EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE

EU top court rules on ritual slaughter

BELGIUM Theodoros Benakis -
The verdict follows a denial of approval for temporary slaughterhouses in Belgium's Flemish region during Islamic Eid al-Adha festival. Several Muslim groups said the...

Commission poised to refer Italy to ECJ over smog

EU INSTITUTIONS Theodoros Benakis -
Italy, Germany, France and Britain have reportedly failed to respect regulations on smog. As a result, they will be referred to the European Court...

Latvia, ECB lock horns

EU INSTITUTIONS Theodoros Benakis -
Latvia infringed central-bank independence by barring the governor of the country’s central bank from his post amid a probe into bribery accusations that he...

European court rules on war criminals’ right to free movement

EU INSTITUTIONS Theodoros Benakis -
The European Court of Justice has ruled that war criminals or suspected war criminals cannot be automatically barred from entering a European Union member...

Torture victims have grounds for asylum, rules ECJ

ASIA Theodoros Benakis -
The European Court of Justice ruled on April 24 that tortured asylum seekers can claim subsidiary protection in Europe if adequate medical care would...
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