Austria bans headscarves in schools for girls under-14
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn4djk0jj4xoAustria has passed a law banning headscarves in schools for girls under the age of 14. ... read full post
Austria has passed a law banning headscarves in schools for girls under the age of 14. ... read full post
The European Union has handed Ukraine a list of reforms needed to join the bloc
The Swiss winner of the 2024 Eurovision song contest has said they will be returning their award after Israel was cleared to participate in next year's event. ... read full post
Iceland has joined Spain, Ireland, Slovenia and the Netherlands in saying it will boycott the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest. ... read full post
A clear message in support of Israel’s participation in Eurovision was delivered by France’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Europe, Jean-Noël Barrot, who firmly rejected any possibility of a boycott. At the same time, he revealed that France not only voted in favour of Israel remaining in the contest but also played a decisive role in preventing such a boycott, as he characteristically stated. ... read full post

A new poll suggests that 82% Of British people want Israel to be removed from the Eurovision Song Contest. ... read full post

The only thing I'm slghtly concerned about is proposition #2. I hope that gets struck down due to its censorship potential. ... read full post
The scene filmed on Sunday showed France’s first lady in discussion backstage at the Folies Bergère theatre in central Paris with actor Ary Abittan before a performance he was about to give. ... read full post
Some of the 160 delegates from Germany tell Haaretz that the the five-day, all-expenses-paid trip lacked critical narratives. 'The messages of the delegation was very nationalist ... there were no perspective for diplomacy or peacebuilding,' reports one participant ... read full post
Israel secured its place in the 2026 Eurovision Song Contest only after an intensive, months-long diplomatic campaign that unfolded largely behind the scenes, Israeli officials said Thursday, describing a coordinated effort involving KAN executives, government advisers and the President’s Residence to prevent the country’s expulsion. ... read full post
cross-posted from: https://hexbear.net/post/6931657 ... read full post