Romania
Europe's prisons at breaking point due to overcrowding
Rising costs, overcrowded cells and limited use of non-custodial measures mean penal institutions are struggling to cope with the pressure on resources at a time of austerity – the Council of Europe has warnedEconomic crisis hits press freedom in Europe
The economic crisis in the EU saw the development of an 'increasingly hostile' environment for journalists in Greece and led to a wider sense that the media could not fulfil its vital role in holding authority to account, a report says
Asylum seeker database plan shows EU's hypocrisy on human rights
Plans to routinely share EURODAC data – including finger prints – with police is a 'breach of EU law' but the proposal is a fait accompli – say Ska Keller MEP
EU must do more to protect Roma, says Amnesty
The EU should use its legal powers to challenge member states that do not enforce the race equality directive, Amnesty says, as it publishes a report documenting widespread discrimination against the Roma populationFears of migrant influx to the UK are 'overblown'
Romanians and Bulgarians have already moved to the 15 countries that opened their labour markets at an earlier stage so British politicians are wrong to scaremonger about a new influx of migrants, says Alex LazarowiczRacism and discrimination still pervasive in Europe
A first step to tackling Islamophobia - as well as anti-Gypsyism, Afrophobia and anti-Semitism - is to recognise these as specific forms of racism so that targeted action can then be taken – writes Michaël PrivotWe are witnessing the globalisation of organised crime
Europe plays host to some 3,600 criminal gangs with drug trafficking and offences linked to the internet being the most common crimes committed, according to Europol-
Hungary has 'criminalised' homelessness in cleansing exercise
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The rise of UKIP 'makes Britain a more European place'
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UKIP is 'a political scam' - says controversial MEP
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The argument against 'open door' immigration from UKIP
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EU failing to tackle Hungary's constitutional missteps
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Is 'one man's terrorist' really another man's 'freedom fighter'?
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Bulgarian pistol attack at conference - MEP's eyewitness account
Is the criticism of Catherine Ashton fair given that the European External Action Service has been denuded of power by the institutional turf wars in Brussels?
Sir Alex Ferguson showed loyalty and staying power at Man United FC - are these qualities obsolete in a modern world, which demands immediate success?
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