Europarliament wishes Merry Xmas!

“From all of us at the European Parliament, a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!” – says the announcement on the site of the EP under an image, pictured above. ‘In 2017 MEPs will again be working on a series of legislative proposals to make Europe a better place’, – says the following line….

Sakharov to ISIS victims

Islamic State survivors and Iraqi Yazidi activists Nadia Murad and Lamiya Aji Bashar received today Parliament’s Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. The two women were honoured by Parliament for standing up for the persecuted Yazidi minority and the victims of sexual violence by Islamic State. “More than 3,500 children and women are still held…