Month: May 2017

Article – Day against Homophobia: MEPs debate LGBTI human rights violations in Chechnya

Plenary sessions : The International Day against Homophobia is marked every 17 May to raise awareness about the importance of non- discrimination of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people around the world. To mark the occasion, MEPs discussed on 16 May reports by independent Russian media and human

Research Headlines – Buy locally, buy quality: sustainability in public food procurement

School meals don’t matter only to kids and their parents. Like other services within the scope of public sector food procurement, they also matter economically. Determination to source produce locally and sustainably can make all the difference to a region’s farmers, as can labels protecting its specialities. An EU-funded project

LIFE RE-WEEE holds Consultation Forum to help choose locations for WEEE Sorting Centres

The LIFE RE-WEEE (LIFE14 ENV/GR/000858) project held its 3rd Consultation Forum on 10 March 2017 to help choose two municipalities for its Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Sorting Centres, in the Greek regions of Attika and Central Macedonia. LIFE RE-WEEE is demonstrating new approaches for the prevention and reuse