Employers in the EU may be able to ban Muslim staff from wearing headscarves to work if it is part of a broader prohibition on all religious symbols, said Juliane Kokott, an Advocate General to the European Court of...

After the approval of the Italian civil unions bill, the Turin Court of Appeal granted a lesbian couple, married in Denmark in 2014, the right to stepchild adoption, which means each is allowed to adopt the other's...

The Polish government has been formally warned to roll back its overhaul of the top Polish court, a move critics say threatens its independence. The European Commission announced its decision to step up pressure on...

Italian politics is highly influenced by the Vatican, and apparently the Church and the state cannot be completely separated in Italy despite the fact that it is a basic principle of democracy. After the country's...

After Bulgarian prosecutors refused to investigate public homophobic hate speech and death threats, the Bulgarian Helsinki Committee filed a case at the European Court of Human Rights.

A new report highlights some positive changes in 2015 for LGBTI people in several EU member states, although the situation in Italy still leaves much to be desired.

A seemingly harmless questionnaire that migrants must complete before submitting their asylum applications is used to separate legitimate cases from illegal ones – even though the procedure itself is unlawful.

A data transfer pact between the EU and US needs "significant improvements," said European Data Protection Supervisor Giovanni Buttarelli. The agreement, known as the EU-US Privacy Shield, is designed to protect EU...

The EU ombudsman has launched a probe into the European Commission's appointment of external advisers to determine if the process bypasses conflict of interest checks. European Ombudsman Emily O'Reilly warned about an...

The veteran Italian politician, who spent decades fighting for liberal causes ranging from abortion rights to cannabis legalization, passed away on May 19.