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Tech News

Most young people in Spain have experienced sexual abuse online

A Save the Children study reveals that nearly all young people in Spain have suffered some form of digital sexual abuse before the age of 18.

10/07/2025

Health news

Greece wants to jail people for selling alcohol or tobacco to children

The law is wide-reaching. Here's what's in it.

04/07/2025

Tech News

EU Commission probes four porn websites amid concern for minors

Protection of minors has been singled out as one of the priority areas under the Digital Services Act (DSA).

27/05/2025

Europe News

France mulls proposals on tougher sentencing for minors

The bill proposes harsher "sanctions" for parents who fail to meet their legal responsibilities towards their children, while pushing for tougher trials for repeat underage offenders.

25/03/2025

Europe News

Spain adopts measures to move migrant minors from Canary Islands

The reform ends a months-long political stalemate between Spain's regions and the central government and is aimed at easing pressure on overcrowded migrant reception centres.

19/03/2025

Tech News

Australia's world-first ban on social media for under 16s becomes law

The proposed bill has now been passed by lawmakers in both chambers of the Australian parliament.

28/11/2024

Italy

Tajani’s support for citizenship reform shakes up Italian government

The centre-right Forza Italia leader has reignited political debate by supporting "ius scholae," which would allow children of residents to acquire Italian citizenship after completing formal education in the country.

28/08/2024

Europe News

Spain's leader holds talks in Canary Islands on irregular migration

Spain announced an extra €50 million to help the Canary Islands currently overwhelmed with more than 5,500 unaccompanied migrant children and teenagers.

23/08/2024

Europe News

Manhunt underway in Spain for masked man who stabbed child to death

As their town goes into mourning, the deceased boy's family say they have no suspicions as to who may have killed him.

19/08/2024

Denmark

Denmark makes new pact to counter tech giants and protect children

The government in Copenhagen and several children's organisations are joining forces in a new alliance against social media platforms.

26/06/2024

Tech News

Porn websites quizzed by EU Commission on protection for minors

The platforms need to comply with the EU's Digital Services Act.

13/06/2024

Russia

Thousands of children being evacuated from Russian city of Belgorod

The planned evacuation of children is one of the biggest publicly announced in the Belgorod region since the war began in February 2022.

22/03/2024

Spain

Spanish government to regulate online porn access to protect minors

According to a government study, half of the Spanish population under the age of 15 have accessed and consumed pornography at least once and 25% before the age of 12.

16/01/2024

Denmark

Denmark to restrict sale of alcohol to young people

A 2019 study estimated that 40% of young Danes aged 15-16 had been drunk in the previous 30 days, the highest proportion in Europe, where the average is 13%.

14/11/2023

Spain

Sexual crimes by minors in Spain and Italy are soaring, but why?

Spain has the highest number of minors convicted of sexual offences since records began and in Italy the number rose by 15.7%, but why?

09/10/2023

France

France: 26 underage migrants rescued in Mediterranean 'go missing'

Authorities in the south of France said the mostly Eritrean migrants had run away from their reception centre after being taken into care.

18/11/2022

United Kingdom

Shock as London police admit strip-searching hundreds of children

Dame Rachel de Souza, the Children's Commissioner for England, said she was "deeply shocked" that so many youngsters had been searched this way.

08/08/2022

Europe News

Children will be long-term casualties of pandemic, says rights group

Eurochild says lockdowns and school closures are seriously exacerbating social inequality and that children will become the long-term causalities of COVID-19.

01/02/2021

World

Over 13,000 unaccompanied young migrants in Spain

They are teenagers and they are alone. Many of the thousands of unaccompanied migrant minors now registered in Spain are now stuck. They are in a state of limbo as the likelihood of getting permanent accommodation remains low.

02/08/2019