Since the beginning of the Syrian conflict in march 2011, 5 million peoples have run out of their homeland, 95% found a relative shelter in Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq. Many families which cannot face the increasing violence and destruction waves had to migrate to find asylum. Unfortunately, they are not welcome for everybody and their […]
Grybauskaite: From Vilnius Communist Party High School to European Commission
The EU membership has opened up new possibilities for Lithuanians, after all. Could a daughter of a modest Soviet electrical technician ever think that she would become President of the proud and independent state, and even obtain a chance to gain presidency of the European Commission? Still, today’s Dalia is a confident Iron Lady. She’s […]
Polish eagle in the European hen coop
Geopolitical landscape of the European Union, shapeless, as it is, is losing the rest of stability with the withdrawal of Great Britain. Still, instability of the European space in no case should be seen as “disintegration”, despite the triumphant hysterics and wild reflection of the populists belonging to the Eurosceptic camp. After the initial shock […]
Amanda Knox case moves to European Court over denial of human rights
Avrom Brendzel and Nigel Scott set out the reasons why Italy will lose another case in Strasbourg. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) is the court of last resort for defendants in the 47 states of the Council of Europe (CoE) who have been subjected to violations of the rights of defence. It was […]
Hogmore Media scores by distributing European football coverage using Eutelsat Broadband’s NewsSpotter service
NewsSpotter’s flexible satellite broadband service allows Hogmore Media to distribute coverage of 1,000 football matches a year across Europe and potential for more sports coverage June 1st, 2016 – Hogmore Media, a European sports media rights company, is using Eutelsat Broadband’s NewsSpotter satellite newsgathering service to distribute coverage of the continent’s top football matches across […]
European Court of Human Rights begins investigation process preceding consideration of Amanda Knox criminal slander appeal*
Amanda Knox’s appeal to the European Court of Human Rights over her mistreatment by the Italian authorities has been posted on HUDOC, the official ECHR website. This means that the submission has been accepted and the case will be considered. This is another step on the road to her complete exoneration and public acknowledgment of […]