Věra Dvořáková

Věra Dvořáková is currently the Events and Multimedia Officer for The New Federalist.

Articles de cet auteur (30)

United in diversity : Why the Czechs can’t vote from abroad in 2024

The citizens of the EU have cast their votes in the European Parliamentary elections and elect their brand new European Parliament. Yet not all votes are cast the same way : the EU Member States have a certain level of freedom in the way they allow their citizens to vote, especially those living (…)

mercredi 12 juin 2024

Three takeaways from an #EUinMyRegion Media Trip

As a part of its communication initiative EU in My Region, the European Commission created a series of media trips aimed at local and regional journalists. The goal is to inform them about the EU institutions, and in particular about the Cohesion Policy. The participating journalists were also (…)

mercredi 5 juin 2024

L’Europa e il popolo rom : una storia complicata

Nella Giornata della Resistenza Rom, che serve a commemorare la lotta della popolazione Rom contro il nazismo, The New Federalist lancia una rubrica dedicata alla comunità Rom in Europa. I nostri articoli faranno luce sulla situazione multiforme e complicata situazione in cui si trova questa (…)

lundi 6 juin 2022

What barriers do the Roma face in Europe ?

Discrimination against the Roma in Europe is systemic and deeply rooted in history, so it’s difficult to completely root it out. But what does this discrimination entail in Europe ? What are the issues the Roma community faces on our continent ? Using the three pillars of the EU Roma strategic (…)

dimanche 29 mai 2022

Europe and Roma people : a complicated history

On Romani Resistance Day, which serves to commemorate the Romani fight against nazism, The New Federalist is launching a feature dedicated to the Roma community in Europe. Our articles will shed light on the multifaceted and complicated situation in which the minority finds itself on the (…)

lundi 16 mai 2022

World Day for Laboratory Animals : what’s the status in the EU ?

Squeezed between International Book Day (23rd April) and International Labour Day (1st May), the 24th April gets somewhat lost in TNF’s list of international days of awareness. But it should not - 24th April is the World Day for Laboratory Animals. Since its establishment in 1979 in 2015. In the (…)

dimanche 24 avril 2022

Access to Trans Healthcare : the situation in Europe

For this year’s International Transgender Day of Visability, Věra Dvořáková looks at the barriers in access to healthcare that the trans* community still face across Europe. The 31st March is the International Transgender Day of Visibility : a day dedicated to the celebration of transgender (…)

jeudi 31 mars 2022

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine : how do young Europeans see the conflict ?

When Russia invaded Ukraine on the 24th February this year, it prompted European countries to come together and make several unprecedented decisions. But how do the people in these countries view the invasion ? The New Federalist asked 6 young people to share the perceptions of the conflict in (…)

dimanche 20 mars 2022

Reactions and attitudes towards sexual assault in the V4

With Harvey Weinstein sent to prison and multiple actors speaking up against powerful men, (such as in the latest case of Evan Rachel Wood against Marilyn Manson), debates on sexual assault or harassment might seem like old news. As TNF has reported in the past, the #MeToo movement impacted (…)

jeudi 17 juin 2021

International students in Denmark and their struggles with debt

Lockdowns are stressful. We’re isolated from friends and family. We’re worried about our future and livelihood. Dario, an Italian studying in Denmark, has one more worry to add to this ever growing list : debt. The money he owes is his Statens Uddannelsesstøtte (SU), a financial state support (…)

jeudi 8 avril 2021

The Czech Republic, where sexual assault can be a laughing matter

Even after the #MeToo movement, the world has far to go in tackling victim-blaming attitudes. Věra Dvořáková explores these attitudes in the context of The Czech Republic, arguing that there will be no justice for victims until sexual harassment and assault is taken seriously by all.

vendredi 19 février 2021

Alarming Attacks on the Freedom of the Press in the Czech Republic

In the 2020 World Press Freedom Index, the Czech Republic has been falling ever since 2016, the report citing “violence against journalists”, “threats to public broadcasting” and “distrust in the media”. What happened in those four years that made the country starting on the 21st place fall all (…)

vendredi 29 mai 2020
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