EU: One in two LGBT people discriminated against, new study finds 17th May 2013 1420 0 0 Today the EU Fundamental Rights Agency will publish the first-ever comparative study on the experience of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender...
Western Balkans: European Parliament completes annual LGBT assessment 23rd May 2013 1436 0 0 This week the European Parliament adopted three new reports on the EU accession process for Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Former Yugoslav Republic...
Upcoming Intergroup event: “Anti-propaganda laws”, the new criminalisation of homosexuality 29th May 2013 1759 0 0 Next week the LGBT Intergroup will host a seminar on new laws criminalising the discussion of LGBT rights in Eastern European countries, such as...
Nigeria adopts harshest homophobic law in recent history 31st May 2013 1345 0 0 On Thursday 30 May, Nigeria’s parliament adopted the ‘Same-Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Bill’, a law that foresees up to 14...
Georgia: MEP meets with organisers of attacked LGBT rally 6th June 2013 1430 0 0 Earlier this week the European Parliament’s delegation to Georgia travelled to the capital Tbilisi, where an angry mob had violently...
Summary: “Anti-propaganda laws”, the new criminalisation of homosexuality 11th June 2013 1673 0 0 Last week the LGBT Intergroup met to discuss the worrying trend of “anti-propaganda laws” in Eastern Europe, mainly Russia and...
New EU asylum rules will better protect LGBT people 12th June 2013 1486 0 0 Today the European Parliament adopted a new version of the European Union law on asylum procedures. The text contains notable improvements for...
European Parliament condemns Russia’s federal censorship law 14th June 2013 1365 0 0 Yesterday the European Parliament adopted a resolution condemning the “anti-propaganda” law voted in Russia’s federal Duma...
European Parliament consents to EU-ACP partnership with reservations 17th June 2013 1324 0 0 Last week the European Parliament gave its legal consent to the updated Cotonou Agreement, a multilateral treaty between the EU and African...
