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MEPs: Persons with reduced mobility need equal rights to train travel!

When Horst tried to take an early morning train to a meeting with the German ministry of Health, he was denied boarding: the train...

Millions of EU voters with disabilities will not be able to vote: report

With many legal and technical barriers still in place across the EU, not a single Member State has ensured that elections are accessible to...

European Accessibility Act: a big step on a long journey

The European Accessibility Act is a landmark agreement. However, while it will ensure that many products and services are more accessible for persons with...

Iceland MPs make sexist and ableist comments

Six Members of the Icelandic Parliament were overheard making sexist and ableist comments about a number of prominent women in a bar. The European Disability...

Forced sterilisation of women in Europe

Between 2010 and 2013, Spanish judges ordered some 400 women to undergo an irreversible sterilisation procedure, arguing it was in their best interests. As reported...

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Enhanced cooperation between Swedish and US special forces

On December 3rd, Sweden and the United States signed...

Report: Overcrowding, ill-treatment by staff and inter-prisoner violence in Hungarian prisons

A report from the European Committee for the Prevention...

European Parliament and Council agree to postpone the application of the new deforestation rules

On Tuesday evening, negotiators from the Parliament and the...

Baltic States-Canada meeting: Latvia’s FM Baiba Braže says Canada is a trusted Ally

"Canada is an Ally and friend of particular importance to Latvia and the Baltic States and has a history...

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