Czech Ombudsman Anna Šabatová has one important experience from the communist era: as a dissenter, she experienced being a minority citizen of the society.
Apparently, seven months is too short a period to issue a birth certificate, writes Mr. Luboš V. from the Czech Republic. Read his view of the complicated struggle with the authorities in an effort to have his daughter entered into the civil registry.
A Bulgarian man has carried out a violent attack on his former partner, pouring a can of paint over her head and posting a video of the assault on Facebook. The crime is a reminder of the lack of adequate protection for women by the Bulgarian government.
A draft law to determine the general requirements, conditions and procedure for performing euthanasia, to regulate the rights and duties of patients who have expressed their will on the subject and also to regulate...
Some Romanian institutions are limiting citizens' right to access public information by imposing discouraging rates for public information documents. Rates sometimes vary from 1 to 4 euros for an A4 sheet.
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A Spanish court has opened proceedings against Moroccan police officers who entered the Spanish side of the Melilla border on June 18 and beat and tortured migrants (and, most likely, asylum seekers) trying to enter...
Recent round table discussions on Lithuania's adoption of EU directives on criminal proceedings have revealed concerns about their implementation, as issues persist in areas such as access to counsel and access to information.
The Ministry of Justice of Lithuania has finished preparing its amendments to the Code of Criminal Procedure, paving the way for a clearer and more equitable regulation of defendants' rights.
The very first regional offices of the State Consumer Rights Protection Authority have begun work in the counties of Lithuania. They were established in order to ensure the effective protection of consumer rights, to...
Why is an elderly couple from a small village on Bulgaria's border with Turkey helping hundreds of refugees escape war-torn Syria?
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