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MEPs: Persons with reduced mobility need equal rights to train travel!

EU INSTITUTIONS Theodoros Benakis -
When Horst tried to take an early morning train to a meeting with the German ministry of Health, he was denied boarding: the train...

Millions of EU voters with disabilities will not be able to vote: report

EU INSTITUTIONS Theodoros Benakis -
With many legal and technical barriers still in place across the EU, not a single Member State has ensured that elections are accessible to...

European Accessibility Act: a big step on a long journey

EU INSTITUTIONS Theodoros Benakis -
The European Accessibility Act is a landmark agreement. However, while it will ensure that many products and services are more accessible for persons with...

Iceland MPs make sexist and ableist comments

EFTA Theodoros Benakis -
Six Members of the Icelandic Parliament were overheard making sexist and ableist comments about a number of prominent women in a bar. The European Disability...

Forced sterilisation of women in Europe

TOP STORY Theodoros Benakis -
Between 2010 and 2013, Spanish judges ordered some 400 women to undergo an irreversible sterilisation procedure, arguing it was in their best interests. As reported...
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Hungary and the Commission to negotiate conditions for the release of frozen EU funds

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Top officials from the European Union and Hungary's incoming...

Taiwan claims China’s sanctions on European arms’ sales won’t affect sourcing

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Taiwan's Defence Minister Koo Li-hsiung, also known by his...

Poland asks European Parliament to waive Mariusz Kamiński’s immunity

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The European Parliament has received a motion to waive...

Incoming prime minister alleges Orbán’s oligarchs are transferring assets and planning to flee abroad

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Wealthy business figures associated with Viktor Orbán's regime are...

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