A new report by Human Rights at Sea says that the deflagging of the Aquarius, the migrant rescue vessel of the NGOs SOS Méditerranée and Médecins Sans Frontières, represents a “dark moment” in European history. The...

After three days of final talks, EU negotiators have agreed on new copyright rules, and the outcome is disappointing. The agreement comes after a two-year battle with in the EU. The controversial version of Article 13...

Be My Valentine? For 30k? Women's rights, Valentine's Day, babies and bribes all have something in common.

A new program in Hungary aims to control women's bodies in an effort to boost the country's declining population.

RIS and the Open Society Justice Initiative organized a workshop in Madrid to address the implementation of an Effective Police Identification Protocol, a pilot project launched by Madrid City Council.

The promotion of Martin Selmayr to European Commission (EC) secretary-general last year was a case of "maladministration"– the European Ombudsman confirmed on Monday, upholding its earlier verdict. The ombudsman...

Acts of antisemitism in France have increased by 74 percent in the last year, according to the Interior Ministry, with Minister Christophe Castaner saying, "Antisemitism is spreading like poison". In recent cases...

Germany will need 260,000 immigrants every year for the next 40 years to meet increasing labour demand, a new study by the Bertelsmann Foundation based on calculations by the Institute for Employment Research and the...

While European leaders are busy closing borders, a growing number of cities have decided not to blindly accept their government’s restrictive migration policies but instead provide a sanctuary for refugees.

The European External Action Service, the EU’s diplomatic service, presented to national cyber experts a plan to sanction foreign hackers if they target the upcoming EU elections. The “cyber sanctions” would allow EU...