Brussels 16.01.2023 “The EU welcomes Ukraine’s recent significant efforts in consolidating the rule of law, despite the ongoing military aggression by Russia” reads the statement by the European Union External Action Service spokesperson on the appointments of High Council of Justice members and the reform of the Constitutional Court.(Image: illustration). “The recent appointment of eight…
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Hungarian forced labour victims for justice
Brussels 17.11.2022 “The deportation of the Hungarians of Slovakia for forced labour 1946-1947” hearing took place in the European Parliament on November 16 under the chairmanship of the MEP Jordi Sole from the Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya party, Spain, belonging to the Group of the Greens/European Free Alliance. “In order to understand the question of…
Catalan MEPs join Europarl
“Catalan independence leaders Carles Puigdemont and Antoni Comin received temporary accreditation budges or Members of the European Parliament on December 20, a day after the European Union’s high court issued a ruling in their favour. Députés européens ! @KRLS @TONICOMIN pic.twitter.com/kdgq8lJtDJ — Jean Quatremer (@quatremer) December 20, 2019 Till present they were unable to collect…
EU prepares Magnitsky Law
The human rights were high on the agenda of the EU foreign ministers gathering in Brussels for December Council. The first Foreign Affairs Council #FAC @EUCouncil of @JosepBorrellF has started.Current affairs include #Bolivia, #Libya, #Iran and #EUArctic ➡ Check the publications: https://t.co/K6njmR4s2h https://t.co/sM5WYJq8aG — EU Council Press (@EUCouncilPress) December 9, 2019 The EU top diplomat…
Amanda Knox revisits Italy
Amanda #Knox (31) will return to Italy next month first time since being definitively cleared four years ago of brutal killing of her flat mate Meredith Kercher. The American citizen has agreed to take floor at criminal justice conference in Modena taking place June 13-15. The Italy Innocence Project didn't yet exist when I was wrongly…
IS militants families ordered repatriation to Belgium
A Belgian judge has ordered the relevant government offices to repatriate six children of Islamic State (IS) militants and their mothers who have been detained in a camp in Syria, the national news agency Belga said reported. La Belgique contrainte de rapatrier six enfants de Syrie https://t.co/tJylXyPk99 pic.twitter.com/gyHpLZWtOq — 7sur7 (@7sur7) December 26, 2018 Tatiana…
Socialist MEP Kyenge on trial for dabbing Lega ‘racist’
Member of European Parliament (MEP) Cecile Kyenge from Socialist group and Italy‘s first black minister, went on trial this month for calling the anti-migrant League party “racist“. Kyenge trail is launched by League leader Matteo Salvini after Socialist politician said the League was a “racist” party, during a public event in Parma. The League, while pursuing a crackdown on flows…
Abdeslam and Ayari convicted for 20 years
Belgium Salah Abdeslam has been sentenced in Brussels court to 20 years in prison after being found guilty of the attempted murder of police officers in a shooting in Brussels in March 2016. Abdeslam’s accomplice, Sofien Ayari, was also convicted to 20-year sentence for his role in the shooting, which left four officers injured. Neither…
Puigdemont to be released on bail
A German court has ruled that Catalan politician and former President Carles Puigdemont can be released on bail until a decision on his extradition to Spain is made. “The corruption charge against him is a potential basis for his return to Spain” – DW reports. The state court in Schleswig-Holstein ruled on Thursday (5/04/2018) there…
Carles Puigdemont detained in Germany
Former Catalan President Carles Puigdemont is detained in Germany by police acting on an EU arrest warrant issued by Spain, his lawyer said. Mr.Puigdemont lawyer, Jaume Alonso-Cuevillas, said that highway police had stopped Puigdemont on Sunday (25.03.2018) after he crossed the border from Denmark to Germany, DW reports. THe lawyer also confirmed that Puigdemont had been on his way…
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