Ukraine must abolish “selective justice” to associate with EUIn order to move forward with a planned association deal between the Ukraine and the European Union (EU), Kiev must abolish selective justice, both in general and specifically in Yulia Tymoshenko’s case, an EU source told RIA Novosti on Friday.11:31 29.11.2013
State Duma supports proposal to make Russian an official EU languageThe State Duma is supporting the idea of making Russian an official European Union language, State Duma Defense Committee Member Alexei Zhuravlyov (United Russia) said at a roundtable discussion on the current state and prospects of Russia's language policy held by the lower house on Thursday.16:11 28.11.2013
Tymoshenko's daughter asks Merkel to seek her mother's releaseThe daughter of convicted former Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko has asked German Chancellor Angela Merkel to continue seeking her mother's release for medical treatment abroad.14:55 25.11.2013
Ukrainian police initiate criminal case against pro-Eurozone protestersUkrainian police initiated a criminal case after pro-European integration demonstrators tried to storm the administrative building for the Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers in Kiev on Sunday.11:44 25.11.2013
Ukraine was justified in refusing to order 1942 Death Match retraction – ECHRThe European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) held Tuesday that Ukraine did not violate the right to respect for private and family life by virtue of its courts’ refusal to order the redaction of allegedly defamatory information linked to the infamous 1942 Death Match soccer game between Ukrainian and German players.17:25 21.11.2013
EU Court vetoes pay rises for Brussels officialsThe European Court of Justice (ECJ) has upheld the 2011 decision of the EU national governments to block a 1.7% pay rise for EU administrators that the European Commission insisted on.15:27 20.11.2013
COE rights commissioner urges greater independence in Russian judiciaryCommissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe Nils Muižnieks released a report Tuesday urging Russia to strengthen the independence and impartiality of its judiciary.16:49 12.11.2013
EU high court annuls Commission decision on Hungarian state aid to MOLThe General Court of the European Union annulled an earlier decision by the European Commission finding that a series of extension agreements between the Hungarian state and gas giant MOL constituted state aid, the court announced Tuesday.15:11 12.11.2013
ECHR sends inquiry to Russia on 2012 Moscow Riot caseIn its consideration of the complaints lodged by seven persons involved in 2012 Moscow riots case, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has sent a number of questions to Russia, attorney Dmitry Agranovsky told RAPSI on Monday.13:53 11.11.2013
EU Court of Justice holds homosexuals may qualify for refugee statusThe Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) held Thursday that for purposes of an asylum determination, homosexual applicants can constitute a particular social group that may be persecuted on account of their sexual orientation under certain circumstances, the court announced in a statement.14:06 07.11.2013
Spain launches preliminary NSA surveillance probe – reportSpanish Attorney General Eduardo Torres-Dulce has initiated a preliminary probe into allegations published earlier this week by Spanish news agency El Mundo claiming that the US National Security Agency (NSA) had tracked upwards of 60 million phone calls in Spain over the course of a month.13:49 30.10.2013
German lawmakers want Snowden to testify on NSA scandal - reportIn the aftermath of revelations of US surveillance carried out against German Chancellor Angela Merkel, lawmakers from Germany’s Social Democratic Party (SDP) have reportedly urged the imperative that fugitive whiste-blower Edward Snowden should come forward with a testimony.11:58 30.10.2013
EU-Ukraine association agreement hits snag over TymoshenkoThe European Union will not sign an association agreement with Ukraine until the “selective justice” issue concerning former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has been resolved, says Jose Manuel Barrozu17:18 25.10.2013
French lawmakers vote to tax energy drinks - reportFrench lawmakers on Thursday voted to implement a tax on the sale of energy drinks, news channel BFM TV reports.14:44 24.10.2013
Three Romanians plead guilty in Kunsthal Museum robbery trialThree of six Romanians charged with a massive art heist involving the theft of works by Monet, Picasso, Gaugin, and others from a Dutch gallery on Tuesday pleaded guilty in court.17:57 22.10.2013
EU concerned over Russia monitoring airline passengersTransport ministers from 28 states of European Union expressed concerns over the Russian Transport Ministry’s demand to provide personal data of all European passengers flying to Russia directly or passing over without landing.10:46 11.10.2013
Charges dropped against Sarkozy in Bettencourt affairA probe into allegations that former French president Nicolas Sarkozy had exploited nonagenarian L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt for campaign funds has been dropped.15:21 07.10.2013
Latvian antiglobalists try to prevent Eurozone merger through courtLatvian NGO "Antiglobalists" on Wednesday appealed to the Constitutional Court with a motion to repeal the governments decision to join the Euro zone, the organization's chief Andris Orols told reporters.15:56 02.10.2013
More 2012 Moscow Riots suspects turn to the ECHRTwo additional suspects implicated in a Russian criminal case centering on the 2012 Moscow riots have turned to the European Court of Human Rights, (ECHR) joining the seven others who have already filed applications raising various complaints relating to the conditions of their detention and to their ongoing custody, defense attorney Dmitry Arganovskiy told RAPSI Tuesday.14:47 24.09.2013
ECHR holds Italy responsible for violating ex-news director’s free expression rightsThe European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) held on Tuesday that Italy had violated the free expression rights of Italian former newspaper director Maurizio Belpietro in connection with his conviction for defamation, arising from an article published in the national daily he had served at the helm of.14:08 24.09.2013