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Hungary

You might recognise the couple in this Hungarian government campaign

There is amusement in Hungary about the choice of picture.

14/03/2019

World News

French schools could replace 'mother and father' with 'parent 1 and 2'

A children's guardians could no longer be labelled “mother” and “father” on official French school documents, but “parent 1” and “parent 2”.

16/02/2019

United Kingdom

Take granny on holiday, minister urges Brits

Conservative MP Mims Davies says British families should take inspiration from those in Mediterranean countries.

01/01/2019

France

French lower house approves parental smacking ban

The law does not set punishments for offenders, and has to be approved by the Senate before going in the statute books.

01/12/2018

World News

Euroviews. Dads aren’t babysitters, they’re parents | View

Why sharing child-raising responsibilities more equally can be good for everyone involved.

25/09/2018

Denmark

Why some Danes are moving abroad in order to live at home

Denmark's immigration laws make it harder for its own citizens than for residents of other EU countries to bring in foreign partners.

10/09/2018

South Korea

Families divided by Korean war reunite after decades

Families in North and South Korea are attending the 21st official reunion since the Korean war resulted in the division of the peninsula

19/08/2018

Greece

Relatives of Greece fire victims demand answers

Following last month's deadly wildfire in Greece relatives of the victims are demanding answers as to how the rescue operation went so wrong

06/08/2018

Germany

Germany: Family reunification programme starts again for refugees

It's after the government in 2016, suspended the right for asylum seekers to bring immediate family members. But the new rules mean only a 1,000 people per month will be chosen

01/08/2018

World News

Feeling good: positive stories from the week

Studies have shown that increasing positive emotions has a powerful effect on our general wellbeing. This is why we’d like to introduce you to our roundup of some of the brightest stories from this week.

13/07/2018

Sport

In pictures: Players' kids hit the pitch at World Cup

Take a look at some of the sweetest moments as football players share centre stage with their nearest and dearest.

11/07/2018

Germany

German police fine parents for pulling kids out of school for holiday

Bavarian police have fined 10 families for trying to take their kids on holiday during the school term.

21/05/2018

Indonesia

Indonesian police say sucide bombing family attacks Surabaya police headquarters

Family dies in attack but eight-year-old child survives, while at least one police officer dies and several other victims are wounded a day after an Islamic militant family is blamed for bombing three churches in country's second city, killing 13.

14/05/2018

Indonesia

Family of six behind wave of blasts targeting three churches in Indonesia

Police say a mother and her two daughters, one of them a 9 year old, blew themselves up while the father and two sons targeted two other places of worship.

13/05/2018