Irish abortion referendum: ‘We made history’ BBC News | Europe | World Edition Supporters of the Yes campaign react to the overwhelming vote to overturn the abortion ban. Ireland abortion referendum: PM hails ‘quiet revolution’ BBC News | Europe | World Edition Leo Varadkar says Irish people have voted for a “modern constitution for a modern country”. … Read more
Irish abortion referendum: The people travelling #HomeToVote BBC News | Europe | World Edition Voters returned home from across the world to cast their ballot in Friday’s historic referendum. Irish Citizens’ #HomeToVote Tweets Show the Internet at Its Most Inspiring Slate Articles by Heather Schwedel So much internet, so little time. Good on the Internet is our running attempt to … Read more
The Art of Europe’s Forgotten Avant-Garde Artists Now Digitized and Put Online Open Culture by Colin Marshall Economically depleted but filled with the desire to pose questions about the future in radically new ways, postwar Europe would prove fertile ground for the development of avant-garde art. Though that environment produced a fair few stars over the second … Read more
George Soros: Foundation quits Hungary over ‘repressive’ policies BBC News | Europe | World Edition The decision comes as the government moves to tighten its grip on non-government organisations. Understanding the rise of Orban: a lesson for western democracies in crisis open Democracy News Analysis – by David Dorosz / Capitalism without oversight has the inherent possibility to … Read more
Items banned by the Eurovision Song Contest Boing Boing by Rob Beschizza The Eurovision Song Contest is Europe’s pinnacle of absurdly politicized trashy fun. It also has a substantial and rather bizarre list of banned items that shall not be brought to it, including golf balls, pliers, and shopping carts. [Feature] Hungary activists defiant after ‘Soros Mercenaries’ attack EUobserver.com … Read more
Trump brushes dandruff off ‘perfect’ Macron BBC News | Europe | World Edition / The US president lavishes his French counterpart with praise – but there are disagreements too. What French people think about Trump and Macron meeting BBC News | Europe | World Edition / French President Emmanuel Macron has started a three-day state visit to the United States. Andrea Nahles: First … Read more
Estonia’s President Talks AI, Genetic Testing, and Dealing with Russia Wired Top Stories by Eric Niiler Kersti Kaljulaid, Estonia’s youngest and first female president, lays out her plans for moving the country from a traditional state to a digital society. Debate: Spring of protests in France euro|topics French rail workers and students are protesting against President Emmanuel … Read more
Emmanuel Macron Q&A: France’s President Discusses Artificial Intelligence Strategy Wired Top Stories by Nicholas Thompson In an interview with WIRED, French President Emmanuel Macron describes his plans to enhance the country’s AI efforts—and differentiate them from those in the US. Brexit: The top five cliches BBC News | Europe | World Edition If the war of … Read more
Six Key Points from the EU High Level Group’s New Report on Disinformation First Draft News by Nic Dias By Clara Jiménez Cruz, Alexios Mantzarlis, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, and Claire Wardle* Today the EU Commission released the final report from the High Level Expert Group on Fake News, entitled “A Multi-Dimensional Approach to Disinformation”. The report, a document supported … Read more
Italy election: What does the result mean? BBC News | Europe | World Edition Once political outsiders, a Eurosceptic movement and an anti-immigrant party are now the mainstream. Trump steel tariffs: European Union gears up for trade war BBC News | Europe | World Edition US motorcycles, bourbon and jeans could be among the targets of retaliatory … Read more
A new report on the role of community media for refugees and migrants has been published The Council of Europe publication entitled “Spaces of Inclusion – An explorative study on needs of refugees and migrants in the domain of media communication and on responses by community media” has been prepared by experts of the COMMIT … Read more
via Europe Subreddit. Good news for humanity: Germany joins list of countries that won’t use autonomous weapons The Next Web by Tristan Greene / Lieutenant General Ludwig Leinhos, head of Germany’s Cyber and Information Space Command, told panel members at the Munich Security Conference yesterday that Germany would abstain from using autonomous weapons. According to the “Campaign … Read more
European Union grows at fastest pace for 10 years BBC News | Europe | World Edition The EU and the eurozone both expanded at their fastest pace in a decade in 2017, figures confirm. How Germany Became the World’s Safest Social Media State Wired Top Stories by Virginia Heffernan WIRED’s new columnist Virginia Heffernan on how … Read more
The Leaked Brexit Analysis Shows How Cutting EU Immigration Will Hit The British Economy BuzzFeed – Jan 31 Getty Images Share on Facebook Share on Facebook Share Share on Pinterest Share on Pinterest Pin Pinterest Pinterest The government’s secret Brexit impact analysis shows that the cost to the British economy of cutting migration from the EU … Read more