United Kingdom

UK Supreme Court supports bakery in gay cake discrimination case

The bakery was found guilty of discrimination in 2015 and lost a subsequent appeal in 2016 after they refused to bake a cake iced with the words "Support Gay Marriage" accompanied with the image of Sesame Street characters Bert and Ernie based on their religious beliefs.

10/10/2018

Montenegro

Montenegro to fine people who do not stand for national anthem

Many Montenegrin Serbs have refused to recognise the song “Oh, bright dawn of Montenegro” as the national anthem since it was adopted in 2004.

08/10/2018

France

French court convicts former aid worker for ironic tweet

A court ordered the 21-year-old to pay €500 to the police officers, as well as €475 in court fees.

28/09/2018

Switzerland

Swiss canton votes to ban burqa in public

St Gallen becomes the second Swiss canton to ban the full-face veil in public.

24/09/2018

France

French court orders Marine Le Pen to undergo psychiatric evaluation

The far-right French politician is under investigation for sharing images of atrocities carried out by the Islamic State jihadist group.

20/09/2018

Spain

Belgian court refuses Spanish extradition request for rapper Valtonyc

Performer is accused in Spain of insulting the royal family and other charges.

17/09/2018

Germany

Chemnitz protester jailed over Hitler salute

A German court on Friday handed a five-month jail sentence to a 34-year-old man who performed the illegal Nazi salute during a protest in the eastern city of Chemnitz late last month.

14/09/2018

World News

Where in Europe is surrogacy legal?

Couples in Europe are dodging surrogacy bans at home by spending large sums of money abroad in their bid to have a baby.

13/09/2018

Poland

What the fate of one village reveals about Poland's justice system

Residents of Grabówka thought they had one a three decade battle with a final court ruling in their favour. But getting justice isn't so simple.

07/09/2018

Bosnia and Herzegovina

'Atmosphere of lynching': Journalists under attack in Bosnia

A recent attack on a journalist in the city of Banja Luka, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, has sparked protests across the country and put journalists’ safety in the spotlight.

04/09/2018

Germany

Migrant jailed for murdering 15-year-old ex-girlfriend in Germany

A German court has sentenced a failed asylum seeker to eight-and-a-half years in prison for murdering his 15-year-old ex-girlfriend, in a case that has fueled anti-migrant sentiment in the country.

03/09/2018

Ukraine

Spanish families stranded in Ukraine with their surrogate babies

Dozens of Spanish families who have had children via surrogate mothers in Ukraine are being blocked from returning home, with the Spanish government citing issues of medical malpractice and human trafficking in the industry.

30/08/2018

Belgium

Watch: Real pony carousel in Brussels sparks outrage

A carousel using real ponies in Brussels has drawn criticism on social media, with users labelling it "disgusting" and "unacceptable".

07/08/2018

United Kingdom

UK anti-Islam activist Tommy Robinson freed on bail

Robinson had been jailed on charges of breaking rules banning reporting of details from ongoing court cases.

01/08/2018

Romania

Romanian police confiscate Swedish number plate that insulted government

Driver who had personalised plates containing an insult to Romania's ruling party is taken off the road.

31/07/2018

Poland

Euroviews. Poland's democracy is being boiled to death while the world watches

Polish democracy is being subject to the boiling frog strategy via the adoption of unconstitutional legislation without, however, any risk for the ruling party as effective constitutional review has now been neutralised.

25/07/2018

United Kingdom

British court forces woman to remain married until 2020

Tini Owens wants a divorce, but the law says she must stay married until 2020.

25/07/2018

Hungary

EU moves forward with legal action against Hungary over migration rules

19/07/2018

Germany

Can you really be fined €50,000 for killing a wasp in Germany?

As temperatures rise across Europe so too do the number of insects, but how much could it cost you to kill a wasp?

11/07/2018

Spain

Spain moves to toughen sex assault laws after ‘Wolf-Pack’ scandal

Spain’s deputy PM wants the law to make it clear that sex without explicit consent is to be treated as rape.

11/07/2018