News and updates from BCSDN and the region
The EU Agency for Fundamental Rights’ 2026 Civic Space Update documents widespread and intensifying pressure on civil society organisations working on fundamental rights. Three-quarters of…
Read more →Civil society organisations across Europe are continuing to operate, mobilise support and influence public debate despite facing overlapping economic, political and technological pressures. A 2026…
Read more →Turkish authorities have launched a large-scale operation targeting LGBTQ+ people, rights defenders, civil society organisations, journalists and businesses under the stated aim of protecting “family…
Read more →The Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers has adopted its first Strategy for Equal Rights of LGBTI People, establishing a common framework for implementing existing…
Read more →SCiDEV’s latest Digital Rights e-Bulletin reviews legal, regulatory and practical developments affecting digital rights in Albania during August and September 2026. Among the developments covered…
Read more →The Global Commission on Democracy and Multilateralism has called for democracy to be embedded in any global development framework succeeding the UN 2030 Agenda. The…
Read more →Anti-corruption reform in the Western Balkans must move beyond formal legal alignment and demonstrate measurable, irreversible results in practice, according to the conclusions of a…
Read more →Civil Society Europe has set out recommendations for implementing the European Democracy Shield through a whole-of-society approach that recognises civil society as an integral part…
Read more →The Civil Liberties Union for Europe (Liberties) has launched a new Civic Space Tracker, a digital tool for monitoring legal threats to civic space across…
Read more →Civil society, media and other stakeholders in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia have developed 197 recommendations aimed at improving digital platform…
Read more →The Coalition Against SLAPPs in Europe (CASE) has expressed serious concern following the acquittal of Yorgen Fenech, who had been standing trial for complicity and…
Read more →At least 14 people in Serbia, including members of the student movement, activists and opposition representatives, have been targeted with advanced spyware since the beginning…
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