The BBC is to be formally investigated by the equality watchdog over claims men were consistently paid more than women for doing the same job.
Source: theguardian.com

The killing of thousands of “pest” birds each year including crows, rooks, jackdaws, magpies and woodpigeons is to be challenged in court by wildlife campaigners from new group called Wild Justice.
Source: theguardian.com

In a report released on Wednesday, Amnesty International stated that European governments, by prioritizing border control, are complicit in “the systematic, unlawful and frequently violent pushbacks” against asylum seekers.The report details the abuse asylum seekers face at the hands of Croatian police and the squalid conditions in the refugee camps.
Source: jurist.org

To protect the country from external attacks the Russian leadership wants to isolate it digitally. A corresponding law providing for Internet traffic to be cut off from foreign servers in the event of a threat was passed in the first reading in the Duma. Thousands took to the streets to demonstrate against the move. Is this the end of Internet freedom in Russia?
Source: eurotopics.net

Latvia wants to limit cash payments to no more than 3,000 euros. The draft law comes in answer to recommendations from experts at the Council of Europe who had harshly criticised the Latvian authorities' attempts to crack down on money laundering last year as half-hearted. Commentators see the move as tantamount to scrapping cash entirely - and start to panic.
Source: eurotopics.net