Some 10,000 Dutch people have closed their Facebook accounts following a call to action by television show host Arjen Lubach, who presents the Zondag met Lubach program. He had urged viewers to take part in a mass...

The police evacuated a building in Rome without first securing alternative shelter for those who were evicted.

After the Hungarian election, the witch hunt against civil society continues. Ahead of the election, the government spoke of 2,000 enemies of Hungary working for the Soros empire. As a follow-up, pro-government weekly...

The anti-corruption body of the Council of Europe has warned Romania that planned changes to judicial laws and the criminal code would violate European anti-corruption laws. Romania's Parliament has approved a plan to...

Legalization of cannabis was part of the recent Italian election campaign, and most probably it will stay high on the political agenda until decision-makers a ready for positive change: legalization and regulation!

The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled on Thursday that unaccompanied refugee minors do not lose the right to family reunification even if they come of age during the asylum application process. The ruling...

Poland's judiciary is in such tatters that other EU member states are openly questioning whether it is still legally sound to extradite criminal suspects there.

CIVICUS Monitor update on Poland - April 2018

A European Parliament report on Hungary outlines systemic threats to the rule of law, among other fields.

Hungarian daily paper Magyar Nemzet and Budapest-based FM Lánchíd Rádió have closed down after 80 years on the media market. Both are owned by Lajos Simicska, an ex-ally of Viktor Orbán. He claims the lack of...