Summary: A criminal trial in Madrid over alleged animal mistreatment at the Vivotecnia testing laboratory has revived a wider European question: how…
The Hague ruling challenges permit-free bottom trawling in one of the North Sea’s most important protected areas.
Summary: The Chancery Lane Project and WRAP have updated a model contract clause designed to help businesses measure, reduce and report food…
Transnational repression in Europe is rising through surveillance, threats and legal abuse. Here is how it works - and why states must…
Surveillance abuses in Europe are testing privacy, democracy and rule of law. Here is where the risks lie, and why oversight often…
Asia
World Falun Dafa Day, marked on May 13, has become both a spiritual celebration and a human-rights reminder. For practitioners of Falun Dafa, also known as Falun Gong, the day honors the…
As is known, camels are one of the largest representatives of the terrestrial fauna. Once upon a time on the Asian continent, hunting their wild relatives…
Denmark's first National Action Plan Against Racism faced scrutiny at the UN UPR in May 2026. Forty-four states raised concerns…
Among the seized unapproved or counterfeit drugs are erectile dysfunction drugs, sedatives, painkillers, antibiotics and smoking cessation products An illegal…
On 10 May 2026, Sudanese victims represented by law firm DEMAIN filed a sanctions request with EU High Representative Kaja Kallas under the EU Global Human Rights Sanctions…
In every democracy, there are moments when the machinery of the state not only malfunctions but is deliberately turned against…
The EU and Hermes Study Centre Support the Cyprus Compromise on the Revision of Tobacco Excise Duties Through a Position Paper Brussels, 7 May 2026 – Hermes –…
Written by Marco Respinti
Behind the carefully constructed image of modernity and reform, the death penalty has not receded. It has intensified. Based on…
By BRIDGES team During the URI Europe Regional Assembly, “Sacred Earth, Shared Humanity: URI Europe Responses to Violence and Harm,” held from 29 April to 3 May 2026 at the Martí…
"Hello, Mr Gadzhi Gadzhiev. Thank you for granting this in-depth interview to Opinion Internationale. This is the first time you…
The Sofia City Court has remanded in custody two Ukrainian former military men detained in Bulgaria and accused of espionage,…
His Holiness Bulgarian Patriarch Daniil was present in the National Assembly during the voting and swearing-in of the new, 107th, government of the country. Among the guests of…
On Europe Day, in an interview with the Bulgarian National Radio, Metropolitan Anthony of Western and Central Europe spoke about…
AI is systematically distorting sacred texts across all major religions, from Egypt's Dar al-Ifta fatwa banning AI Quranic interpretation to…
Norway has made freedom of religion or belief a sustained part of its international development and human-rights policy. Its approach is not framed as the promotion of religion,…
Series - Hidden from the Economy
Series - Hidden from the Economy
Series - Hidden from the Economy
You reach for your passport — and it’s gone. Maybe it slipped out of your bag, maybe it was stolen,…
The payslip arrives — but the money does not. Days pass, then weeks. Rent is due, bills are stacking up,…
You arrive at the airport, check the departure board — and your flight is gone. Cancelled. No clear explanation, long queues forming, and uncertainty about what happens next.…
