Most Romanians have experienced significant improvements in their lives since the country joined the EU in 2007; however, many of the country's Roma continue to live in deep poverty. In an interview with the BBC, Heather Grabbe looks at what EU membership means for countries like Romania.
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Posted in: Europe, Rights & Justice
Topics: David Mark, EU structural funds, European Union, Heather Grabbe, Neil Campbell, Roma, Romania
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A new report looks at the inclusion of Muslim minorities in Antwerp, one of Belgium's most diverse cities.
Posted in: Europe, Rights & Justice
Topics: Antwerp, At Home in Europe, Belgium, Berlin, Borgerhout, Copenhagen, Europe, European Union, Leicester, Muslims, Muslims in Antwerp, Rachel Hart
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In this interview, Open Society Roma Initiatives Fellow Mensur Haliti explains why census mobilization matters, and what drives his personal commitment to Roma emancipation.
Posted in: Europe, Governance & Accountability, Rights & Justice
Topics: Albania, Balkan Egyptians, Balkans, Bernard Rorke, Blindspot, Bosnia & Herzegovina, census, citizenship, Decade of Roma Inclusion, European Roma Rights Centre, European Union, Forum of Roma IDPs, Ivaca Dacic, Kosovo, Macedonia, Mensur Haliti, Montenegro, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe, refugees, Roma, Serbia, statelessness, use your ballot wisely, Yugoslavia
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Macedonia's tortured relations with the European Union are due for an overhaul following the recent elections.
Posted in: Europe, Governance & Accountability
Topics: Balkans, EU, EU membership, European Union, Goran Buldioski, Macedonia, Macedonian elections, Neda Korunovska, Nikola Gruevski
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Europeans may be surprised to hear that basic rights, such as the right to a lawyer or a phone call, are only now being debated at the European level. Yet at the moment many countries in the region fail to provide them.
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Italy attempted to use the threat of prison sentences to pressure illegal immigrants to obey removal orders. But it ignored European law that demands a more proportional response from governments.
Posted in: Europe, Rights & Justice
Topics: Case Watch, detention, discrimination, European Court of Justice, European Union, Hassen el-Dridi, immigration, Italy, migrants
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Azerbaijan's victory in the Eurovision song contest brings welcome attention to this often-ignored country. But that success comes at a time when the government has been clamping down on the right of ordinary people to make their voices heard.
Posted in: Asia, Europe, Governance & Accountability, Media & Arts, Rights & Justice
Topics: Azerbaijan, Bakhtiyar Hajiyev, Central Asia, Elnur Majidi, EU, European Parliament, European Union, Eurovision, freedom of expression, Jabbar Savalan, Jacqueline Hale, media independence, press freedom, video
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Widespread police abuse will continue to plague Ukraine unless the European Union pushes national authorities to implement preventive mechanisms.
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As Kinshasa prepares to vote in the second presidential elections since the end of years of war, debate is raging in Brussels on whether the European Union should support much-needed election monitoring.
Posted in: Africa, Europe, Governance & Accountability
Topics: Congo, democracy, Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, election, election monitoring, EU, European Union, Marta Martinelli
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By banning headscarves, what message is Europe sending to its Muslim population? That we are open, tolerant and pluralistic, but not towards you?
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