Every year, since the year 2000, SOLIDAR has organised its Silver Rose Awards in the European Parliament in cooperation with the S&D Group and the Party of European Socialists (PES), an occasion to celebrate Civil Society Organisations and individuals whose extraordinary struggles contribute greatly to social justice and solidarity throughout the world. This year, however, the war in Ukraine…
Putin’s war is turning a month today. A horrifying and sad anniversary, defined by indiscriminate aggression towards civilian targets, hospitals, schools, entire cities under siege without access to water, food or medicine, and humanitarian corridors attacked. War is truly the darkest side of our civilisation, its devastating effects seen in the thousands of lives lost,…
In the early hours of today, 24 February, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Fear, and worry grip our hearts and minds and our thoughts go the citizens of Ukraine in these dark times. In the face of a large-scale invasion, not seen in Europe since the Second World War, we stand united in…
The European Union’s (EU) cooperation with Colombia in the last ten years has been mainly focused on supporting initiatives for the construction of peace. To facilitate access to fundamental economic and social rights, and achieve lasting peace, the European Fund for Peace was created in response to the Government’s request to accompany the Peace Agreement…
We call on all EU-member states and the EU-institutions as well as our European neighbours, to engage in an initiative for active neutrality to reduce tension and promote a political agreement between all parties involved. We are witnessing a worrying escalation of tension between Russia and Ukraine, with the United States and NATO getting involved…
In view of the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) that will take place on October 18th, the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) have sent a letter asking the EU Council and EU Member States to recognize the State of Palestine. The letter recalls EU’s obligation to promote respect for human rights in…
The Recognition of the State of Palestine: time of action is now On 26 November 2020, SOLIDAR members ACPP, ARCS, ARCI, CGIL, ISCOS, MPDL, NEXUS, OPIC and Progetto Sud/UIL organised an online conference on the Recognition of the State of Palestine. With a great panel of speakers, this conference went “back in time” to the Swedish experience of recognising Palestine, looked into…
Palestine: call for effective measures to stop annexations by Israel 1st of July was the announced date for the beginning of the Israeli plan to annex more than 30% of the occupied West Bank. Faced with great uncertainty about whether Israel will finally go ahead with the annexation initiative, which has generated international condemnation from some…
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