October 23, 2013
11:33 am

Pedestrians walk past graffiti that reads 'crush the fascists' in Athens' Syntagma square on Friday Oct. 11, 2013. Anti-fascist messages in public spaces around Athens increased after lawmakers and members of the extreme right party Golden Dawn were jailed. (photo credit: AP Photo/Dimitri Messinis)

Greek parliament axes funding for far right

Measure targets the Nazi-inspired Golden Dawn party, currently under criminal investigation

By Elena Becatoros

October 9, 2013
9:06 pm

A rabbi performs a circumcision on an 8-day-old Jewish boy (illustrative photo: Max Yelinson/Flash90)

Circumcision won’t be banned in Europe, officials say

European Council head Thorbjorn Jagland says no binding laws exist banning the practice; source says it is unlikely to become law

By Lazar Berman and Elhanan Miller

October 9, 2013
2:13 pm

Illustrative photo of a ritual circumcision (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Israel reaches out to Turkey over European anti-circumcision resolution

Jerusalem hopes cooperation between the two countries will ease current tensions and help rescind Council of Europe decision

By Naama Barak

October 7, 2013
3:26 pm

Jews perform a religious circumcision. (illustrative photo: Serge Attal/Flash90)

Peres appeals European threat to circumcision

President sends letter to the secretary general of the Council of Europe asking for change in recent ruling against ritual

By Stuart Winer and Times of Israel staff

October 4, 2013
11:36 am

Israel: European stance on circumcision ‘intolerable’

Foreign Ministry urges Council of Europe to rescind statements on religious ritual, comparison to female genital mutilation

By Times of Israel staff

July 11, 2013
6:55 pm

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with French President Francois Hollande in Paris, October 31, 2012 (photo credit: Avi Ohayon/Flash 90)

‘France could bring us closer to North Africa, if it wanted to’

Facing hostile politicians and a sometimes too-zealous Jewish community, Israel’s embassy in Paris maintains a delicate balancing act

By Elhanan Miller

April 16, 2013
7:41 pm

Golden Dawn leader Nikos Michaloliakos (photo credit: AP/Petros Giannakouris)

Council of Europe: Greece could ban Golden Dawn

Human rights commissioner says ‘neo-Nazi and violent political party’ may be outlawed

January 30, 2013
11:43 pm

Members of the Union of French Jewish Students demonstrate in Paris with a sign that reads, "Jews murdered, republic endangered." (Courtesy of UEJF via JTA)

Ruling on anti-Jewish tweets emboldens activists

Successful French lawsuit over hate speech on Twitter sparks debate about how to combat online hate

By Cnaan Liphshiz

September 2, 2012
1:26 am

Posters at an Israeli film festival in Sderot last year. (photo credit: Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90)

Israel may become first non-European country to join European film fund

Looking to expand, Eurimages enters talks to admit Israel and Canada

By Joshua Davidovich

June 1, 2012
8:41 am

European gov’ts must protect Jewish cemeteries, Council of Europe resolution affirms

Topic: Council of Europe