The Lithuanian government rejected draft amendments to the law that would have allowed journalists continued free access to information held by the Centre of Registers. The audio recording of the government hearing on this issue was destroyed.

Supporters of the “new types” of democracies popping up in Europe argue their type is just as strong as traditional democracies. But this is bull.

The Dutch government is planning to launch a campaign against fake news in the run-up to the provincial, national and European Parliament elections happening next year. The campaign will not focus on content or...

Which of the following actually exists? A. Different #democracy. B. Illiberal democracy. C. Unicorns. D. Authoritarian regime.

The Netherlands has issued its first gender-neutral passport. Leonne Zeegers received a passport with the gender designation X, instead of M for man or V for woman. The 57-year-old was born male, but now identifies as...

In recent years, Spain has experienced an almost complete elimination of Universal Jurisdiction. Civil Society groups are now working on reviving this.

On Friday the European Court of Justice ordered Poland’s government to immediately halt the implementation of a controversial law designed to force nearly two dozen of the nation’s Supreme Court justices into early...

The UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, Urmila Bhoola, said after a 10-day visit to Italy that migrant agricultural workers were “enduring extreme levels of labor exploitation and coercion, and...

Can you spot the difference between "fake news" and real, fact-based stories? And what would you do if confronted with a story you're not sure about? Take our quiz and find out how good your fake-news radar is.

Germany has extradited the prime suspected in the murder of Bulgarian journalist Viktoria Marinova. Severin Krasimirov, who was arrested last week in a German town near Hamburg, was connected to the crime after his...