Sakharov

The Venezuelan opposition has received the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, which the European Parliament gives annually.

A new large technical breakdown with the heating system and hot water has taken place in Mladost neighbourhood in Sofia, less than month after several faults.

Two Yazidi women who survived sexual enslavement by Islamic State before escaping and becoming advocates for their people in Iraq have won the EU’s Sakharov human rights prize.
Nadia Murad and Lamiya Aji Bashar were abducted along with other Yazidi women in August 2014 when their home village of Kocho in northern Iraq was attacked by Isis jihadis.

Former daily Cumhuriyet editor-in-chief Can Dündar has been named among the nominees of the European Parliament's (EP) prestigious Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought in 2016. 

The wife of jailed Saudi blogger Raif Badawi on Dec. 16 accepted the European Parliament's prestigious Sakharov human rights prize on his behalf, urging Arab countries to reject theocratic diktats and tolerate differing views.

On Saturday 9 May in Brussels and Luxembourg, the European Parliament and other EU institutions will open their doors to the general public in order to celebrate Europe Day in a fun and festive way for the whole family.