In recent weeks, killings of a woman or girl because of her gender (femicide) in a few EU Member States show the urgency to better respond to this phenomenon. Today EIGE publishes the report Improving legal responses to counter femicide in the European Union: Perspectives from victims and professionals. The report follows on EIGE’s package to […]
11-M: European Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Terrorism
The European Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Terrorism is an annual event to commemorate the victims of terrorism worldwide. On this day in 2004, the Madrid bombings took place claiming the lives of 193 people and injuring thousands more. For the 18th European Remembrance Day for Victims of Terrorism, the Commission issued the following statement: […]
Europe-Wide Day of Remembrance for the victims of all totalitarian regimes
Every 23 August the European Union commemorates the victims of all totalitarian regimes and recalls with regret the terrible consequences of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact signed on 23 August 1939 between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union. The pact plunged Europe further into one of its darkest periods and millions of people were killed. Tens of […]