Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT) has announced the launch of a series that is specially adapted for the visually impaired. This is the first project in Lithuania with a special soundtrack for the blind...

Redrawing electoral district maps, amending election laws, adding large pools of citizens with voting rights to the national constituency - just a few examples of how authoritarians attempt to manipulate electoral systems.

The Lithuanian Parliament has started the new year by making fresh attempts to restrict the freedom of the media and the public to express their views.

The Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania has finally resolved the dispute between the Vilnius City Municipality and the State that had been going on for more than two years. The State argued, with support from...

The Sea-Watch 3, which rescued 47 people from drowning in the Mediterranean ten days ago, is still looking for safe harbour. On Friday night it entered the port of Syracuse and is now anchored there. The mayor of...

Polish prosecutors were asked by police to examine the evidence against ultra-nationalists who demonstrated at Auschwitz on Holocaust Memorial Day. Local police sent a video of a group of people who, under a large...

CIVICUS Monitor update on Belgium - January 2019

The introduction of long-awaited abortion services in Ireland was marred by anti-choice protests and problems with the new legislation. The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) is calling for safe zones and changes to the legislation.

If you're under the impression that what happens at the European Parliament doesn't make a difference in your life, well, you're wrong. Sorry. The EP actually impacts your life quite a bit - one of many reasons you should vote in the upcoming elections.

On Thursday the European Commission (EC) launched an infringement procedure against Austria for reducing child benefits to Austrian-based foreign workers whose children live in poorer EU countries. “With indexation...