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• French and Italian Environmentalists oppose high-speed railway lines

  Sunday 28 February 2010, by André Feldhof
  
  As a part of the Trans-European Networks policy of the EU, the Commission is creating channels of transport and telecommunications along the main axes of the European continent (see map). 30 projects on the rail, on the road, in the water and in the air have been launched to give more mobility, (...) Continue
  
  

• When did you have your last menstruation?

  Friday 12 February 2010, by Translated by Pia Menning, Vincent Venus Deutsch - français
  
  The medical questionnaire for employees of the European Parliament is both shameless and discriminatory. Working for the European Parliament is a dream job for many; but those who are nearing employment with the institution have to bare their in-depth personal details in a medical questionnaire (...) Continue
  
  

• The right to refuse to kill

  Conscientious Objection in Europe

  Friday 29 January 2010, by Giorgos Kosmopoulos
  
  According to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (art. 18) and the United Nations Human Rights Committee (General Comment 22, Para. 11) a Conscientious Objector (CO) is an “individual [who has] claimed the right to refuse to perform military service" on the grounds of (...) Continue
  
  

• How Copenhagen brings shame on Europe

  Wednesday 6 January 2010, by Pieter de Jaegher
  
  As the Copenhagen Climate Summit has drawn to its end without a real perspective on further cooperation concerning Climate Change, several weaknesses have been laid bare. Most amazing of all was the deafening silence of the European Union during the conference. Despite its new Lisbon Treaty, (...) Continue
  
  

• Gleams of Light: Europe behind bars

  Tuesday 29 December 2009, by Monica Falezza
  
  The ideals of peace and equal human rights cross the raw reality of detention: the hopeful story of a young Albanian detainee imprisoned in Padova, in “Due Palazzi”. Behind bars, Europe becomes a dream of value preserved expectancy and at the same time ransom feeling for the future of people (...) Continue
  
  

• What religion for the EU?

  Sunday 13 December 2009, by Alessio Pisanò
  
  The European Court of Human Right’s judgement on the crucifix in classrooms caused worries throughout Europe. But what is the matter with the EU? Is a “convivencia” still possible nowadays? If you thought that religious wars and crusades were over then you are deeply mistaken. In the wake of the (...) Continue
  
  

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