The Lithuanian parliament has approved amendments allowing natural persons in Lithuania to petition the Constitutional Court directly. People will be able to go to the Constitutional Court directly to request judicial...

Despite what appears to be a deliberate attempt by Bucharest to scupper the nomination of the EU’s first-ever prosecutor general, members of the European Parliament remain committed to giving Laura Codruta Kövesi the...

The European Parliament has passed a new copyright regulation promising to give content creators fair pay for their work, but a controversial part of the law also threatens free speech and the free and open internet in Europe.

On Tuesday MEPs concluded two and a half years of negotiations by passing the EU’s new copyright reform to regulate the digital single market. Parliamentarians voted 348 in favour, 274 against, 36 abstentions. The...

CIVICUS Monitor update on Lithuania - March 2019

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Ahead of the European Parliament elections in May, a new report warns that not a single EU member state has ensured that elections are accessible to all. Released on 20 March by the European Economic and Social...

The French Constitutional Council has ruled that using bone tests to estimate the age of young migrants is constitutional. These controversial examinations are known to have a significant margin of error. This case...

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The former prime minister of Slovakia and current leader of the country's Smer party has used his bully pulpit to once again disparage independent journalists. Robert Fico, who left office in the aftermath of the...