Sarakhov prize nominees meet civil society organizations at the European Parliament in Strasbourg
By Manel Msalmi On December 19th, I had the privilege of attending the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought ceremony at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. It was a humbling moment to witness the recognition of those who dedicate their lives to defending human rights and democracy-values at the core of Europe’s identity. On behalf of Circle of Sustainable [...]
Dubai Forum to empower Female leaders promoting peace
By Manel Msalmi On November 15th-16th a big forum was organised in Dubai on the eve of the international Day of Tolerance in UAE, a country which was one of the architects of the peace agreements and the Abraham Accords and the one which launched the initiative of The national Tolerance Day. The two-day multifaith event, which was organised [...]
Lions Club charity run: from Warsaw to Brussels
Lions Clubs from Poland and Germany run for war victims in Ukraine By Reinhard Boest There is truly no shortage of charitable initiatives in Belgium. There is not only the Red Cross, Unicef or the Scouts, but also CAP48, 11.11.11, 12-12, Télévie or ‘De Warmste Week’. Every year, non-governmental organisations or television stations collect millions of euros for many [...]
MEP Bernd Lange: ‘Now time for in-depth scrutiny – approval by the EP will not be a foregone conclusion’
The European elections took place on 9 June 2024. The term of office of the EU Commission also ends at the end of the legislative period of the Parliament. After the election of the European Parliament, a new Commission has to be formed. After each EU Member State has proposed a candidate, the European Parliament examines the candidates through [...]
Brussels gets a Palace of the Silk Roads
By Jürgen Klute and Zhou Yi The Chinese Pavilion in the Royal Palace Gardens in the Laeken district of the Belgium und European capital Brussels is awakening from a deep slumber For over ten years, the Chinese Pavilion in the Royal Palace Gardens in Laeken has been lying empty and unused in a kind of slumber, threatening to fall [...]
The Left-wing Observatory of the European Elections
The left-wing European political foundation Transform! Europe is providing an information platform on the 2024 European elections entitled ‘Europe through the eyes of the left’. The platform is available in English. The website states: Europe through the left lens will reveal how the political landscape in each member state seems in the view of the EP elections, what is [...]
“Save a life, you save humanity”
Concert at the European commission: Omar Harfouch plays his new composition for world peace. By Manel Msalmi On Tuesday evening December 12th 2023 at the European Commission in Brussels, Omar Harfouch, who has been in the news in recent weeks following his acquisition of Entrevue magazine, has shown that he has been engaged through his work and passion for [...]
Mahsa Amini posthumously honoured with Sakharov prize 2023 award
By Manel Msalmi, European Parliament Strasbourg December 12th 2023, representatives from the “Women, Life, Freedom” movement were present in the European Parliament in Strasbourg to get Sakharov prize 2023, the European prize of freedom of thought. The prize was awarded by the president of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola with the presence of members of the European Parliament, EU high [...]
Lord John Monks – A Very British and Exciting Biography
A Podcast by Peter Scherrer John Stephen Monks (born 5 August 1945) is a Labour Party member of the House of Lords and a former trade unionist leader. Monks served from 1993 until 2003 as the General Secretary of the British Trade Union Congress and he also served as the General Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) [...]
Europe continues to miss its plastic recycling targets
The research group "Investigate Europe" published a comprehensive study on plastic recycling on 27 April 2023. According to this research, the EU is falling significantly short of the targets it has set itself. In other words, the recycling promise remains largely unfulfilled. „From yoghurt pots and milk cartons to shampoo bottles and toothpaste tubes, Europeans produce an average of [...]
The Fate of Women in Iran
By Manel Msalmi, Paris March 31st, a symposium was organized in Paris Business School hosted by Frédéric Encel, a professor of international relations and political science at the PSB Paris School of Business and lecturer at Sciences Po Paris in partnership with the European Association for The Defense of Minorities entitled «The Fate of women in Iran» to highlight [...]
The Durand Line and Self-Determination on UN International Day of Social Justice
The World Council for Public Diplomacy and Community Dialogue wants the UN to hold a referendum on the Pakistani side of the Durand Line to reunite the Pasthuns. By Andy Vermaut, Brussels (Belgium) The Durand Line, a 2,670-kilometer border established in 1893 by the British between Afghanistan and Brithish India, remains a complex and important issue today. We can [...]
Fuelling the cost of living and energy crisis
The Brussels based NGO Corporate Europe Observatory published on 3 November 2022 a press release on how the fossil fuel industry the EU Commission has lobbied since the Ukrainian war began. Europablog presents below the press statement of Corporate Europe Observatory. Never let a crisis get in the way of a business opportunity seems to be the motto of [...]
After a long Corona break, there was another climate march in Brussels
By Jürgen Klute After a long break due to Corona, there was another climate march in Brussels on Sunday, 23 October 2022. The starting point was the North Station. There, the activists met from 1 pm onwards. The approximately 30,000 demonstrators marched in good weather first on the inner city ring road in the direction of Madou, then into [...]
Democracy under threat and human Rights violations in Bangladesh
By Manel Msalmi, Brussels On July 19th 2022 an international conference entitled «Democracy under threat and human rights violations in Bangladesh« was organized by the EPP group and MEP host Fulvio Martusciello with the help of the EU advisor Valerio Balzamo and the international affairs advisor Manel Msalmi who moderated the debate. The conference came in parallel with the [...]