A former far-right PVV (Party for Freedom) politician for the Province of Limburg in the Netherlands has been sentenced to 18 months in jail (of which four are conditional) for forgery and embezzlement of €176.999. He...

Polish police last Wednesday carried out raids on women's organizations in Warsaw, Gdańsk, Łódź and Zielona Góra. The two targeted organisations, the Women’s Rights Centre and Baba, help victims of domestic violence...

Chancellor Angela Merkel has agreed to limit the number of refugees coming to Germany in 200.000 annually, but refused to endorse a hard cap requested by her party’s Bavarian allies. The deal gives a green light...

A doctor who euthanised a patient with severe dementia in a nursing home early 2016 may have committed a criminal offense.

The Polish government has accepted more than 140 of the 180 recommendations it was given on rule of law, anti-discrimination and freedom of speech.

Questions from a journalist about current scandals in Bulgaria sparked furious reactions from representatives of the ruling coalition. The MP Anton Todorov and the Deputy Prime Minister Valeriy Simeonov threatened...

The Netherlands will not extend the term after which someone qualifies for Dutch citizenship. On October 3, a majority of the Dutch Senate voted against extending the term from five to seven years. The government...

At a time when the executive and legislative powers can no longer resist populism, the judiciary is at risk of abuse designed to undermine the rule of law, states Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales John Thomas.

Journalists Wojciech Dorosz and Marcin Majchrowski were dismissed in December 2016 from Polish Radio for "disciplinary reasons". Both filed a court action against the dismissal.

Should the way in which Internet firms such as Facebook transfer users’ data to the United States be banned? This is the question Ireland's High Court has asked the top European court to issue a preliminary decision...