Today (10 October) is World and European Day against the Death Penalty. Consistent with its strong and principled policy against the death penalty, the EU is...
Pakistan's teenage activist Malala Yousafzai, shot by the Taliban for fighting for girls' rights to education, was awarded the European Parliament's prestigious Sakharov human rights prize...
The leader of oil-rich Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, has won more than 83% of votes as he seeks a third term as president, exit polls suggest. The...
As European Commission President José Manuel Barroso visits Lampedusa on 9 October, the site where more than 100 East African refugees recently drowned, World Vision is...
North West MEP Sajjad Karim has tipped Malala Yousafzai (pictured) for the EU Sakharov Peace Prize for championing women's rights to education despite fresh threats against...
Russia's discriminatory customs checks on Lithuanian trucks at its border and threats to ban imports of Lithuanian dairy products, meat and fish were debated by MEPs...
Parliament has approved aid worth €3.7 million from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) to help workers in Italy who lost their jobs as a result...