Discrimination

A recent attack on a Muslim cemetery in Greece shows the rise of Islamophobia and racism both there and throughout the continent, according to an expert on the region.

Turkey's foreign minister called for a united stance against Islamophobia late on May 13 after a mosque in the U.S. state of Connecticut was attacked over the weekend.       

Human Rights and Equality Institution of Turkey (TİHEK) has fined an apartment manager 1,000 Turkish Liras ($162) for discrimination after he urged residents of the apartment building not to rent their flats to students living without their families or bachelors.

Brussels, 26 March 2019 - Today the European Parliament adopted a Resolution on the fundamental rights of people of African descent in Europe. This is the first time that the European Parliament publicly recognises the specific racism and fundamental rights issues facing people of African descent in Europe.

Political and Islamic leaders expressed their disgust at the deadly shooting at two mosques in New Zealand on March 15, with some citing rising "Islamophobia" as responsible.

Kosovo's legal framework enshrines the equal rights of women, but discrimination remains rife when it comes to property and inheritance.

International Women's Day was marked in central Athens on Friday with a rally at Klafthmonos Square.
The demo was joined by anti-racists, feminists, trade unions and women's groups who called for workers in the private and public sectors to stop work, not go shopping and abstain from family obligations for the whole day.

The priority of the Serbian government is to protect and promote rights and empower women in our society, Brnabic said, according to the government.

Supreme Court prosecutor Xeni Dimitriou on Wednesday ordered an investigation into a report in Iefimerida according to which a retirement home in Kalavryta removed a resident because he was homosexual.

Dimitriou asked a local prosecutor to determine whether the management or staff at the institution should be charged under a law cracking down on discrimination.

One of Romania's priorities during the presidency of the Council of the EU is to intensify European joint efforts to combat anti-Semitism, Prime Minister Viorica Dancila said on Thursday, during a meeting she had, in Brussels, with the Executive Director of the American Jewish Committee, David Harris, informs a press release issued by the Government.