The European Parliament has overwhelmingly voted to condemn Brunei’s “retrograde” Islamic laws that punish gay sex and adultery with death…
European Institutions
Forced Uzbek cotton labour persists: NGOs
Despite a promise of reform, forced labour in Uzbekistan’s cotton fields remains widespread, according to the Uzbek-German Forum for Human…
MEPs boost ‘gig economy’ rights
The outgoing European Parliament has approved rules to protect “gig economy” workers with minimum rights and demands for increased transparency…
Farage’s Brexit Party tops European election poll
Anti-EU campaigner Nigel Farage and his Brexit Party will win the European elections in the UK unless the opposition Labour…
MEPs pass laws to protect whistleblowers
New European Union legislation will make it harder for firms to punish whistleblowers, in a move aimed at encouraging employees…
Salvini faces charges over migrant ‘imprisonment’
Prosecutors in Sicily have placed Italy’s prime minister and both deputy prime ministers under investigation for the alleged false imprisonment…
Socialists poised to come top in Finnish election
Finns are forecast to elect Finland’s first left-wing prime minister in 20 years in today’s general election, as voters worry…
13 Apr 2019
France and Germany to rescue stranded migrants
12 Apr 2019
Ex-pope Benedict blames 1960s liberalism for child abuse
11 Apr 2019
EU agrees to Brexit extension until Halloween
10 Apr 2019
EU takes control of Brexit timeline
10 Apr 2019
Yellow vest leaders rage at meeting cancellation
9 Apr 2019
Mixed reaction to EU populist bloc launch
9 Apr 2019
Romania charges post-revolution president
8 Apr 2019
Council of Europe poised to restore Russian voting rights
4 Apr 2019