Europe

This law was enacted by the ruling coalition between the Red-Green parties, along with the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in mid-May. The law aims to prevent female students from wearing the niqab during classes…

Verona’s museum in Italy now holds a remarkable testament to scientific collaboration across faiths. Researchers at Cambridge University in the UK have identified a rare astrolabe – an instrument once used for navigation, timekeeping, and even astrology, which dates back…

Measles cases in Europe are continuing to rise, with this year’s numbers set to surpass the total for 2023, according to a warning from WHO and UNICEF released on Tuesday. Recent data shows 56,634 measles cases and four deaths reported…

The “Islamophobia and Anti-Muslim Racism Documentation Centre” in Austria recorded 1,522 cases of racist attacks against Muslims in 2023, the highest number since documentation began in 2015, according to the center’s president, Remisa Quidder. The Austrian news agency (APA) reported…

According to a Reuters report released on Tuesday, figures from the German Federal Statistical Office indicate that the number of foreigners gaining German citizenship hit a record high in 2023. A total of 200,100 individuals from 157 different nationalities were…

Scientists are urging European governments to take action as climate change takes hold, increasing heat-related deaths across the continent, Euronews said citing a new report. Europe is the fastest-warming continent with temperatures rising roughly twice the global average, according to…

On Thursday, the Greek coastguard reported that they had rescued 42 migrants off the island of Crete. The coastguard was also searching for three individuals believed to be missing after their boat sent a distress signal while at sea, the…

A concerning new report from Human Rights Watch (HRW) has revealed that 9 out of 10 Muslim victims of Islamophobic attacks in Germany do not report the incidents to police, Anadolu Agency reported yesterday. According to HRW researcher Almaz Teffera,…

Following pro-Palestnian protests across US universities, similar student protests demanding that universities sever ties with Israel over the Gaza war have spread across Europe, sparking clashes and arrests as new demonstrations broke out in the Netherlands, Germany, France, Switzerland and Austria, The…

Independent UN experts have called on European Union members to ban the detention of migrant children as they prepare to implement the newly adopted Migration and Asylum Pact. The UN experts urged the European Commission to establish specific guidelines for…