A decision by the European Union's top court recognising the rights of same-sex marriage has been lauded by LGBT advocates as a landmark victory for equal rights, despite the fact it's still illegal in several member states.
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) on Tuesday ruled in favour of Adrian Coman, a Romanian gay man seeking the right to have his American husband live with him in Romania, even though it doesn't allow same-sex marriages.
As one of the most religious countries in the EU, Romania represents an Eastern Europe bloc of nations that are more socially conservative than their western neighbours.
		



Ireland’s abortion laws, anchored in the  Eighth Amendment to the country’s constitution, are among the most  restrictive in Europe, with abortion effectively outlawed in nearly all  cases, including rape, incest or crisis pregnancies.
Journalist Alicia Diaz Gonzalez was found dead on Thursday at her home in Monterrey, northern 





























