Distributors who spread child porn may be impunable after the summer, the European Commission warns. To avoid this, EU countries must decide about extending a regulation that allows tech companies to detect and remove images of sexual abuse of children.

The gruesome murder of 22-year-old Giulia Cecchettin has gripped Italy for three weeks. She was killed by her ex-boyfriend, exemplifying the dozens of Italian women who fall victim to their aggressive partners every year.

The Evangelical umbrella organisation CNEF in France is taking the initiative to help Protestant churches deal with sexual abuse in their structures.

The Humanistisk Ungdom, the youth branch of the Human-Etisk Forbund, is even more outspoken about euthanasia than its parent organisation. They launched a campaign called "Let Me Die!"

German Catholic bishops are convinced that unborn life should be safeguarded through criminal law. Evangelicals do not entirely agree.

Hate crimes against Christians have increased, according to a newly released report. Christians are under pressure not only on the streets but also in parliament and the courts.

Dutch Greens and Socialists want to decriminalise abortion in the Netherlands. The Calvinist politician Chris Stoffer attends a vigil at an abortion clinic. The terminations of pregnancy are an actual topic in the political campaigns leading up to the national election of November 22.

Hundreds of thousands of Spanish men and women have been abused as children, a new report claims. The Roman Catholic Church may fear for its existence, Jorge Ruiz Ortiz writes.

In Germany, the Christian Democrats are aiming for a ban on buying sex. On Tuesday, a majority of the party passed a paper that calls for the introduction of what is known as the Nordic Model.

A Moscow court handed jail sentences to six people involved in surrogacy for “trafficking in people who are in an obviously helpless state.”