Alexei Gorinov receives the first long-term sentence under harsh laws introduced since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. He was found guilty of "disseminating clearly false information" about the Russian military.
Source: RFI
Poland's 18-feet-tall steel barrier, built on its border with Belarus, was meant to be a European version of former U.S. President Donald Trump’s wall, protecting the European Union's eastern frontier from illegal migration. But migrants, like Joel and Lisa from Cuba, are still getting through, hoping for a better life in Poland.
Source: Reuters
The official investigation should reveal how and why the President and more than 60 figures associated with the regional independence movement reportedly had their mobile phones targeted using NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware.
Source: The Guardian
The Parliament demanded the inclusion of the right to legal and safe abortion in the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, following the controversial Supreme Court ruling overturning abortion rights in the US.
Source: Le Monde
This law expands the definition of so-called foreign agents to include anyone who is «under foreign influence, a change that will make it even easier for the state to target its domestic critics. The officials use foreign agent law increasingly to abolish civil society and media groups in Russia.
Source: RFERL
Hungarian law discriminates against people on the basis of their sexual orientation and gender identity That case relates to a law Hungary enacted last year banning the use of materials seen as promoting homosexuality and gender change in schools.
Source: Reuters
The country will join 19 other EU member states that use the currency. To adopt the euro, Croatia had to fulfill the criteria of price and exchange rate stability, sound public finances, and moderate long-term interest rates, all measured against EU benchmarks.
Source: France24
The European Commission said that Lithuania had to allow Russian goods to be transported from Russia to Kaliningrad through Lithuanian territory. Russia can continue rail transit of sanctioned goods as long as they don't serve military purposes.
Source: DW
The Spanish parliament has approved a new historical memory law that declares illegal the regime of former dictator General Francisco Franco and makes the central government responsible for the recovery of the bodies of people missing from the Spanish Civil War and the dictatorship.
Source: Washington Post