Belarus withdraws from landmark UN environmental rights treaty Following a heated exchange of arguments, Minsk has ultimately withdrawn from the Aarhus Convention – the primary…
Capsicum Oleoresin, or pepper-spray, a chemical weapon classified as a “less lethal” alternative to fire arms, was most likely used by Bulgarian riot police and…
A journalist attacked again. Brutally. With pipes and kicks in the head. In the street. This time – in the center of Sofia – the…
One of New Zeland’s darkest days, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern called it – the day when a far-right Christian extremist took 49 lives of Muslims…
Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, Secretary General of the Synod of Bishops, announced the Vatican’s plans to hold a special assembly devoted to the environmental problems of…
Illiberal governments attack civil society because it is able to control them, argues professor Balazs Trencsenyi, Head of the Department of History at the Central…
The Romanian ruling coalition is undermining the rule of law at the moment when Romania is preparing to take over for the first time the…
Money talks, says a study of Washington’s political lobbying and its influence on climate change law. Most of the most vocal money comes from big…
Local people and civil society groups have stood in protest against construction at the historic City Park of Budapest. The project is one of several…
BUDAPEST. With national elections set for the 8th of April, Hungary’s government is running a campaign that focuses on demonising foreign-funded NGOs, which the officials…
