Beginning today, 3 April, Dunja Mijatović takes up the post of Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights. A national of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Mijatović is the first woman to hold this post, succeeding Nils...

A demonstration took place on 10 March to honor Idy Diene, a young Senegalese killed five days earlier in Florence.

Four openly transgender individuals were elected in the 21 March municipal council elections in the Netherlands.

Romania's government wants to silence organisations working on democracy, anti-corruption and the rule of law. Here's what it looks like in cake form.

Vluchtelingenwerk Vlaanderen, a Belgian organisation that defends the interests of refugees, has questioned the asylum and migration secretary's decision to continue to reduce the number of reception places for...

The Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam accidentally leaked data belonging to a group of patients. It concerned the email addresses of 46 children who were treated at Sophia Children's Hospital and their parents. The...

Once again, the Lithuanian Parliament is slated to consider a ban on abortions in this spring session. Exceptions would not apply even when there are serious health risks to the fetus. The initiators claim they are representing Christian values.

The Irish government has confirmed 25 May as the date for a referendum on repealing its near-total ban on abortion. If citizens so decide, they will overturn one of Europe's most restrictive abortion policies. Only...

A 60-year-old man convicted for growing cannabis in his garden has received a pardon from Italian President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella. The man had been sentenced to five months in prison and fined with 800...

In an attempt to avoid copyright infringement, the proposal includes measures that will violate users' right to free speech and privacy. Here are five ways the copyright proposal will impact you if it's passed in its current form.