While the leaders of Greece's Golden Dawn facing lengthy jail terms, the atmosphere remains tense in Athens and some other parts of Greece. Depending on the exact sentencing, further clashes between anarchist-leftists and remnants of the extreme-right may ensue.

The European Commission claims that it evaluates all member states objectively. In that regard, its new rule-of-law report is a manifest failure.

The inaugural annual rule of law review highlighted shortcomings in member states - but will not lead to concrete action.

The European Commission's first report on the rule of law has raised concerns over the lack of effective anti-corruption efforts in some members sates - while it considers Denmark, Finland, Sweden and the Netherlands have good governance measures.

Central European countries were quick to point out to the EU Commission president that they do not like her migration proposal. The asylum overhaul hit its first hurdle just 24 hours after it was announced.

EU countries agree on the need to better coordinate their Covid-19 measures, but the issue remains highly sensitive as health competencies belong to member states.

A German court just heard crucial witness testimony about Syria's state torture programme - in the first such trial of its kind in the world.

Buying an EU passport does not give you impunity from visa-bans or asset-freezes, officials have said, as citizenship sales multiply.

A whistleblower who exposed massive bribery at a Monaco-based oil firm is now being hunted in Europe - in a test of its extradition system.

The Slovak Supreme Court is to decide who killed journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée in 2018 after a lower court let the prime suspect off the hook.

Facebook and other big US firms have no intention of respecting the landmark ruling by the EU's highest court on data transfers to the US. The court in July dramatically scrapped Privacy Shield, citing US surveillance concerns.

Italy's Covid-19 emergency highlighted its reliance on undocumented migrants picking fruit and vegetables in conditions some have called "modern slavery".

Not only must the issue of missing persons be understood as a moral and social catastrophe - which it certainly is - but as a threat to global security.

It is time to show Poland's homophobic ruling party that it isn't possible to erode human rights and our common European values without a price.