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Bulgaria's Parliament has approved a nationwide law banning the wearing of face-covering veils from most public places. The legislation was pushed by the nationalist Patriotic Front coalition. Under the new law, the...
The Hungarian Civil Liberties Union has been litigating the Office of the Prime Minister for two years now to discover who ordered the 2014 "exceptional investigation" into civil organizations supported from the Norwegian NGO Funds in Hungary.
One of the few remaining opposition publications in Hungary, the 60-year-old left-leaning Hungarian daily paper Népszabadság has closed down without prior notice. Journalists were surprised early Saturday when they were shut out of the office.
In this interview with Drugreporter, the new director of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction discusses the challenges posed by Europe’s drugs problems, and the way forward for the agency in a changing political environment.
The campaign, intended to fight the country's falling birth rate by convincing Italian couples to have more children, flopped amid charges of sexism and racism.
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The leader of the nationalist Dane's Party, Daniel Carlsen, has been charged with violating Denmark’s racism law by handing out cans of "refugee spray." Last month, in a move that was met with strong criticism and...
New legislation in the Czech Republic guarantees the right of persons accompanied by an assistance dog to enter public areas and public transport without any special fees for the dog. Having and using assistance dogs...
The draft of a new law on juvenile justice makes a provision for the closure of correctional boarding schools and socio-educational boarding schools, as well as comprehensive juvenile justice reform. For years,...
The Norwegian Noble Prize committee has awarded the 2016 peace prize to the Colombian president for bringing peace to his country. The decision was made despite the fact that the peace deal was voted down in a...
Sweden's minister of justice, Morgan Johansson, said his government will challenge Hungary in court unless it starts taking back asylum seekers from other EU countries. The European Commission will send a delegation...
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