Cyprus has accused the European Commission of a "double standard" after the latter issued a report on 23 January warning against so-called golden visa schemes. Cyprus maintains that it has "the strictest criteria of...

Although just 42 countries experienced a decline in their democracy last year, one EU state experienced one of the sharpest drops in the ranking. Italy dropped by 12 points, to the 33rd place, in the latest Economist...

The Hungarian government might soon be taken to the European Court of Justice if it does not address outstanding issues around the so-called NGO law.

The Court of Milan has ordered the Local Government of Lodi to amend a regulation preventing foreign children from accessing cheaper school canteen and bus services.

On Wednesday the European Commission published a report about schemes under which countries effectively sell citizenship. The EU warns countries about the "risks of infiltration of non-EU organised crime groups in the...

Romania, which has long grappled with systemic corruption, may have a new solution the problem: the government may simply invalidate hundreds of pending corruption cases against the country's senior politicians....

Germany has announced a halt to its participation in Operation Sophia, the EU naval mission targeting human trafficking in the Mediterranean. The Berlin government's decision relates to Italy’s reluctance to allow...

HCLU turns to the courts for the freedom of speech after the Hungarian Government blocks the country's Competition Authority from investigating.

A wide range of measures to protect domestic abuse victims has been introduced in England and Wales as part of “landmark” legislation. The new law introduces a legal definition of domestic abuse that includes economic...

Google has been fined for the first time under the new EU privacy regulation after France’s CNIL data protection authority handed down a 50 m euro penalty for breaching the privacy law by failing to obtain adequate...