Newsroom – Page 34 – The European Parliament's LGBTIQ+ Intergroup

4th April 2014 1466 0 0

In a recommendation adopted yesterday, the European Parliament calls on EU Member States to speak out for LGBTI rights at the United Nations...

3rd April 2014 1353 0 0

Yesterday the European Parliament adopted a non-binding resolution on justice, freedom and security in Europe. The resolution contains strong...

3rd April 2014 1985 0 0

The fourth EU-Africa Summit is taking place in Brussels since yesterday, and although not officially on the agenda, extremely harsh new anti-LGBT...

31st March 2014 1501 0 0

On March 26, the Kyrgyz Parliament published a draft bill, proposing to impose tough sanctions for anyone speaking or acting in a way that creates...

19th March 2014 1440 0 0

Yesterday, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that women who become mothers via surrogacy do not have an automatic right to...

17th March 2014 1705 0 0

At the Council of the Heads of the Christian Orthodox Church held in Istanbul last week, Cyprus’ Archbishop Chrysostomos urged all Orthodox...

14th March 2014 20147 0 1

On 5 March, the LGBT Intergroup held a seminar “10 years of LGBT rights: Successes, failures, challenges.” Under the chairing of...

14th March 2014 1565 0 0

The Strasbourg week is over, so it is time for a plenary update. Apart from passing the data protection package, which includes important privacy...

13th March 2014 1683 0 0

This afternoon Parliament adopted a strong resolution [LINK] condemning the Nigerian and Ugandan anti-LGBT laws, and calling on the Commission and...

12th March 2014 1551 0 0

Today, the European Parliament adopted two new laws at first reading to reform data protection in the European Union. Until now, the EU regulated...