Estonia has been in political turmoil for the past few months as the Estonian Centre Party made the shock decision to invite the right-wing conservative EKRE into new coalition after the liberal Reform Party won the parliamentary elections.

Italian NGO Antigone has presented a new report on the state of Italian prisons conlcuding that although crime rates are down, the prison poulation is increasing becauses judges are handing down longer sentences.

Many young Europeans take the freedom to travel through much of the Union without having to pass border checks for granted. With the reintroduction of “temporary” border controls, this privilege may be coming to an end.

The Society for Civil Rights (GFF) and epicenter.works are taking legal action with the aim of having the European PNR Directive overturned by the European Court of Justice (ECJ).

CIVICUS Monitor update on Hungary - May 2019

The far-right populist government has manufactured a new enemy: the LGBT community. But as polls show increasing support for same-sex couples, will the government's scapegoating translate into success at the ballot box?

A new draft law has been proposed by the League and submitted by the Interior Minister Matteo Salvini with the aim of tightening sanctions for using and selling soft drugs.

Belgium’s refusal to grant humanitarian visas to a Syrian family who turned up at the Beirut embassy has led to the case being brought before the European Court of Human Rights.

Chances are, your life is deeply affected by your social, cultural and economic environment. If you aren't allowed to participate in the decisions that affect that environment, others will be the masters of your life.

"Love thy neighbor as thyself" – the story of the Good Samaritan who helps a suffering traveller inspires us to show solidarity towards strangers. The Church has a tradition of providing shelter to those in need. Now, this tradition makes it a target.