The Norwegian government on Thursday shared its plans to restrict the entry of Russian citizens on tourist visas issued before Spring 2022 by Norway or by another European country. This measure is the latest in a series of ‘sanctions’ imposed by Norway in response to Russia’s war on Ukraine, according to Emilie Enger Mehl, the [...]

A Greek judge on Tuesday dropped the charges against nine Egyptian men involved in a 2023 migrant boat wreck off Pylos that killed at least 82 people because the court did not have jurisdiction to hear the case, as the sinking happened in international waters. This sinking incident shocked the European Union’s border protection and [...]

The Flemish Community’s ban on wearing any visible symbols during the educational activities does not run counter to freedom of religion, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Thursday. It followed the decision given by the Constitutional Court in Belgium assessing based on the c0ncept of neutrality. In the case of Mikyas and Others [...]

The Amsterdam police said Thursday that they ended the occupation of a building at the campus of the University of Amsterdam (UvA) by pro-Palestinian student activists. This followed a week in which students rallied and demonstrated on campus, and were interrupted by riot police. The demonstrations mainly aimed to protest the decision given by the [...]

European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) held Tuesday that Russia discriminated against a teacher when she was fired after posting pictures that indicated her sexual orientation. In the case of A.K. v. Russia, A.K, the applicant, was a teacher in a state school in Russia. In November 2014, a Russian NGO collected on social media [...]

UNESCO awarded Thursday its World Press Freedom Prize to all of the Palestinian journalists covering Gaza. This prize honors media workers promoting press freedom, especially in areas facing wars. While the deaths of 26 journalists during their work were condemned and deplored by UNESCO since October 2023, it has been supporting media workers who report from [...]

The European Commission began investigating Tuesday whether Meta, the provider of Facebook and Instagram, violated the Digital Services Act (DSA). The goal of the investigation is to prevent disturbances to voting in the June European elections. In the investigation, the Commission will focus on the four areas. The first is non-compliance with DSA obligations by [...]

The Bundestag, Germany’s federal Parliament, passed on Friday the second amendment of the Federal Climate Protection Act. The amendment passed a day after the Federal Constitutional Court rejected a lawmaker’s objection to the amended bill. The amendments aim to reduce the pressure against individual sectors by removing some greenhouse gas emissions targets. In the Bundestag [...]