Full Coverage: Europe

27.02.2009 England People Very Nice is designedly not very nice. Funny, sharp, chaotic, focused; but not very nice.

27.02.2009 The charity Palestinians Relief and Development Fund did not take sufficiently rigorous steps to investigate allegations that some of their partner organisations might be promoting terrorism, the Charity Commission has ruled.

26.02.2009 Hordes of poverty and green campaigners from groups representing hundreds of thousands of people will join the largest British event to confront the global economic crisis at a free, all-day event on Saturday.

26.02.2009 German state bans on religious symbols and clothing for teachers and other civil servants discriminate against Muslim women who wear the headscarf, a leading international rights group said in a report released today.

25.02.2009 Protected forest in Russia, including a “maternity hospital” for the Amur tiger and unique Korean pine stands, have been sold for logging in controversial circumstances and in the face of protests by the local population and an environmental group.

24.02.2009 Indian police guard woman after video of her undressing appears on internet says the newspaper headline. It's a case of life following art, says reviewer Daniel Nelson.

24.02.2009 Greenwash is a political farce, complete with custard pie and didactic dialogue, reports Daniel Nelson.

23.02.2009 The next Human Rights Watch film festival (19-27 March) will be the thirteenth, so it is not surprising that the festival’s deputy director, Andrea Holley, is looking for new styles, “which we need if we are to pull in new people”.

23.02.2009 In Costa Rica, municipal authorities compete with each other to plant the most trees. UK cities seem to be more concerned about removal of chewing gum from the pavements. Does this reflect cultural diversity or just muddled priorities?

23.02.2009 British mosques contribute to their local communities through a wide range of services and activities, from sport and leisure activities to healthy living programmes and assistance for senior citizens, says a new survey.

22.02.2009 With Afghanistan set to be a key focus of British, European and US foreign policy for many years, the Tricycle Theatre is staging a festival of plays, exhibitions, films and discussions on the country.

22.02.2009 England is ruled by the Scots! George Monbiot digs into the faultlines of UK democracy. Guardian

20.02.2009 London Fashion Week opens today facing development charity accusations that garment workers are paid poverty wages producing clothing for some of Britain’s largest retailers.

19.02.2009 Efforts to tackle the global food crisis will fail without urgent action to support small farmers in developing countries, says the Fairtrade Foundation in a report launched today.

18.02.2009 Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has proposed outlawing fishing with drift nets, otherwise known as “walls of death”, following a lengthy campaign by fishermen, politicians in Kamchatka and NGOs.

17.02.2009 European companies will have to prove the wood they are trading in Europe has been legally harvested and processed, based on a European parliamentary environment committee vote today. The new regulation still has to be passed by the Parliament and member states.

17.02.2009 Young filmmakers from Canada, Senegal, South Africa, the UK, and the United States tackle child labour, women’s and indigenous rights, and persecution of immigrant communities in a special section of this year's Human Rights Watch film festival.

16.02.2009 Christian Aid is urging supporters to recruit their local MPs in a bid to bring tax justice to developing countries.

15.02.2009 Christopher Caldwell suggests that it's time to move on from hangups over bankers' bonuses. We should have made a fuss a long time ago. Financial Times

14.02.2009 The British supermarket chain Asda came under fire today over claims that workers earn a living wage supplying Valentine’s flowers on sale in its stores for £2 a dozen.
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