Full Coverage: Europe

27.03.2008 The way Britain treats asylum-seekers falls "seriously below" the standards of a civilised society, says the Independent Asylum Commission.

25.03.2008 British and French leaders Gordon Brown and Nicholas Sarkozy will this week sign up to an entente atomique and herald a new era of cross-Channel cooperation.

25.03.2008 Many young people are effectively being "raised online" spending over 20 hours a week using sites such as bebo, Myspace, Facebook and YouTube, according to new research.
Institute for Public Policy Research

24.03.2008 Three Reporters Without Borders representatives, including secretary-general Robert Ménard, today unfurled a banner showing the Olympic rings transformed into handcuffs at the official Olympic torch-lighting ceremony in Olympia, Greece (photo, right).
+ Investigate Crackdown Before Torch Relay’s Passage Through Tibet

21.03.2008 Campaigners staged a demonstration against sweatshop labour when Banana Republic, the up-market chain of the Gap clothes empire, opened its first European store in London.

20.03.2008 Support for failing states, stabilising areas recovering from conflict - including a 1,000 strong civilian force - and tackling violent extremism are among proposals in Britain's newly unveiled National Security Strategy.
From UK Cabinet office

20.03.2008 One of the biggest fashion retailers in the US, Banana Republic, last night began an investigation into allegations that workers in India who make its clothes are being forced to work more than 70 hours a week for as little as 15p an hour.

19.03.2008 Most people in Britain would like to think that if a woman is repeatedly abused, beaten, humiliated and raped, the law will ensure she can get protection and justice. But it's not like that, warns a new report.

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17.03.2008 A new family exhibition at the Science Museum in London explores how our lives could be affected by changing climate and resources, and gives a glimpse of how we might live in 2050.

17.03.2008 Meet the great writers you know and the great writers you don't ... in a weekend of events that promises to engage with stories from all over the globe in unexpected and extraordinary encounters.

15.03.2008 A new European Union report adds urgency to concerns about future conflicts and mass migration driven by a warming climate.

13.03.2008 It began with a blinding flash and promises of speedy victory. Five years on, the mission is far from accomplished, says Neal Ascherson.
From The New Statesman

12.03.2008 The Serbian government canceled a local women's peace march this Saturday, demonstrating escalating political turmoil and state repression of civil rights in response to Kosovo's recent unilateral declaration of independence, say rights advocates.

12.03.2008 Two British human rights campaigners have been arrested at sea off Diego Garcia - the Indian Ocean island that Britain has leased to the U.S. for controversial military activity.
+ Reports from The People's Navy

12.03.2008 The Mediterranean bluefin tuna fleet has at least twice the fishing capacity of current quotas and more than three-and-a-half times the catch levels recommended by scientists to avoid stock collapse, says a new analysis.

11.03.2008 Lord Goldsmith's British citizenship review -- including proposals to remove the voting rights of Commonwealth and Irish citizens in general elections and getting young adults to pledge allegiance to the monarch -- have been condemned as patronising and unnecessarily divisive.
From: Unlock Democracy

11.03.2008 President Bush rallied rich nations last week to join the the U.K., Japan, and the United States in committing billions of dollars for developing countries to expand their renewable energy capacity.

10.03.2008

08.03.2008 Campaigners are calling on a UK company, Global Coal Management, to abandon plans for an open cast coal mine in Bangladesh that campaigners claim will leave people poorer and threaten food and water security.