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  • Children on the move from Africa do not first aim to go to Europe, new UNICEF study shows

    BOTSWANA, 2017/07/29 Children on the move into Europe from Africa take the decision to leave home on their own and do not initially intend to go to Europe. For the majority the systematic trauma and abuse they witnessed or suffered in Libya caused them to flee to Europe and take the terrifying Central Mediterranean sea route, according to a new study commissioned by UNICEF and carried out by REACH.

  • Portugal's cork-to-oil mogul Amorim dies at 82

    PORTUGAL, 2017/07/19 Americo Amorim, Portugal's richest man with business interests ranging from energy and finance to the world's major cork producer, Corticeira Amorim , died on Thursday aged 82, a company spokesman said. He could not say what was the cause of death. According to Forbes, Amorim's net worth was $4.8 billion and his biggest single investment an indirect 18 % stake in Portuguese oil company Galp Energia.

  • Portugal's cork-to-oil mogul Amorim dies at 82

    PORTUGAL, 2017/07/19 Americo Amorim, Portugal's richest man with business interests ranging from energy and finance to the world's major cork producer, Corticeira Amorim , died on Thursday aged 82, a company spokesman said. He could not say what was the cause of death. According to Forbes, Amorim's net worth was $4.8 billion and his biggest single investment an indirect 18 % stake in Portuguese oil company Galp Energia.

  • Migration drives EU population up, Luxembourg, Sweden, Malta register large growth in 2016

    CROATIA, 2017/07/11 Eurostat on Monday said in a press release that the people of the European Union (EU) was estimated at 511.8 million on January 1, 2017 due to net migration. According to Eurostat, the statistical office of the EU, during the year of 2016, 18 EU members witnessed people increases, while 10 members witnessed people decreases. The major increase was recorded in Luxembourg which was 19.8 per 1,000 residents, according to the data. Sweden's 14.5 per 1,000 residents and Malta's 13.8 per 1,000 residents ranked the second and the third.

  • Switzerland Prepares For Wave Of Immigrants

    SWITZERLAND, 2017/07/08 Switzerland is strengthening the police presence on its southern border, anticipating a summer increase in migrants who want to reach Germany and northern Europe. In addition, the government has not ruled out making further payments to the European Union. Summer is the holiday season. But for tens of thousands of people who leave their country because of conflicts or poverty, summer is the best time to travel to Europe. In the completed few days, additional than 12,000 people have arrived in Italy.

  • Hungarian Border ‘Smart Fence’ Violates Rights

    HUNGARY, 2017/07/08 Next Belgrade newspaper Politika reported on Tuesday that the Hungarian government is testing an electrified ‘smart fence’ on the border with Serbia, the Belgrade Centre for Protection and Help for Asylum-Seekers said the move was a violation of European human-rights agreements. “Hungarian [border police] are beating migrants, attacking them with dogs, they are even beating children, and according to statements of migrants, they are periodically turning on the electricity in some parts of the [border] fence,” Rados Djurovic from the Centre told BIRN. According to Politika, Hungarian officials insisted however that the voltage of the electricity is low, at 900 volts, so “it can’t seriously hurt people”.

  • Germany's Angela Merkel ‘Historic challenge’

    GERMANY, 2016/01/03 In a year of crises for Europe, from the Ukraine war to Greece’s deficit turmoil to the historic refugee influx, Germany’s Angela Merkel emerged as the continent’s de facto leader, drawing additional praise and fire than ever. Whether spearheading EU diplomacy with Moscow, bargaining with Athens over tough bail-out terms or responding to the world’s biggest refugee wave since World War II – Merkel was in the middle, again and again. At a time of growing uncertainty and division in Europe, the pragmatic quantum chemist whom Germans call “Mutti”, or mummy, preached fiscal rectitude and humanitarian principles, often drawing a mixed response.

  • The European Union (EU) and Tunisia signed an agreement on population

    EUROPEAN UNION, 2014/03/05 The European Union (EU) and Tunisia on Monday signed an agreement on the movement of populations between the Europe and Tunisia. The EU Commissioner in charge of Interior affairs, Mrs Cecilia Malmström, and the Tunisian ambassador to the EU, Tehar Cherif, both read a joint declaration, stating that the agreement is as well meant to promote a common and responsible management of migration -- through the simplification of visa procedures. Mrs. Malmström indicated that the EU will support the Tunisian authorities in their efforts regarding political asylum with a view to establishing a system of protection for refugees and asylum seekers.

  • Harbour,Torshavn,Faroe Islands

    FAROE ISLANDS, 2013/11/02 With men outnumbering women by 2,000, the Faroe Islands need to import brides to sustain society, it's been suggested. Most young Faroese women travel abroad to study, half of them at no time to return to the rugged community of around 48,500 in the North Atlantic, reports Denmark's public DR TV. It says the problem is most acute part women of childbearing age and quotes former chief economic advisor Hermann Oskarsson warning that the people could fall to 37,000 by 2023. "Can Faroese society survive?" he asks, adding: "There just aren't the young women to raise children."

  • Roma women's education and employment inclusion,

    EASTERN EUROPE, 2013/03/01 Regional governments and civil society have intensified efforts to improve Roma women's education and employment inclusion, but experts said significantly additional needs to be done to achieve tangible success. "By Roma traditions, women usually remain at home and cater to the family while men go to work. Roma women have to cope with … gender and ethnic discrimination," Marian Mandache, executive director of Romani Criss, a leading Roma NGO in Romania;
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