The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled in an urgent case filed on Monday by Berlin-based NGO Sea-Watch that Italy must provide assistance to migrants on the stranded rescue ship Sea-Watch 3. ECHR said...

The Romanian government's proposal to give amnesty to corrupt politicians threatens to further destabilize the rule of law and anger citizens, who are, quite frankly, getting way too much practice protesting for their rights and democracy.

Leading MEPs are calling on member states to step up in the Council against the erosion of democracy, fundamental rights and judicial independence in Hungary.

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

At the inauguration ceremony of Romania's six-month EU presidency in Bucharest on Thursday government representatives exchanged political warnings with the EU. Council president Donald Tusk warned: "To those in the EU...

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.