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 responses of two state oversight committees laid bare the lack of oversight that exists over the actions of national intelligence services.

A new report from the national ombudsman finds that Dutch municipalities and the police are increasingly restricting protesters in what they can and cannot do.

Since the Austrian government’s inauguration in December, journalists have been publicly attacked by politicians and media outlets have been defamed for critical journalism. Financial cuts to public media are on the...

From next year, people will be able to "manage" their own medical records on their computer or mobile phone and decide who should have access to what information, Health Minister Bruno Bruins has told de Volkskrant....

The Dutch Public Prosecution Service does not have a good reason to take legal action against a controversial imam who attacked Rotterdam mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb in a sermon, Justice Minister Ferd Grapperhaus told...

Germany aims to pass new laws on social media after revelations that Facebook data was used to manipulate voters. "In future we will clearly have to monitor companies like Facebook more strictly and punish data...

Martin Selmayr’s appointment last month as secretary-general of the European Commission sparked accusations that the Commission had broken its own rules in order to place him in the job.

A ship chartered by a Spanish aid group has been impounded in Italy and three of its crew have been criminally charged. But it seems that their real crime was saving human lives.

As the April 8 election nears, Hungarian media is reporting that the country's intelligence agency, the Constitution Protection Office, was aware as early as January of foreign citizens’ efforts to collect information...