All EU member states are obliged to recognize changes of first name and gender obtained in other EU countries. The European court of Justice has issued this ruling after Romanian authorities refused to issue a new birth certificate for Arian Mirzarafie-Ahi, a man with dual Romanian and British nationality who legally changed his gender in the UK. Get all the details on today's "What's right with the World".
Local Matters: Making Luxembourg's nightlife safer
At nearly every party, personal limits are transgressed and partygoers experience harassment or violence. To end gender-based violence in nightlife, the association 4motion has joined the European project Crisscross. On Local Matters, Carlos and Alex from 4motion tell Franziska how they do this.
PowerPoints: Is the European Commission undemocratic?
The European Commission has faced multiple criticism. Eurosceptics and observers have called it undemocratic and questioned its legitimacy. Is the European Commission undemocratic? Tune in to today's episode of PowerPoints where we unravel this question.
Ensure access to free and safe abortions
Abortion rights are debated again. A couple of weeks ago, the left party Déi Lenk submitted a law proposal asking for abortion rights to be enshrined in Luxembourg's constitution. On European level in the meantime, activists are collecting signatures to achieve access to safe abortions for all women in the EU. Responses from Luxembourg however have been scarce although women fight the same fight here.
What's Right: Increasing voter turnout in Europe
Voter turnout at the European Elections was the highest in 20 years. Provisional EU data shows that 51 percent of eligible voters participated. Get all the details on today's "What's right with the world".
Luxembourg parties' agenda for Europe, pt. 1
Don't know yet who to vote for this Sunday? On today's episode of Power Points, we outline the agenda of Luxembourg's political parties for the European Parliament election.
What's right: Air pollution has decreased
Air pollution in Europe has decreased over the past 20 years, a study finds. Get all the details in today's episode of "What's right with the world".
What's right: Seven of the world's best sustainable beaches are in Europe.
With travelers increasingly aware of the environment, having a ranking of most sustainable beaches to its ranking is exactly what travelers need.
What's Right: New EU law to protect media freedom approved
The European Parliament has approved laws that protect from malign interference and limit the use of spyware against journalists. It also obliges outlets to transparently disclose information about ownership, funding, and state advertising.
What's right: flying is safer than ever before.
According to new research by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), flying in Europe is safer than ever before. Globally, for every 1.26 million flights, there was one accident. The European accident rate is even lower, with a fatality rate of zero since 2018.
What's right: The EU is launching an investigation into TikTok
The EU wants to know whether the company behind TikTok, ByteDance, adheres to European law. The inquiry focuses on the app's potentially addictive design & screen time limits, the rabbit hole effect, lack of age verification and default privacy settings.
What's right: new European rules criminalise AI images and expand statute of limitations
New European rules will expand the definition of child abuse in order to be able to prosecute the production and circulation of deepfakes and AI-generated material. The EU also intends to expand the statute of limitations up to at least 30 years after the victim reaches adulthood.
Local Matters goes East: Cultural centre Novi Sad
Local Matters is in Serbia this week, for today’s interview, we went to the “Lab”. While many centres for alternative culture in Novi Sad were shut down in recent years, the "Lab" has opened only five years ago.
Local Matters goes East: Novi Sad Alternative art scene
Novi Sad guitar player “Bale” about the struggles of the alternative cultural scene with the organization of the European capital of culture.
Local Matters goes East: Novi Sad
The Serbian city Novi Sad is European capital of culture this year, along with Kaunas in Lithuania and Esch. Local Matters took a trip to Serbia.
Local Matters: Ayo's story - Human Trafficking
As concerns about the security of the female refugees from Ukraine are growing, our topic on Local Matters this week is human trafficking. Ayo was trafficked to Europe, on our microphone she told her story.