A Romanian woman was unlawfully detained in 2001 due to a series of judicial errors. After 15 years of legal proceedings before national and European courts, the errors were finally recognized.

Over 40 people, including women and children, from a Roma community in Romania have been beaten by local police in recent years, and civil society groups are demanding thorough investigations into these cases.

A rise in racially motivated crime was reported throughout the EU in 2013, according to a report from the European Network Against Racism. Roma, African and Asian ethnic minorities, Jews and Muslims were the most targeted groups.

The beating of a 19-year-old woman by Romanian police has led to yet another judgment against the country by the European Court of Human Rights, which condemned Romania for improperly investigating the incident.

The Ministry of the Interior of Lithuania submitted amendments to the Law on Electronic Communications that seek to establish compulsory registration for pre-paid SIM cards. The ministry claims that it wants to combat...

Former Romanian President Ion Iliescu admitted to Der Spiegel that Romania provided space for CIA activities. Romanian officials have long denied the existence of such a place, identified in the CIA torture report...

The European Court of Human Rights has condemned Romania for the 2007 death of a prisoner, and said it considered the state's investigation into the case ineffective.

The Netherlands Institute for War Documentation will collaborate with institutions in Eastern and Southern Europe to make Holocaust archives accessible. New partners in Bulgaria, Romania, Latvia, Italy and Greece will...

Prime Minister Victor Ponta recently issued a single emergency ordinance that actually contained 26 emergency ordinances within it. Following this abuse of power, 11 Romanian NGOs are calling for his resignation.

It is a dark time for harm reduction in Hungary: another life-saving service has fallen victim to political paranoia.