Roma and Africans not welcome
Times are hard for Europe's minorities. According to a newly published EU-MIDIS survey from the European Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA), certain communities suffer more than others in the EU's member states: Brazilians in Portugal, Sub-Saharan Africans in Ireland, North Africans in Italy, Somalis in Finland and Denmark, and Africans in general in Malta. However, as the Irish Examiner remarks, the Roma are the worst affected by discrimination in Europe – a finding that does not come as a surprise – particularly in countries such as the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Greece. According to the survey, which interviewed 23,000 immigrants and members of minorities as well as 5,000 other citizens in 27 EU countries, most discrimination takes place at work and in the education system. It also found that the majority of incidents are not reported because there is a widespread belief that "nothing would happen as a result".
In a time of crisis with high unemployment, young Lithuanians are following in the footsteps of their emigrant ancestors. Tens of thousands have left the country in search of a better life, mainly in the British Isles and Scandinavia. The weekly Veidas reports:
Two camps, two theories, and two visions of France: 18 years after the massacre of 800,000 Tutsis, the precise role played by Paris is still the subject of heated debate, fueled by the findings of successive criminal investigations.
Agree to new austerity measures or risk being kicked out of the eurozone: that’s the alternative presented to Athens on the day the euro group is meeting. It’s a situation Greek politicians have failed to avoid, regrets To Vima.