European Union data protection authorities have reached an agreement on how to address the threat by Romania's data chief to impose a €20 million fine on several journalists who exposed high-level corruption in the...

Romania, which has long grappled with systemic corruption, may have a new solution the problem: the government may simply invalidate hundreds of pending corruption cases against the country's senior politicians....

CIVICUS Monitor update on Romania - January 2019

The 49 migrants aboard the two German rescue vessels were finally allowed to disembark in Malta on Wednesday. They will be distributed among eight EU countries alongside 249 other migrants rescued by the Maltese Coast Guard.

The interim head of Romania’s anti-corruption agency has stepped down. Anca Jurma blamed a “hostile environment” for her resignation, announced on 8 January, just days after Romania assumed the EU Presidency. Jurma...

Here’s what 2019 may bring for politics in Europe.

2019 is set to be an exciting and challenging year. The European Parliament will hold elections, and Liberties will be touring Europe to share our new book giving insight on why populists appeal to voters and how we can reverse their success.

Free assembly is vital to democracy. It shouldn't come as much of a surprise, then, that authoritarian governments in Europe are restricting this right in illegitimate ways.

A Hungarian court judged that the 444 news portal had damaged the reputation of a political party by hyperlinking to a third-party video. The European Court of Human Rights has now found that the Hungarian decision violated freedom of speech.

EU decision-makers should ensure that the new regulation on copyright complies with human rights including specific safeguards to protect free speech.