Ethics

Even on a weekday, there's a queue at Tokyo's vegan Izakaya Masaka, including many tourists eager to try meat-free versions of Japanese classics like fried chicken and juicy dumplings.

While millions of visitors have happily savored Japan's fish- and meat-heavy cuisine, options for vegetarians and vegans are harder to find.

Participating in the public discourse requires courage nowadays. The toxicity and role of social media act as a deterrent to those who participate or want to participate in public life.

Others are afraid to enter the field, and others are afraid to speak up. The election result highlighted the problem, but also a truth. 

At the session of the National Assembly, MPs considered the Report on the security situation that arose after the mass murders in the Elementary School "Vladislav Ribnikar" and in the area of Smederevo and Mladenovac, which was submitted by the Government of the Republic of Serbia.

A program to train at least one police officer in every police station in the country in animal rights issues will begin on Wednesday.

The officers will be trained to deal with cases related to animal abuse, be they strays, pets, working or game animals, exotic species and others, the police said.

Security forces have caught a total of 583 illegal migrants in a joint operation in Istanbul's Arnavutköy district while they were attempting to reach Romania via the Black Sea.

Apart from the spiritual dimension of Easter, a prominent factor is the consumption of food, and meat in particular, during the holidays. Eating habits are a personal choice and are determined by a variety of factors, individual and collective, and the Easter holiday specifically is all about bringing people and families together to consume food.

Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens sent a message for Greek Orthodox Easter to the country's clergy on Tuesday.

"We remain shocked by the tragedy at Tempe. A painful reflection of the many griefs we all carry with us, it has accompanied this year's path to Easter. It has sealed our conscience. It has led many to ponder the big questions," he said.

Nearly 28,000 foreign nationals have been deported in 2023 so far, the Interior Ministry's Directorate of Migration Management has announced.

In a post on its Twitter account, the directorate elaborated that nearly 2,500 irregular migrants were caught, while more than 1,800 were deported between March 31 and April 6.

For years, Montenegro has been dogged by reports of torture as a tool of police interrogation. Its response has been woefully inadequate, rights groups say.

Within the scope of an operation across the country to combat irregular migration, 1,353 irregular migrants have been caught and 37 human smugglers have been detained, the Interior Ministry has announced.