Anyone who catcalls, follows, intimidates or asks women for sex in Rotterdam, can count on a maximum fine of 4,100 EUR or three months jail time in the near future. Local council official Joost Eerdmans has announced...

Finland's government avoided collapse on Tuesday after the nationalist Finns Party split into two groups. Twenty Finns MPs, including its former leader, formed a new group called New Alliance, and Prime Minister Juha...

Humanitarian ships rescuing refugees in the Mediterranean Sea are not acting as a "pull factor" that increases refugee crossings, nor are they "colluding" with smugglers, new research has found. The report by the...

Finland's governing coalition is on the verge of collapse after an anti-immigration hardliner was picked as leader of one of the coalition parties. Finnish Prime Minister Juha Sipila says his coalition can't continue...

The ruling party of Romania wants to shut down all NGOs that do not publish reports on their revenues and expenses twice per year.

The widely criticised Hungarian law on NGO financing was passed by the parliament on Tuesday. The Hungarian Civil Liberties Union denounces the unlawful NGO Act and calls for civil disobedience against it!

Sometime this week, the European Commission is expected to launch infringement proceedings against Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic over their refusal to participate in the EU’s refugee relocation scheme. Member...

A Polish man who died at a police station after officers used a stun gun on him has shaken public opinion in Poland, where the use of violence by police remains a serious problem

A delegation of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) visited Poland from May 11 to 22. Awaiting a report from the monitoring and...

Norway on Monday became the latest European nation to propose banning full-face veils such as burqas and niqabs. The proposal would apply to all educational facilities. Employees who refuse to obey the ban could lose...