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The 90-page report, “Trading Lives for Profit: How the Shipping Industry Circumvents Regulations to Scrap Toxic Ships on Bangladesh’s Beaches” finds that Bangladeshi shipbreaking yards often take shortcuts on safety measures, dump toxic waste directly onto the beach and the surrounding environment, and deny workers living wages, rest, or compensation in case of injuries. The report reveals an entire network used by shipowners to circumvent international regulations prohibiting the export of ships to facilities like those in Bangladesh that do not have adequate environmental or labor prot...

EU officials should expect a flood of new requests for internal documents in the wake of a pro-transparency court ruling in favour of European Parliament official turned activist Emilio de Capitani.

"The vast majority — and by massive majority, we're talking millions of people visit this region every year — they have a safe and enjoyable experience."

© Adobe Stock Citizens often send messages to the President of the European Parliament (or to the institution’s public portal) expressing their views on current issues and/or requesting action from the Parliament. The Citizens’ Enquiries Unit (AskEP) within the European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) looks into these issues and replies to the messages, which may sometimes be identical as part of wider public campaigns. The President of the European Parliament has recently received a large number of messages urging the Parliament to take a strong stand in favour of the mechanism ma...

Written by Andrés García Higuera, As agreed during the Science and Technology Options (STOA) Panel meeting of 11 September 2020, STOA and the European Parliamentary Research Service are entering into a Partnership on Artificial Intelligence (AI) with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Global Parliamentary Network (GPN). The partnership was announced formally on 2 December 2020, during an online meeting of the GPN Group on Artificial Intelligence, co-organised with STOA. The Centre for Artificial Intelligence (C4AI) was created to intensify the activities of STOA in t...