World news about “Racism” published by euronews.
Racism row rocks parliament in France Furore in the French parliament as MPs from the ruling centre-right party walked out in protest after an opposition member appeared to compare the interior… 07/02/2012
Terry stripped of England captaincy John Terry was stripped of the England captaincy for a second time in his career on Friday. The decision to relieve the England defender of his duties as… 04/02/2012
Austrian far-right leader is denied an award Austria’s far-right leader, Heinz-Christian Strache will not be given a prestigious order of merit after allegedly making disrespectful Jewish… 01/02/2012
Shock German survey on Holocaust Remembrance Day It is international Holocaust Remembrance Day. But as the world recalls the horrors of the Hitler era, a new survey shows that a fifth of young Germans do… 27/01/2012
More racial abuse claims at Liverpool English Premier League club Liverpool and Merseyside Police are investigating alleged racial abuse from fans towards Oldham Athletic defender Tom… 07/01/2012
Suarez backed by international captain The headlines on Luis Suarez have gripped England, sparking reaction beyond the family of football fans. There has been outrage in some quarters that he… 21/12/2011
England’s John Terry to face criminal racial abuse charges England football captain John Terry is to face criminal charges over allegations that he racially abused the Queens Park Rangers defender Anton Ferdinand… 21/12/2011
Eight-match ban for Suarez’ racial slur Liverpool Football Club’s star striker Luis Suarez has been banned for eight matches after being found guilty by the English Football Association of racially… 20/12/2011
Close up: the rise of Europe’s far-right Is Europe taking the threat of right-wing extremism seriously enough? Anders Breivik’s killing spree in Norway in July and the recent discovery that neo-Nazis… 08/12/2011
John Terry questioned by police England international John Terry has been questioned in relation to allegations that he racially abused Queens Park Rangers defender Anton Ferdinand. The… 29/11/2011
‘Russia for Russians’ strikes electoral chord The demonstrators who paraded in Moscow on November 4 this year are being portrayed as a threat to the Russian authorities in the run-up to parliamentary… 29/11/2011
Blatter – Racism row now ‘closed’ Fifa president Sepp Blatter said on Wednesday he had apologised enough for his recent comments on racism in football. Speaking at a news conference in… 23/11/2011
Sepp Blatter apologises FIFA President Sepp Blatter has issued a public apology for his recent comments on racism in football. The 75-year-old had said in interviews earlier this… 18/11/2011
Finland’s far-right fancy ‘‘Nationalist, anti-immigration and strongly euro-sceptic. The True Finn party made an historic breakthrough in Finland’s recent elections. What are the… 06/05/2011
Back in the Day: riots erupt in L.A.April 29, 1992. Four white Los Angeles police officers are acquitted by a jury of assaulting black motorist Rodney King after a high-speed car chase a year… 28/04/2011
How can we build a more tolerant Europe? Patricia from Lyon asks: “The revolutions currently taking place in the Arab world demonstrate a thirst for democracy, but for Europeans the worry is the… 01/04/2011
Football For All Sport, art and theatre are proven methods to lessen sectarian tensions. What sort of programmes is the European Union financing to reduce sectarianism? 03/01/2011
Lawrence family welcome racist murder sentencesTwo white men have been jailed in Britain for the racist killing of a black teenager nearly 19 years ago, in a landmark case that exposed institutional racism… 04/01/2012
UK: racist murderers sentenced after 18 yearsTwo men have been jailed in the UK for the killing of black teenager Stephen Lawrence more than 18 years ago. Lawrence, aged 18, was stabbed to death at a… 04/01/2012
London pair guilty of notorious racist murderTwo men have been convicted of the killing of black teenager Stephen Lawrence, the landmark case which exposed institutional racism in London’s police… 03/01/2012
Turkey hits out at ‘racist’ bill in FranceRacist, discriminatory and xenophobic. That is how Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has described the French parliamentary vote making it a… 22/12/2011
Israel vows to curb settler violenceAfter a disused mosque in Jerusalem was torched, becoming the latest target of ultra nationalist settlers, the Israeli government has announced a crackdown on… 15/12/2011
Two dead in Florence ‘racial shooting’There was death on the streets of the Italian Renaissance city of Florence on Tuesday after two African street sellers were gunned down at lunch time in what… 14/12/2011
German police arrest another neo-Nazi suspectA special police squad in Germany has arrested another person in connection with a neo-Nazi terror cell. A 36-year-old man was detained in the eastern state… 12/12/2011
Back in the Day: Montgomery Bus BoycottOn December 5 , 1955 the Montgomery Bus Boycott began in earnest. Led by Dr Martin Luther King Jr, it followed Rosa Parks refusal to give up her seat on a bus… 05/12/2011
Germany seeks public help in Neo-Nazi murder probeGerman police are asking the public for information about a trio suspected of a string of racist muders. Beate Zschaepe is the only one of the three still… 02/12/2011
Bundestag ashamed over neo-nazi killingsGerman politicians paid their respects on Tuesday to the victims of an alleged ten year neo-nazi killing spree which many in the country feel should have been… 23/11/2011
German MPs pay respects to alleged neo-nazi murder victimsBundestag politicians have paused to remember the victims of an alleged neo-nazi killing spree that has sent shockwaves across Germany. They paid their… 22/11/2011
German conference tackles neo-Nazi threatStrategy in Germany against a rise of far-right extremism is under the spotlight after revelations of a string of neo-Nazi murders. A conference of… 19/11/2011
German police launch neo-Nazi probe into murdersA candlelight vigil has been held in Berlin for 10 victims now thought to have been murdered by a suspected racist neo-Nazi group in the years after German… 14/11/2011
New arrest and more rumours in German neo-Nazi caseGerman police have detained another man in a neo-Nazi case that has shocked the nation, while rumours the group may have had secret service links abound. It… 13/11/2011
Neo-nazi link to 10 murders in GermanyGerman investigators say they can confirm evidence to link the murders of 10 people to far-right extremists. Over the past seven years eight Turks and one… 13/11/2011
Another anti-Roma rally is held in BulgariaIn Bulgaria some 3,000 people gathered in the city of Plovdiv in another protest against a rise in crime. Since the murder of an ethnic Bulgarian youth two… 03/10/2011
Belgian court asked to ban ‘racist’ TintinOne of Belgium’s most famous exports is in court on accusations of racism. A Congolese man alleges Hergé‘s ‘Tintin in Congo’ comic book presents African in… 30/09/2011
Migrant workers live in fear in LibyaIn a small port west of Tripoli around 1,000 migrant workers from African countries are camping out, fearing reprisal attacks by Libyan rebels. They live in… 01/09/2011
Back in the day: The story of to Kill a MockingbirdJuly 11, 1960. To Kill a Mockingbird is first published. The author Harper Lee hailed from the racially intolerant southern town of Monroeville, Alabama… 08/07/2011
Dutch MP Wilders cleared of hate speech chargesDutch MP Geert Wilders was cleared of inciting hatred against Muslims by an Amsterdam court on Thursday. A judge ruled that his comments describing Islam as… 23/06/2011
Galliano blames addictions for abusive remarksBritish designer John Galliano has told a French court during his one day trial that his drug and alcohol addictions were to blame for an alleged… 23/06/2011
Blanc at centre of France football racial quota scandalThe French Football Federation has launched an inquiry into claims that national coach Laurent Blanc and others in the upper echelons of the French game… 05/05/2011
Designer Galliano’s ‘odious’ behaviourThe world of fashion has been reacting to the dismissal of star designer John Galliano from the Dior label. He was sacked after being questioned by police… 02/03/2011
Dior sacks GallianoFashion house Dior has sacked designer John Galliano. The move comes after videos surfaced of the bad boy of fashion unleasing anti-Semitic comments and abuse… 01/03/2011
Dior to sack Galliano for anti-semitic remarksFashion house Christian Dior is set to sack its creative director John Galliano following the appearance of video footage in which he appears to make racist… 01/03/2011
Monkey remark causes storm in New DelhiSouth African swimmer Roland Schoeman has said his remarks at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi did not have racial overtones after he described a noisy… 10/10/2010
Bundesbank calls for Sarrazin to be sackedGermany’s Bundesbank has asked the country’s president, Christian Wulff, to dismiss board member Thilo Sarrazin for his remarks about Muslims and… 03/09/2010
Bundesbank board votes for Sarrazin’s dismissalThe Board of Germany’s Bundesbank says it’s voted unamimously to seek the dismissal of Thilo Sarrazin, the board member who’s sparked uproar with his comments… 02/09/2010
German Chancellor slams banker in racism rowGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for the dismissal of Bundesbank executive Thilo Sarrazin for anti-semitic remarks. The controversial banker has… 31/08/2010
German banker rebuffs quit calls over race rowGerman central banker Thilo Sarrazin refused to back down on Monday over his claims that Muslims cannot integrate into western societies and “all Jews share… 31/08/2010
Thilo Sarrazin continues to provoke race outcry in GermanyA 65-year-old board member of the Bundesbank is once again making headlines in Germany – for the wrong reasons. Thilo Sarrazin has barely left the front… 29/08/2010
France brushes off UN racism chargeThe French government has rejected criticism from a UN committee that it is failing to stem a rising tide of racism in the country. UMP spokesman Dominique… 13/08/2010
Russian neo-Nazi murder trial opensA gang of 13 suspected neo-Nazis have gone on trial for mass murder in Russia. The group, accused of killing 27 people, also face other charges including… 22/07/2010
Empathy and racial prejudiceAs part of a study on how to tackle racial prejudice, neuroscientists in Italy have been researching the empathy people feel when they watch pain being… 05/07/2010
Far right tendencies in HungaryLast month in Hungary the far right party Jobbik became the country’s third strongest political force. What motivates Hungary’s ultra-nationalists? 06/05/2010
Protesters block BerlinGerman left-wing activists have clogged the streets of Berlin in an effort to stop a planned far right parade from going ahead. Earlier, a small group of… 01/05/2010
Hungary’s far right secures seats in parliamentThe rise of Hungary’s far right Jobbik party has overshadowed the centre right’s victory in national elections. Also known as the Movement for a Better… 12/04/2010
Thousands gather for Terreblanche funeralMurdered white supremacist Eugene Terreblanche has been laid to rest by thousands of his followers. Two black farm workers have been accused of killing the… 09/04/2010
Terreblanche – a history of violence Eugene Terreblanche founded the Afrikaner’s Resistance Movement alongside six others in 1972 as a shadowy group seeking to protect the rights of the Boers’… 09/04/2010
AWB rules out revenge for leader’s deathSouth Africa’s AWB, the party of the murdered Eugene Terreblanche, has ruled out taking revenge for his death. It represents a tiny minority of the… 06/04/2010
Terreblanche killing sign of wider discontentThe murder of South Africa’s extreme right-wing leader Eugene Terreblanche has raised mixed emotions across the country. Police have charged two black… 05/04/2010
Shock in SA after Terreblanche murderThe overriding reaction in South Africa following the murder of Eugene Terreblanche is ‘what happens next?’ The former leader and figurehead of the rainbow… 05/04/2010
Appeals for calm after Terreblanche killingAn appeal for calm by South African President Jacob Zuma is being echoed by the AWB Afrikaner Resistance Movement of murdered white supremacist Eugene… 04/04/2010
Soul-searching in SA after supremacist’s grisly endNews of 69-year-old Eugene Terreblanche’s death will have been greeted with indifference and even joy by many South Africans despite the gruesome nature of… 04/04/2010
Mosque protesters in England clash with policeViolent clashes have erupted between far-right protestors and police after a march against the bulding of a mosque in Dudley, central England. Nine were… 04/04/2010
South African white supremacist hacked to deathEugene Terreblanche, the South African white supremacist leader, has been killed on his farm in the northwest of the country. Reports say the 69-year-old… 04/04/2010
Racial violence calmed in Italy but town remains tenseOrder is restored but tensions remain in Rosarno, the scene of Italy’s worst racial unrest for years. Police reinforcements sent from around the country… 10/01/2010
Italian authorities transfer migrants in wake of riotsThey are at the centre of some of Italy’s worst racial unrest in years. After two nights of clashes with locals in the southern town of Rosarno, these… 09/01/2010
Anti-Islamic protesters clash with policePolice have clashed with anti-Islamic protesters in the city of Nottingham in the UK. Eleven people were arrested as police officers came between the… 06/12/2009
Will Muslims snub Swiss banks in minaret row?Swiss banks could pay a price for the country’s decision to ban new mosque minarets, with calls for Muslims to empty their accounts in protest. Withdrawals… 02/12/2009
Discrimination in the EUA recent EU survey found almost in one in six Europeans felt they had been discriminated against in the previous 12 months, either because of their origins… 17/11/2009
German gets life for courtroom stabbingA life sentence given to a man by a German court for the murder of an Egyptian woman has been widely welcomed by the Muslim world. Alex Wiens, 28, had… 12/11/2009
Life for the killer of ‘the headscarf martyr’A German man who killed a pregnant Egyptian woman and injured her husband has been sentenced to life in prison by a court in Dresden. The case of Alex Wiens… 11/11/2009
Clashes break out in northern English cityViolent clashes have taken place between police and supporters of the English Defence League in the northern English city of Leeds. The far-right group… 01/11/2009
