Companies in the clothing sector are stepping up their sustainability commitments, but a significant proportion of these ...

The murder of sociologist Hélène Rytmann-Legotien by her husband, the philosopher Louis Althusser, is a terrible yet all too ...

Loneliness in general, and male loneliness in particular, is a social issue and a public health issue, but it has also become ...

European clothing brands can still sell garments whose cotton may be linked to exploited farmers and child labour in Pakistan ...

Summer has only just begun, but the wildfire season is already in full swing. For several weeks now, Europe has been hit by ...

There are plans in Sweden to lower the age at which children can be sent to prison. From 2 August this year, if the conservative government gets its way, 13-year-old offenders could be given prison ...

A group of European citizens is proposing the ‘Society of Agreement’, a new social contract combining social justice, ...

In the Netherlands, a “kraamzorg” is a professional who helps mothers in the days and weeks following childbirth. How are ...

In May, Italy's Lega (far-right) led by Matteo Salvini presented a bill to introduce compulsory military or civilian service for all 18-26 year olds, lasting six months. Military service was abolished ...

Along Kosovo's R107 highway, in a landscape of car washes and marble shops that smell of vinegar, the future is in a cooperative that packages ajvar, a roasted red pepper pâté. This cannery is located ...

Leaders of the NATO member countries met in Ankara (Turkey) on 7 and 8 July, for a summit—as has become something of a ...

Forty years after the explosion at the Chernobyl power plant, Bulgaria’s cover-up reveals how secrecy fuelled distrust while it mobilised scientists and activists. Their action helped spark ...