Discrimination

Nevena Petrusic, the outgoing commissioner in Serbia for the protection of equality, presented a report on discrimination against women on Tuesday, which reveals that a surprisingly large number of people do not think they are fit for leadership roles.

The German government backed away on April 20 from a steadfast refusal to use the term "genocide" to describe the massacre of Ottoman Armenians 100 years ago after rebellious members of parliament forced its hand. 

France's prime minister announced April 17the government would pour 100 million euros into a major anti-racism and anti-Semitism action plan devised in the aftermath of the deadly Paris jihadist attacks.
      

Apple chief Tim Cook slammed what he called a wave of "dangerous" laws in several US states that he said promote discrimination and erode equality, in an editorial published March 29.
      

Just a week before Passover, Turkish Jews woke up to a morning full of excitement and hope. They got on the buses waiting to take them to Edirne, to the city that their families once had to leave following the Thrace pogroms in 1934. It was the reopening day of the Great Synagogue, which had been left in ruins for decades.

President Klaus Iohannis on Saturday delivered a message on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, highlighting the role of diversity and multiculturalism and of not having prejudices in our today's society.

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BELGRADE - Commissioner for Equality Protection Nevena Petrusic said on Saturday, to mark March 21 as the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, that racism has not yet been completely eradicated in Serbia.

Hundreds of people have gathered at Syntagma Square in downtown Athens on Saturday afternoon, where several events were being held to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Racism.

BELGRADE - Despite the fact that Serbian regulations are in line with international standards and prohibit discrimination, Ombudsman Sasa Jankovic notes that there is room to improve further the practice of curbing discrimination, the obmudsman's office said in a statement on Friday.

As the world marks International Day for the Elimination of Racism on Saturday, the Greek branch of NGO ActionAid has released the results of a small public experiment it conducted on February 20 to gauge the public?s reaction to a staged racist attack.