Europe

The plenary session of Human Rights will decide at a public hearing on November 7, for the appeal submitted by Gregory Valianatos and eight other Greek nationals seeking to extend the law which recognizes the cohabitation between unmarried heterosexual...

The European Commission, an executive branch of the European Union, has begun legal proceedings against Poland over the latter's new "Russian influence" law. The controversial new law was adopted by the Polish parliament in late May. It calls for the...

A court in Albania ruled that ethnic Greek minority leader Fredi Beleri, who won the mayoral elections in the city of Himara recently, should remain in prison until his trial. Beleri was arrested two days before the 14 May local...

The Court of Justice of the European Union decided on Thursday that Denmark violated EU law by allowing Danish companies to sell cheese called “feta” outside of the EU. Feta cheese has been considered Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) product...

An advisor of the top European court announced that Denmark violated European Union law in a dispute with Greece over feta cheese on Thursday. Advocate General Tamara Capeta of the Court of Justice of the European Union stated that  Denmark...

Turkey on Sunday denounced a judgment by the Luxembourg-based European Court of Justice (ECJ) to allow companies to ban the wearing of headscarves under "certain conditions." The ruling was made on Thursday after cases were brought by two Muslim women...

The European Union’s top court has ruled that Uber should be regulated like a taxi company. This means that the ride-sharing service must comply with tough rules that govern traditional taxi associations. Uber had argued that it’s a technology platform...

The European Court of Justice has recognized the right of employers to prohibit the use of visible religious symbols such as the hijab in the workplace. According to the decision: "The prohibition of overt political, philosophical or religious symbols" should...

According to Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ), the European Commission (EC) believes that some sectors of the German social system are not complying with the law. Germany should include unemployed immigrants to its social policy of unemployment benefits and immigrants should...

The European Court of Justice issued today (14 November) a ruling slamming Greece for mistreating asylum seekers. The Court ruled that a refugee from Iran who had arrived in Germany from Greece should not be returned to the Greek authorities...

On the recommendation of Environment Commissioner, Janez Potočnik, the European Commission is referring Greece to the EU Court of Justice for failing to take measures to guarantee that water pollution by nitrates is addressed effectively. Although the Nitrates Directive...

Elections took place yesterday at the EU Court of Justice in order for the members to decide on the Judges that would undertake the President, Vice-President as well as Presidents of Chambers positions. Mr. Vassilios Skouris has been re-elected President...

President of the Republic of Cyprus, Demetris Christofias, is paying a formal visit to the Court of Justice of the EU in Luxembourg today within the framework of the preparation phase before Cyprus assumes the six-month long rotating presidency...

A pub landlady has won her court fight with the English Premier League over using a Greek TV decoder to show games. Karen Murphy has paid nearly £8,000 in fines and costs for using the cheaper decoder in her Portsmouth...

On Tuesday, January 17, the European Court of Human Rights found that Greek Coast Guard officials tortured Necati Zontul when he was raped in detention at the port of Chania, Crete, in 2001, and ordered Greece to pay 50,000...