Environment
Spain’s Heatwave Turns June Into a Health Alert
An early summer surge is putting millions at risk as extreme heat becomes a public-safety issue across Europe Spain entered its first major heatwave of the summer on Sunday, 21...
Search: monitoring
Europe
Europe’s Week Turns on Budget, Rights and Resilience
EU leaders closed a crowded summit as migration, trade, culture, sport and the coming policy calendar sharpened the continent’s next choices Europe’s past five days were shaped by a familiar...
Human Rights
The Rudnev Case in Argentina: A Gravely Ill Man Caught in a Judicial Storm
A sick detainee struggles to survive while prosecutors push a line of action that raises questions far beyond one courtroom. The first thing anyone notices about Konstantin Rudnev’s case is...
News
10 examples of religious persecution
10 examples of religious persecution, from blasphemy laws to mass detention, and why these abuses remain a serious rights and policy issue.
Environment
EEA and Eionet welcome Ukraine as a cooperating country
The EEA Management Board formally endorsed Ukraine today as a cooperating country to the EEA and Eionet. Ukraine becomes the eighth EEA cooperating country, joining the Republic of Moldova and...
Europe
EU Backs Stricter Rules for Returning Migrants
Parliament backs faster procedures, longer detention and return hubs as safeguards move to the centre of the migration debate The European Parliament has approved a new EU-wide system for returning...
United Nations
UN deplores another wave of Russian attacks across Ukraine
Matthias Schmale condemned the large-scale Russian assault on the capital Kyiv, as well as Dnipro and Kharkiv, which marked the third time they have been struck in as many weeks. “Instead of enjoying the...
Environment
Europe’s bathing waters remain safe to swim | Press releases
Press releasePublished 16 Jun 2026ImageRuth Troughton on UnsplashFrom the Atlantic to the Mediterranean, the vast majority of bathing waters in Europe met the European Union's most stringent ‘excellent’ bathing quality...
European Council
European leaders can help save Iran’s persecuted Baha’is
As Iran and the US seek a diplomatic accommodation, Europe must leverage its influence to demand human rights improvements. Aaron Rhodes highlights the urgent case of Baha'i minority members Borna…
Europe
Caritas Warns EU Return Rules Put Deportation Before Dignity
European Parliament is expected to vote on the Return Regulation on Wednesday, amid concern over detention, return hubs and weakened safeguards Caritas Europa has warned that the EU’s new Return...