evidence: In short – it’s complicated. The last data which compares gender-based violence rates in Europe dates back to 2018. The next cross border report will only be published in 2024. [...] Greece had the highest increase in femicides in 2021 with an increase 187.5% from eight incidents in 2020 to 23 registered incidents in 2021. [...] So far only two countries in Europe, Cyprus and Malta, have decided that femicide should be recognised as a crime in its own right.