EMANUELE LOMBARDINI Italy is the last country in Western Europe that does not yet have a law that protects homophobia. And therefore it is not a country for liberals. Let’s be clear, Italy has a law, of course. But that
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LGBT rights in Italy: when a necessary law becomes a political battle
EVN 60th anniversary
The Eurovision News Exchange, the first one of its kind, was agreed upon by European broadcasters and started on 28 September 1961.
The EVN has been operating continuously for the last 60 years, meeting every challenge since that day, as it continues doing it now, in a news environment moving ever faster. The Eurovision News Exchange linking since 1961 the newsrooms of public TV members, exchanges on average 120 news items a day and operates three channels for live news transmissions, covering events around Europe and the world.
The forgotten past of Alexey Navalny
THERESA ZETTL Before reading my article, I would like to emphasize that this blog post is my personal opinion on Alexey Navalny and might not be shared by European Liberals for Reform. Navalny? Human Rights Award? Yesterday I have heard
Read morePress freedom
Press freedom preserves the freedom of expression, while it underpins other freedoms. It’s the watchdog that, when done right, drags into the open the dirty secrets of the rich, corrupt and and the powerful – the Panama papers and the latest Pandora papers bear witness to the skill of the rich and powerful to cover their tracks, but also of investigative journalists to follow their tracks and expose their crimes.
The only way to get high quality, accurate news and editorial content, is to keep paying for our media consumption – because it’s also the only way we can demand, as paying clients, quality and honesty in reporting.
“European Way of Life” mythology is a threat to democratic and liberal Europe
VLADAN LAUSEVIC During 2015 and the large refugee and humanitarian situation between Europe and Asia, Sweden accepted around 160 000 refugees, asylum-seekers, and migrants from other parts of the world such as Syria and Afghanistan. After that, Sweden became a
Read moreComing Out Day 2021
THERESA ZETTL Coming Out Day is celebrated by gays, lesbians, and transgender people on 11 October 2021. On this day, people all over the world are called upon to come out as a gay man or lesbian woman, for example,
Read moreWorld Mental Health Day – Fight the stigma!
THERESA ZETTL Today is World Mental Health Day. But what is mental health? Mental health is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as “a state of well-being in which an individual can realize his or her own potential, cope
Read moreWorld Animal Day
On October 4th, we celebrate World Animal Day. It is charged with the mission to raise awareness to the status of animals to improve their welfare standards worldwide. Already in 1931, the World Animal Day was introduced at a convention
Read moreHow Socialism’s Crippling Experiment Still Echoes Through Germany Today
BY DANIEL KADDIK This article was originally written for Fundación Bases (Rosario – Argentina) to commemorate a new anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall. It was first published in Panampost in 2016. Daniel Kaddik is Executive Director at
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