Georgia's parliament has passed a law that critics see as a threat to media freedom and the country's aspirations to join the European Union — and a step toward the kind of draconian laws that have ...

Slovakia's parliament passed legislation on whistleblowers and crown witnesses that the opposition warned threaten the rule ...

Kazakhstan’s parliament considered a “foreign agent” law proposal on Wednesday, with member of parliament Irina Smirnova arguing that there is a need for a law that clearly identifies and marks ...

Slovakia’s parliament approved a contentious law to restructure the public broadcaster RTVS on Thursday, sparking concerns about the independence of public media in the country. Opposition MPs ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr Ewelina U Ochab is a Forbes contributor, lawyer, and author. On January 21, 2025, the Iraqi Parliament passed several laws, ...

The Spanish parliament has approved a controversial amnesty law that paves the way for hundreds of people facing prosecution for their roles in the failed independence bid in Catalonia to be pardoned.

Participants gather at a protest against a law targeting anti-corruption institutions in front of the Ukrainian parliament in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, July 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) KYIV, ...

Georgian parliamentary speaker Shalva Papuashvili said in a Facebook post on Thursday that he had signed into law a “family values” bill curbing LGBT rights, just weeks before a high-stakes ...

The Tasmanian government's new laws to protect people from targeted violence have sailed through the state's parliament, with ...

New domestic violence legislation toughens penalties but opposition MPs and civil society groups say it relies too much on punishment rather than prevention. The Greek parliament in Athens, December ...

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungarian lawmakers on Tuesday passed a law banning Pride events and allowing authorities to use facial recognition software to identify attendees, continuing a crackdown by Prime ...

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungarian lawmakers on Tuesday passed a law banning Pride events and allowing authorities to use facial recognition software to identify attendees, continuing a crackdown by Prime ...