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EU lawmakers scold Italy for Gypsy fingerprinting

STRASBOURG, France (AP) - European Union lawmakers on Monday condemned Italian plans to fingerprint tens of thousands of Gypsy adults and children, calling it a discriminatory action that smacked of Nazi Germany. Legislators...

Austria faces snap September elections after government collapse

HONOR MAHONY Today @ 09:06 CET Austria's governing coalition of social democrats and conservatives has collapsed following wrangling over EU policy and health care issues. The 18-month coalition fell on Monday (7 July) after...

Italy Attacked Over Plan to Fingerprint Roma and Sinti

Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: An EU commissioner has called Sinti and Roma "Europe's forgotten citizens" A plan by the Italian government to fingerprint undocumented Roma and Sinti has sparked outrage among...

Italy fingerprints thousands of Gypsies

Move to identify illegal immigrants called racist by some ROME - Italian authorities have started fingerprinting tens of thousands of Gypsies living in nomad camps across the country — adults and children alike — brushing aside...

State of the Game: Soccer Clubs in Financial Crisis? (Patrick Omari)

I have had a look at the main problems that seem to be affecting world football and how we could begin to solve them, including inflated transfer fees, sky-high player wages, clubs heavily in debt and proposed rules on player...

EU seeks equal rights for all

A legal proposal that promises equal treatment for the handicapped, religious groups, elderly and gay people has been launched on Wednesday. Elderly people, homosexuals, religious groups and the disabled should have the same...

Ethnic discrimination still haunts Europe, says study

Although discrimination in general has decreased on the European continent in the past years, discrimination based on ethnic origin it is still perceived as widespread, with Roma in particular facing high levels of prejudice,...

Brussels Offers Disillusioned Europeans Sweeping Social Package

Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: The EU wants to expand equal opportunity to more areas of life With France now in the driver's seat,EU officials will unveil new bloc-wide social policies aimed at putting an end...

EU tackles discrimination, boosts worker and health rights (AFP)

BRUSSELS (AFP) - The EU unveiled Wednesday new plans to tackle discrimination against aged or handicapped people, strengthen workers' rights and clear up health care across Europe's borders. The so-called "Renewed Social...

EXTRA: EU must help Roma more, Brussels says

Brussels - European Union member states have systems which would allow them to help improve the status of Roma in society, but they are not using them properly, EU officials said Wednesday. The estimated several million Roma...