PRESS RELEASE – Brussels, 21 March 2014 Commenting on reports that Turkish prime minister Erdogan has blocked the use of the social media website Twitter, Hélène Flautre, co-chair of the EU-Turkey joint parliamentary committee said: “The move by Erdogan to block Twitter is an absurd attack on fundamental rights and…

This year, Ska is going to host the youth conference “Get Youth out of Crisis” together with The Greens/EFA and FYEG for the second time. The conference is meant to provide a platform for young people to exchange views on their different perspectives of the crisis, develop own ideas for solutions and translate them…

On occasion of yesterday’s third anniversary of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, the Green Group in the European Parliament remembered the human beings who died immediately during the catastrophe or do still suffern from its consequences. The failure occurred when the plant was hit by the tsunami triggered by the Töhoku…

FRIENDS OF THE EARTH EUROPE, CORPORATE EUROPE OBSERVATORY, SIERRA CLUB, TRANSNATIONAL INSTITUTE, POWERSHIFT, BLUE PLANET PROJECT, ATTAC FRANCE Press release NEW REPORT: NO FRACKING WAY The full report is available here: http://www.foeeurope.org/no-fracking-way Amsterdam/Berlin/Brussels/Ottawa/Washington, March 6, 2014 – A trade deal between the EU and the US risks opening the backdoor…

Watch the LIVE recording of the 7th Conference on Feminicide “Stop feminicide in Europe and in Latin America” hosted by the Greens/EFA on Thursday, 6 March 2014 in the European Parliament, Brussels. Feminicide, or the gender-based murder of women because they are women is a global phenomenon to be addressed with…