The #MeToo movement has also made an impact in Lithuania. The results of one survey show an average level of support from the populace towards the women speaking up, though some continue blaming them, claiming that they should've spoken up sooner.

Why are populist governments passing new regulations that require human rights groups to file more financial reports? It has nothing to do with transparency.

Thousands of supporters of Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) held a demonstration in Berlin on 27 May, but they were upstaged by a counter protest four times larger. Police said roughly 5,000 AfD...

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Belgium's prime minister has given the green light to a project that will make it possible, from July 2018, to place families with children, who refuse to leave the national territory, in detention centers, inside...