Bulgaria’s new prime minister, Kiril Petkov, has made promising noises about ending a veto currently preventing North Macedonia from opening EU accession talks. But can he deliver? In 1971, the CIA coined the term “Macedonian Syndrome” in...
Tag - European Court of Human Rights
Georgia’s government is refusing to transfer Mikheil Saakashvili, a former president now almost 50 days into a hunger strike, to a civilian hospital. The condition...
Defying international human rights law, Poland carried out unlawful pushbacks of refugees on its border with Belarus, Amnesty has claimed. Its tough stance, however...
Recent events in Poland have highlighted the country’s need to tackle police brutality, which some analysts link to the country’s political climate. On the...
Russia has raised eyebrows and attracted derision by filing its first ever interstate application at the European Court of Human Rights with a litany of charges against...
The influence of Ordo Iuris, a radical – sometimes described as fundamentalist – organisation in Poland, should alarm all of Europe, say rights campaigners...
The European Court of Human Rights has backed Czechia’s compulsory vaccination campaign in a landmark ruling that could have wide implications in the fight against...
Dozens of Armenians remain in Azerbaijani captivity following the recent fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh, with Baku refusing to recognise them as prisoners of war. The...
Almost three years after a European Court ruled that Romania must recognise a same-sex couple under EU freedom of movement legislation, its government is yet to...
In December 2009, plainclothes police raided the offices of the Inclusive Foundation in Tbilisi, an organisation that campaigns for LGBT rights in Georgia. Two members...
Victory at ECHR for anti-corruption hero places Romania’s constitutional court in unwanted spotlight
Just days after being named as Emerging Europe’s Public Figure of the Year, Romanian Laura Codruţa Kövesi has won a landmark victory at the European Court of Human...
Jarji Akimidze and Davit Dvali, the founders of Georgia’s Rustavi 2 TV channel, have rejected the offer of Kibar Khalvashi, the channel’s new owner, to...
