Slovak Spectator / The introduction of quotas for women to allow them to participate in public life more actively has low support among women themselves, according to the latest Eurobarometer survey. The survey was conducted in all 27 EU member states over the past few weeks, and presentation of the results marked last week’s 100th …
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Anti-discrimination news from Slovakia
- Slovakia - Slovak Parliament approves capping retirement age at 64 (PDF 80 kB) May 24, 2019
- Slovakia - Constitutional court dismissed a complaint addressing failures of public prosecution offices in assessing segregation impact of a binding municipal regulation on Roma children in education (PDF April 3, 2019
- Slovakia - First instance court: State authorities have no obligation to take measures on the elimination of segregation of Roma children in a local primary school (PDF 110 kB) April 3, 2019
- Slovakia - The Slovak Government adopted the updated action plans of the Strategy for integration of Roma up to 2020 for the period of 2019 – 2020 in the areas of education, employment, health, housing and financial inclusion (PDF 72 kB) March 15, 2019
- Slovakia - Slovak Constitutional Court: On responsibility for discriminatory treatment in case of discrimination in access to services (PDF 108 KB) February 27, 2019
Gender equality – EC Newsroom
- EU Centre of Expertise for Victims of TerrorismThe Commission will launch an open call for tender for setting up an EU Centre of Expertise for Victims of Terrorism (two-year pilot project). The EU Centre will act as a hub of expertise and provide for concrete and practical actions with a positive impact on victims of terrorism. In particular, it will provide for […]
- EU steps up its international cooperation to tackle Holocaust Denial and Antisemitism
- Adoption of the Justice and REC Annual Work Programmes (2019)
- A comparative analysis of Trans and Intersex Equality Rights in Europe
- "New Deal for Consumers needs to be a team effort", says Dutch State Secretary of Economic AffairsThe Citizens' Dialogue on the New Deal for Consumers travelled to the Hague on Monday, as the discussions between the Commission and Member States on the New Deal for consumers continue.
- Message by Frans Timmermans, First Vice-President of the European Commission, on the occasion of the Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah)It is my great pleasure to wish you, your families and friends and Jewish communities all over the world a joyful and blessed Erev Rosh Hashanah and a happy new year 5779, full of health, prosperity and success. (…)