Chinese researchers report a pig kidney transplant and a first-step liver experiment
Chinese researchers are reporting new steps in the quest for animal-to-human organ transplants. Researchers at Xijing Hospital in China say a pig kidney transplant recipient continues to recover nearly three weeks after that surgery. That marks the third known person living with a pig kidney after two Americans who received their own transplants several months…
The Intergroup on Children’s Rights starts its mandate
Eurochild, as a member of CRAG (The Child Rights Action Group), welcomes the European Parliament Intergroup’s work plan for 2025 and releases a set of recommendations for its mandate. On 27 March 2025, the first official meeting of the Intergroup and CRAG took place at the European Parliament in Brussels to exchange views on upcoming…
30 years of the Convention, but many Dutch children are unaware of their rights
Eurochild member Kinderrechten Collectief, in collaboration with State of Youth NL, has published a report highlighting new survey results on key issues such as child participation, well-being, equal opportunities, youth care, and juvenile criminal law. The majority of young people in the Netherlands aged 12 to 18 (56%) are unaware of the special rights they…
A go-to guide for local child participation – lessons from Bulgaria, Croatia and Hungary
On 13 March 2025, Eurochild hosted a transnational peer-to-peer exchange as part of its Child Citizens project, funded by the EU Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) programme. Across the Eurochild network, our members are leading initiatives like those from Bulgaria and Croatia shared during this exchange…
Hungarian NGOs Warn Against 15th Amendment’s Threat to Fundamental Rights
Eurochild members, part of the Hungarian Child Rights Coalition, are calling on Parliament to reject the amendment, cautioning that it could allow the State to restrict fundamental rights almost absolutely under the pretext of protecting children, leading to serious legal uncertainty. After the release of the Sovereignty Office Report…
Solving Robotaxi and Humanoid Bots in 2026 Will Prove Yann LeCun is Wrong
Yann LeCun is an AI expert that claims that generative AI and the current approaches to AI need to be abandoned. He says that the failure to achieve level 5 self driving cars and very capable humanoid bots shows that LLM are a failure. Tesla has again stated that they will have unsupervised robotaxi starting…
Meta tables charging UK users for ad-free social platforms
After settling a landmark case against a human rights campaigner, Meta suggested imposing charges on Brits who’d opt for its ad-free social media platforms. The post Meta tables charging UK users for ad-free social platforms appeared first on CoinGeek…
The world’s biggest youth climate lawsuit lost in court, but it ‘changed the world’
The landmark Juliana v. United States sparked a global movement to defend children’s rights to a healthy climate, a campaign that’s already scored two wins…
Crypto round-up: What’s been happening this week?
It’s been a busy week in crypto, and we’re only halfway through. Let’s round up what’s been happening: Stamp duty tax should be applied to crypto, says banker, Kraken eyes a $1bn debt package ahead of IPO, Kentucky governor signs Bitcoin Rights bill into law, SEC drops its investigation into Immutable…