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Thanks to new legal changes, it is now possible to lift professional secrecy - the duty of confidentiality of professionals like doctors and prosecutors - in some cases.
Social media companies are making changes to their services ahead of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) entering force on May 25. Snapchat now says it will stop retaining certain data, including precise...
The latest annual report on global press freedom by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) finds rising hostility in the EU towards journalists and their work. Although Europe still ranks as the highest region on RSF's...
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on 24 April ruled that the European Convention on Human Rights affords protection if an asylum seeker with severe effects from past torture would be "significantly and...
A proposed ban on the sale of certain goods could deter public and academic discussions on contemporary and historical armed conflicts as well as present-day policy issues.
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The House of Lords, the upper chamber of the UK Parliament, has voted to keep the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights in force following Brexit. The 316 to 245 vote is yet another blow to the government's hope to shed EU...
The head of Germany's Jewish community has advised Jews not to wear kippahs, the traditional skullcaps, in public. The advice follows several anti-Semitic attacks across the country. Josef Schuster, the president of...
Following up on promises to unveil a new law to protect whistleblowers, the European Commission did just that on 23 April. The Commission's proposal aims to strengthen legal protections for whistleblowers throughout...
A new immigration law that tightens the rules around asylum has been approved by the French National Assembly. With the new legislation, shorter asylum application deadlines will be introduced, the time for which...
Some former and current members of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) were engaged "in activity of a corruptive nature" related to Azerbaijan, an independent body’s investigation has concluded....
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