brought up to hate our island โ but those of us who flee are seen as the enemy | Viola di Grado
Perpetual invasions, poverty and the shadow of the mafia make people leave for better lives. What will it take to avert this โbrain escapeโ and create a healthier sense of identity and belonging?When I moved from Italy to London 15 years ago, one of th…
How Ed Miliband became Britainโs most divisive government minister
The Energy Secretary has made an eye-catching start. But how far is he prepared to rock the boat?
No more fiscal favours? Calls to tax super-rich gain traction around world
Even rightwing governments are joining in with G20-led push to make wealthy pay, with Italy doubling flat tax on foreign incomeBusiness live โ latest updatesCalls for higher taxes on the super-rich are gaining traction and even conservative governments…
Smart Clinics: Bringing healthcare to where itโs needed most
In rural Colombia, a converted bus and a 30-strong interdisciplinary team are bringing basic healthcare services to pregnant women affected by poverty.
Keir Starmer walks straight into summer from hell
With Britain’s prisons full and its population angry, the new prime minister hoped things wouldn’t reach boiling point so soon.
Verdict due on impact of Brexit and austerity on Covid-19 response
David Cameron, George Osborne and Matt Hancock to face criticism about priorities in years running up to pandemicThe impact of austerity and Brexit on the UKโs readiness for Covid will be spelt out at noon on Thursday when the statutory public inquiry …
Wetherspoonโs boss Tim Martin praises economic โpedigreeโ of Rachel Reeves
Brexit supporter calls for new chancellor to โrectify tax inequalityโ in hospitality industryTim Martin, the politically outspoken boss of the JD Wetherspoon pub chain, has praised the new Labour chancellorโs economic โpedigreeโ, as he called for tax c…
Police, poverty and populism: how Perpignan became a laboratory for the far right
French cityโs election of a National Rally mayor has been a study in the partyโs attempts to normalise itself in local politicsAs Patrice Burel scooped coffee at his roastery in Perpignan, he lamented the steady closure of other shops on this narrow ci…
Out of time. Out of patience. Womenโs and adolescentsโ health and rights cannot wait.
Women are suffering and dying because of preventable health issues, exacerbated by climate change and conflict. This must end now.
Macron joins Brazilโs Lula to tax billionaires โ but is it all itโs made out to be?
France’s rich-loving president now backs a plan to target them. There’s a high possibility it’s all just a bluff.
In Great Britain, the subjects of a disenchanted kingdom through the lens of Eddie Wrey
British photographer Eddie Wrey accompanied journalist Eric Albert on his farewell trip to the United Kingdom, as the country prepares to vote, like France, in general elections. From the working-class districts of Hartlepool to the prestigious Eton Co…
Advancing Gender Equality: The EU`s Landmark Directive 2024/1385 on Violence Against Women
Dr. Ceren Kasฤฑm, Postdoctoral
Research and Teaching Fellow, University of Hildesheim, Germany
Photo credit: MesserWoland, via Wikimedia Commons
INTRODUCTION
The first-ever binding European
Union (EU) legal instrument to…
A punch-up in parliament reveals Italyโs deepest scars
The Meloni coalitionโs plan to give more power to โvirtuousโ regions has inflamed the country’s North-South divide.
EU Media Freedom Act: the convolutions of the new legislation
Samira Asmaa Allioui,
research and tutorial fellow at the Centre d’รฉtudes internationales et
europรฉennes de l’Universitรฉ de Strasbourg
Photo credit: Bin im Garten, via Wikimedia
Commons
Journalists are under pressure in
differ…
MEPsโ lack of racial diversity has caused EU identity crisis, campaigners say
Parliamentโs failure to reflect the blocโs diverse population could worsen with European electionsโPeople ask me to use another doorโ: MEPs on bias, whiteness and rise of the far rightThe European parliamentโs failure to fully reflect the EUโs diverse …
โPeople ask me to use another doorโ: MEPs on bias, whiteness and rise of far right
From being repeatedly asked for ID to feeling threatened by harmful rhetoric, politicians say lack of diversity is undermining work of EUMEPsโ lack of racial diversity has caused EU identity crisis, campaigners sayAs a newly minted member of the Europe…
Europeโs alarming descent into extreme political acrimony and violence
Attempt on the Slovak prime minister’s life won’t lead to a world war, but it should be a wake-up call for all who care about democracy.
The Denmark secret: how it became the worldโs most trusting country โ and why that matters
There are real benefits to a society where people feel safe enough to leave their babies and bikes on the street. How have the Danes achieved this level of faith in their fellow citizens?Over the years, Denmark has emerged as the good faith capital of …
โDouble punishmentโ: the racial discrimination in Europeโs rental housing market
People of colour are disproportionately affected by the crisis, even as far-right parties seek to scapegoat them, campaigners warnThe 40 sq metre apartment had everything that Hamado Dipama was looking for: one bedroom, a bath and a good location in th…
The Manchester model: The industrial revolutionโs โshock cityโ revives
The cityโs startling turnaround has triggered a debate about whether ordinary residents are benefiting, or itโs become a playground for property developers and affluent newcomers.
Big ambitions for levelling up UK show only partial progress
Contradictory data allow cherry-picking of results on governmentโs flagship efforts to tackle regional inequality
Rise of the far right keeps EU lawmakers up at night
… unless they’re from the far right!
Kicking inequality out of Europe using football, Latvia and Ukraine are out in front. [Advocacy Lab Content]
Tackling gender inequality in Europe isn’t an open goal, but the EU’s TARGET football project provides a structured opportunity to change entrenched narratives. Latvia and Ukraine are out in front.
Putinโs ex-classmate gets Russiaโs Supreme Court top job
Irina Podnosova is one of the many former peers of the Russian president who has landed a top job in the Kremlin.
No more โbusiness as usualโ in climate fight, UN boss warns โslippingโ politicians
UN’s Simon Stiell uses event in London to warn politicians against downgrading climate policy.
Europeโs rare diseases postcode lottery creating health inequality [Advocacy Lab Content]
Patients suffering from rare diseases across the EU, and their families, are struggling on the road to lifesaving and life-altering healthcare. The difficult patient Odyssey is warped by a postcode lottery.
Spain to scrap cash-for-visas scheme
Sรกnchez said golden visas are “not the model of the country that we need.”
Alan Duncan facing Tory disciplinary inquiry over comments accusing senior party figures of being too โpro-Israelโ โ as it happened
Former Foreign Office minister had suggested some in government were prepared to overlook human rights violationsMembers of the National Education Union have voted to delay moving to a formal strike ballot until they know the detail of the governmentโs…
Polandโs biological medicines inequality goes under microscope [Advocacy Lab Content]
Poland’s poor availability of biological and biosimilar medicines is under the microscope, with policymakers pushing for new accessibility measures to benefit patients in need of advanced therapies.
Botswana threatens to deport 20,000 elephants to Germany
โNo joke.โ
Behind the Macron-Lula bromance
The presidents showered each other with affection and papered over the cracks on the war in Ukraine and a contentious trade pact.
Scandi happy people laughing: Northern Europeans are the most joyful folk in the world
The new happiness report gives high marks for Scandanavia but notes downward trends in Germany and the U.S.
5 Scenarios for Russia After Putinโs Next Term
The Russian president is about to be reelected for another six years. What will that mean for his country and the West?
โEvery Women Should Have Equal Access to Cancer Prevention, Screening, Treatment, and Careโ [Promoted content]
Where a woman lives, her ethnicity and her socioeconomic status all influence her risk of getting cancer, speed of her diagnosis, the treatment she receives and, ultimately, her likelihood of survival. At MSD we are committed to addressing this inequal…
Copenhagen has fewer statues of women than โmythical animalsโ โ but Denmark seeks change
Only five in 101 statues in Copenhagen depict women, with 26 of animals and 70 of menDenmark has pledged to put up more statues of women, with the countryโs culture minister saying the capital has โmore statues of mythical beasts and horsesโ.According …
Brussels warns of danger of water conflicts in EU
A document obtained by POLITICO shows the European Union will urge capitals to accelerate their preparations for a warming world.
Eliminating cervical cancer to save womenโs lives
Leading international cervical health experts call on governments and health care authorities to address low and declining cervical cancer screening participation rates.
School uniforms return to French town in pilot scheme to tackle inequality
Pupils at four schools in Bรฉziers introduced uniform the government says could be rolled out nationwide if successfulThey have not been compulsory in state schools in mainland France since 1968. But uniforms have made a return to one town as part of a …
UK vows to avoid Europeโs โclumsyโ green policies as protests rage
Energy Secretary Claire Coutinho tells POLITICO that Britain wants to swerve ideas ‘public feel are not in their interests’ โ prompting a furious pushback from some in Europe.
HBO drops pro-Kremlin actor from White Lotus after uproar
Role in hit TV drama to be recast after Kyiv slammed the choice of Putin-backing Miloลก Bikoviฤ.
Delays in cleaning up EU air will cause thousands more early deaths, say health experts
Respiratory scientists say inaction will โwiden the inequality gapโ between eastern and western EuropeProposed delays to EU air pollution limits will mean hundreds of thousands more people die early and will โwiden the inequality gapโ between eastern a…
[Column] What Europe’s 1848 revolutions can tell us about 2024
As multiple crises converge again, like they did in 1848-1849 โ war, inflation, social inequality, recession โ sometimes resulting in economic, social and political stagnation, new political nationalists seek to benefit.
Ukraine disses HBO for hiring pro-Putin Serb to star in The White Lotus ย
Kyiv is unhappy with the American TV giant’s casting selection.
Birmingham pays the price for UKโs infrastructure gap
Chronic under-investment outside London and the south-east has contributed to regional inequality and poor productivity
Tax our wealth, super-rich tell politicians at Davos
Abigail Disney, Brian Cox and Valerie Rockefeller among signatories of open letter condemning inequalityGeopolitical tensions and AI dominate start of WEFMore than 250 billionaires and millionaires are demanding that the political elite meeting for the…
The Davos โdo-goodersโ
A sampling of people trying to make the world a better place, one keynote address and aprรจs-ski shindig at a time.
World’s five richest men doubled their fortunes since 2020, Oxfam says
The world’s wealthiest five men have more than doubled their fortune since 2020 from $405 billion to $869 billion last year, the charity Oxfam said Monday in a report published as the global elite hobnob at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week….
France to introduce school uniforms in bid to reduce bullying and inequality
When some French schools reopen in September this year, they will pilot a mandatory school uniform under a two-year trial period initiated by Education Minister Gabriel Attal. The initiative aims to tackle inequality among French students and reduce b…
Students find Erasmus replacement scheme inadequate, analysis finds
Some UK applicants forced to quit Turing scheme when places not confirmed or they failed to receive funds in timeStudents taking part in the governmentโs post-Brexit replacement for the EUโs Erasmus+ student exchange scheme were forced to drop out beca…
Inequality diminishes the culture sector | Letter
Arts and culture are in danger of becoming the preserve of white, public-school educated men, write Ayvianna Snow, Alice Dupont, Frances Rifkin and Pam FoleyYour editorial highlights a problem that afflicts not just the arts but the culture sector as a…
โRamen noodles budgetโ: EU moves to end exploitation of unpaid internships
Unless from a wealthy family, internships for many mean chipping away at savings and cutting back on essentials By day, he was mostly an unpaid intern, getting a glimpse of day-to-day life in university research as he networked with potential employers…
Europeโs Silicon Valley? No thanks
The UK has grand plans for Cambridge. But the city has other ideas.
Treating green tech like COVID vaccines will only benefit the rich
Technology transfer is a crucial part of helping global south countries respond to climate breakdown, and it should be seen as a fundamental part of โloss and damage.โ
EUโs green funds are under the guillotine
A massive investment plan designed to help fight climate change is at risk of being beheaded.
Speed is everything for patients: together we can bring medicines faster
Innovation only matters if it reaches patients.
Britain has been in a 15-year economic slump. This is our route out of it | Torsten Bell
Ours is the most unequal major economy in Europe, with poorer workers losing out most. Itโs time to start playing to our strengthsBritain has huge strengths, but it is now impossible to miss that weโre in a phase of relative decline. A year or two of p…
How gang violence took hold of Sweden โ in five charts
Scandinavian country has second highest gun crime death rate in Europe, with poverty and inequality among driving factorsSweden is in the grip of a rise in gang violence and shootings that has taken citizens and leaders by surprise. In the words of the…
Inequality and the rise of populism across Europe | Letters
Brian Marler says that in following neoliberal policies, the Netherlands has become the most unequal country in Europe and more rightwingYour article (UK spends more financing inequality in favour of rich than rest of Europe, report finds, 27 November)…
Lung Health Inequality: Patient perspectives on the impact of climate change on respiratory wellbeing
Health and climate policy experts converged in Milan to participate at a roundtable event organised by Chiesi. The purpose of the event was to discuss the findings of a new survey, part of a report published by Economist Impact and…
Lack of menstrual health support at work impacting two-thirds of women
A new survey by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has highlighted the inequality women in the workplace face due to menstruation with over two-thirds of UK women having bad experiences at work.
UK โin violation of international lawโ over poverty levels, says UN envoy
Exclusive: Special rapporteur Olivier De Schutter to urge ministers to increase welfare spending on visit to country this weekPoverty levels in the UK are โsimply not acceptableโ and the government is violating international law, the United Nationsโ po…
Whatโs in a word? How less-gendered language is faring across Europe
A contentious vote in the French senate is only the latest battleground in the culture war over inclusive languageThe latest skirmish in the culture war over inclusive language has been playing out this week in France, where the senate voted in favour …
Hidden women: Madrid show puts forgotten artists in the picture
Maestras explores how talented female artists won recognition in their lifetimes, only to find their works written out of the canonWild festivals, exquisite fruit-bowls and unusually realistic renderings of motherhood and female friendship โ not to men…
Some call us ungrateful middle-class feminists โ but this is why women went on strike in Iceland | Marรญa Hjรกlmtรฝsdรณttir
I felt a deep need to join this unbelievable meeting of women and non-binary people. I am worried, I am tired and I am angryWhen I was an infant, my mother, then 26 years old, took me with her to the first womenโs strike in downtown Reykjavรญk. It was a…
As Lebanonโs border simmers, life in downtown Beirut goes on (for now)
One doesnโt have to wander far to understand that affluent downtown camouflages the consequences of the countryโs disastrous financial crisis.
Icelandic women strike against gender injustice
Tens of thousands of Icelandic women, including the prime minister, held a strike from paid and unpaid jobs on Tuesday (23 October) in a protest against gender inequality, according to labour unions.
Outrageous expenses, devastating scoops: One climate reporter mourns the death of another
John Vidal, who has died at the aged of 74, was a fearless advocate for justice for the planetโs most benighted.
Seeing more than HIV: A person-centered approach to HIV careย
There’s more to the experience of living with HIV than suppressing the virus. Listening, valuing and integrating patient voices in HIV care is critical to leave no one behind.โฏ
Children should get one healthy school meal a day, say EU experts
Nutritious lunches should be seen as an effective way to address obesity, chronic illness and poverty, says coalitionโItโs about stimulating the childrenโ: how school lunches look across EuropeChildren across Europe must receive at least one nutritious…
Global North-South inequality โ can the EU do anything?
Inequalities between the Global North and the South are growing, exacerbated by food insecurity, climate change, Covid-19 and the war in Ukraine. What has been the EU’s response โ and what are the prospects?
England worst place in developed world to find housing, says report
Quarter of UK private renters spending over 40% of income on housing amid warning people are โtrapped in povertyโEngland is now โthe most difficult place to find a home in the developed worldโ, housebuilders have claimed in a snapshot of the housing cr…
What single market? Why Romanians get new medicines 2 years after Germans
Not all patients are equal when it comes to treatment with cutting-edge drugs.
Putting hearts first when it comes to aging healthily
Heart failure is the greatest health risk facing our aging population. Governments can help prevent premature death and โadd life to our yearsโ with immediate action and investment in accessible diagnostics.
Europeโs workers face bleak winter as firms โprofiteerโ, says union chief
Millions โholding on with their fingertipsโ due to high interest rates, squeezed wages and Covid costs, says the European TUC boss, Esther LynchWorkers across Europe are โholding on with their fingernailsโ and face a bleak winter ahead, as high interes…
How a podcast is giving Amsterdamโs โghost citizensโ a voice
Mission is to let undocumented people, without access to banking or healthcare, share trials of life It started, perhaps fittingly for a podcast based in Amsterdam, with a story about a bicycle.Mohamed Bah was on the train, nervously eyeing the bicycle…
All aboard! Can Luxembourgโs free public transport help save the world?
In 2020, in a bid to cut carbon emissions, Luxembourg made all its public transport free. But what is it like to use? And why are there still so many traffic jams? I took a trip to find out …Itโs not quite John oโGroats to Landโs End, let alone Flori…
Is Finland the best place in the world to be a parent? โ video
Finland is a world leader when it comes to early years education. Childcare is affordable and nursery places are universally available in a system that puts children’s rights at the centre of decision-making.Now the country is applying the same child-f…
Israeli ambassador protests as Iranian president speaks – as it happened
The United Nations general assembly liveblog is now closed, but please see the following stories to stay on top of the dayโs news:Zelenskiy accuses Russia of genocide and urges world leaders to attend peace summitWorld inching ever closer to a great fr…
Danish artist who submitted empty frames as artwork ordered to repay ยฃ61,500
Jens Haaning must repay money loaned by Kunsten Museum, court saysA Danish artist who pocketed large sums of money lent to him by a museum โ and submitted empty frames as his artwork โ has been ordered by a court to repay the funds.Jens Haaning, a conc…
Itโs the Biden show as other top leaders skip UN
The leaders of four of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council arenโt expected to attend this yearโs annual gathering in New York.
UK youth face being worse off than parents, says social mobility chief
Regional inequality, Londonโs housing market and stagnant wages cited as concerns
BRICS hypocrisy on offshore reform
While railing against the global financial architecture, these countries offer no collective action on offshore banking โ and continue to be among its major users.
Ukraineโs most powerful spiritual force faces a choice
The war has made the Orthodox church a force for national unity. Where will it go from here?
Ryan Reynolds has transformed Wrexham. Who will save Britainโs other struggling towns?
Can the Hollywood takeover of a Welsh football club really be a model for regeneration?
Why the minimum wage works
It reduces pay inequality while employment doesnโt suffer โ even if productivity is not boosted
Healthy diet in UK at risk from Mediterranean droughts, experts say
Fresh fruit and vegetables from Europe will be more expensive as drought and wildfires shrink suppliesA healthy diet in the UK will be put at risk by climate breakdown as European droughts shrink fresh fruit and vegetable supplies, experts have said.Fr…
EU climate chief Frans Timmermans set to lead left-wing alliance into Dutch elections
The Netherlands heads to general elections on November 22 after Mark Rutte’s coalition collapsed.
Is Italyโs Meloni failing to deliver for women?
Italy’s first female prime minister is a divisive figure among feminists. She stands to gain more power after EU elections next year.
Why Londonโs mayor just canโt scrap his clean air plan
Sadiq Khan is bound by a swathe of laws at national level to press ahead with the Ultra Low Emission Zone.
Russiaโs invasion of Ukraine has ripped faรงade off anti-imperialism
Reaction to the war in Ukraine has revealed that the term was little more than a cover for anti-Americanism.
Gender inequality in sport: The challenges facing female athletes
Despite the progress made in women’s sport, major challenges remain, particularly regarding equal pay, visibility and training conditions.