Rights

The European Court of Human Rights has fined Turkey 11,200 euros for failing to provide adequate legal assistance while Önder Çarkçı was in custody, violating his right to a fair trial

LGBT rights conference held in Belgrade

BELGRADE -- Democratic societies, especially those who aspire to join the EU, must treat the respect for LGBT rights as an issue of respect for universal human rights.

This was heard from participants at a two-day conference in Belgrade, "The future belongs to us: LGBT rights on the road to the European Union".

BELGRADE - Democratic societies, especially those who aspire to become part of the European Union, have to treat the issue of respect for LGBT rights as an issue of respect for universal human rights, said participants at a two-day conference in Belgrade titled "The future belongs to us: LGBT rights on the road to the European Union".

Turkey has drawn praise from the Council of Europe for its recent judicial moves to allow citizens to apply directly to the country’s highest court ahead of a European-wide convention of constitutional court judges.

Bulgaria's Government approved a plan for the construction of next generation broadband internet infrastructure, reports Dnes.bg.

It must provide access to internet with speed of 30+ Mb/s to the entire population. 

At least 50% of the households and 80% of the businesses must have access to speeds of 100 Mb/s by 2020, according to the plan.

A draft amendment to the animal protection law will no longer include a ban on dolphin parks and animal circuses, after a ruling party deputy introduced a notice demading the removal of the ban A ban on dolphin parks and animal circuses has been removed from a draft of the amendment on the protection of animals law, with a notice issued by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) d

A draft amendment to the animal protection law will no longer include a ban on dolphin parks and animal circuses, after a ruling party deputy introduced a notice demading the removal of the ban A ban on dolphin parks and animal circuses has been removed from a draft of the amendment on the protection of animals law, with a notice issued by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) d

Europe's 400 million internet users face a geographic lottery regarding the price, speed, and range of choice of broadband, according to data released Wednesday.