EL FEM meets in Athens and decides on new coordination and framework
EL Fem network has convened this weekend in Athens to discuss a new organization for the network’s functioning and a working plan for the next years. The capital of Greece was symbolically chosen to embrace this meeting as an expression of... more
Food prices alarm
Rising food prices has been driving tens of millions of people into extreme poverty in the last years and are reaching very dangerous levels in some countries, entering a historic high as new data on the cost of grain and other staples shows.
A new... more
EL vice president approved directive cracks down on fake medicines
The European Parliament has approved today a directive of one of European Left Vice presidents, Marisa Matias, to control sales of counterfeit medicines, which are growing around 15% a year in Europe and widespread on the Internet.
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Se non ora, quando? Italian Women's cry for dignity and change
If not now, when? is the title of Italian Primo Levi’s novel, a touching testimony that records the struggles of Jewish, Polish and Russian partisans who fought against the Nazi power during World War II. By committing themselves and often giving... more
Welcome to Europe but you'd rather return to your country!
While 5,000 Tunisian refugees arrived these days on the Italian coasts, Chancellor Angela Merkel has refused yesterday hosting a part of them on German soil. According to Frankfurter Rundschau, Merkel considered that the mission of the European... more