Full Coverage: Western Europe
16.10.2009
The prosector of the International Criminal Court is looking into last month’s events in Guinea, where at least 150 people were killed when security forces opened fire on an opposition rally.
more...Related topics/regions: [Netherlands] [Guinea] |
10.06.2009
Reports that French company Veolia has abandoned the $500 million rail project linking Jerusalem and illegal Israeli settlements in the West Bank has been welcomed by the anti-poverty charity War on Want.
more...From: War on Want Related topics/regions: [Palestine] [Israel] [France] |
30.05.2009
Mosaïques, the French Institute's annual celebration of cultural diversity, is back, with another lively mix of world cinema, music and live events.
more...Related topics/regions: [France] [United Kingdom] |
02.04.2009
Unlawful killings, beatings, racial abuse and excessive use of force by law enforcement officials are rarely investigated effectively in France and those responsible seldom brought to justice, says a new report.
more...+ “Dangerous trend” condemned after anti-crime unit questions four journalists over Sarkozy video From: Amnesty International - International Secretariat Related topics/regions: [France] |
29.01.2009
While political and business leaders gather in Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum, campaigning NGOs are gathering in Zurich to expose alleged malpractice by Swiss food giant, Nestlé.
more...Related topics/regions: [Switzerland] Image: Give Nestlé the boot (IBFAN)
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07.01.2009
An Anglo-French oil company is poised to send more than 800 workers into a remote part of the Peruvian Amazon inhabited by uncontacted Indians.
more...Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Peru] [France] |
12.08.2008
A Greenpeace team has begun placing 150 granite rocks on the bed of the German North Sea in an effort to stop fishing boats from bottom trawling.
more...From: Greenpeace International Related topics/regions: [Germany] Image: Greenpeace activists check a Spanish bottom-trawler (Greenpeace)
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08.08.2008
Three companies have been named "worst for abusing tribal peoples’ rights" in a statement marking the UN Day for Indigenous Peoples on 9 August.
more...+ Supreme Court gives go-ahead to mine – tribe vows resistance From: Survival International Italia Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [Peru] [Malaysia] [India] [France] Image: Vedanta protest, London, 2008
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05.08.2008
Greenpeace France has launched two court cases in an effort to find out what’s really been going at the French nuclear site Tricastin-Pierrelatte, which has been hit by a series of accidents.
more...From: Greenpeace International Related topics/regions: [France] |
25.07.2008
Austria has banned the import of the "highly dangerous" genetically engineered maize MON 863, produced by US agro-chemical giant Monsanto.
more...From: Greenpeace International Related topics/regions: [Austria] |
15.07.2008
A judgment by Switzerland's highest judicial body "sets a grave precedent for independent humanitarian action in zones of conflict," says an international medical organisation.
more...From: Médecins sans frontières Related topics/regions: [Switzerland] |
23.04.2008
Small farmers from around the world celebrated last week the International Day of Peasant's Struggle and honored the communities and organizations in over 25 countries that are challenging escalating food costs.
more...From: Grassroots International Related topics/regions: [Indonesia] [Germany] [Cameroon] [Argentina] Image: An Ethiopian farmer. © International Food Policy Research Institute
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07.04.2008
Security measures for the Olympic torch relays passage through Paris are "shameful", according to an international media freedom group.
more...From: Reporter Senza Frontiere Related topics/regions: [China] [France] [Security] |
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.
more...From: Greenpeace UK Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [France] Image: Sizewell nuclear power station, operated by British Energy © Greenpeace
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18.03.2008
More...Related topics/regions: [Germany] [Agriculture] [Food] [International cooperation] [Environment] Image: Kartoffelernte
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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.
more...From: Worldwatch Institute Related topics/regions: [Germany] [Japan] [United Kingdom] [United States] Image: © Greenpeace UK
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18.01.2008
NEW YORK, Jan 18 (OneWorld) - London and Paris were given a prestigious award this week for their innovative citywide programs to improve public transit and reduce traffic congestion and greenhouse gas emissions.
more...From: OneWorld US Related topics/regions: [United Kingdom] [France] [Cities] [Transport] [Climate change] Image: City of London representative (left) receives the 2008 Sustainable Transport Award. © Environmental Defense
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26.12.2007
Six French aid workers have been sentenced to eight years of forced labour for attempting to kidnap more than 100 African children, who they said were Darfuri orphans.
more...From Earth Times Related topics/regions: [France] [Chad] |

