Europe’s Highest Court Hears Its First Case in Irish Language
“Ní in éagmais saincheisteanna atá an cás idir lámha.” That’s Irish for: “There is no shortage of issues invoked in the present case.”
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Owner of Truck Used for Smuggling Must Get Day in Court
EU countries cannot confiscate goods used in smuggling unless the owner is allowed to bring a court challenge, the union’s top court ruled Thursday.
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Court OKs Fuel Discount in Italian Border Region
Gas is much cheaper in Slovenia, so neighboring Friuli Venezia Giulia uses a discount at the pumps to keep customers on Italy’s side of the border.
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Refugees Protected by UN Not Automatically Barred From Asylum in EU
The EU’s highest court ruled Wednesday that Germany must consider all factors that led a Palestinian refugee to seek asylum in the bloc, despite being eligible for United Nations protections, before turning him away.
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EU Ruling Broadens Facebook Vulnerability on Data Privacy
Ireland may be home to Facebook’s European headquarters, but that doesn’t make the Irish Data Protection Commission the only body able to go after the social media giant, a magistrate for the EU’s top court said Tuesday.
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European Arrest Warrants Must Have National Link, Court Rules
The European Court of Justice said European Union arrest warrants are invalid unless they are based on a national arrest warrant or a similar judicial order.
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EU Magistrates Delve Into Rule-of-Law Disputes in Poland, Malta
European magistrates on Thursday waded into contentious battles over judicial independence in Poland and Malta and legal challenges to the way judges are appointed in those countries, where critics say the rule of law has been eroded.
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Ban on Ritual Animal Slaughter Upheld by EU High Court
Ruling against an unlikely alliance of Jewish and Muslim leaders, the EU’s highest court ruled Thursday that member states can require that animals be stunned before being killed.
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EU Slams Hungary for Mistreating Asylum Seekers
After hundreds of thousands of immigrants and refugees crammed into Europe in 2015, Hungary violated EU laws when it forced asylum seekers and undocumented immigrants into transit zones along its border, Europe’s highest court ruled on Thursday.
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Top EU Court Tosses Lawyer’s Challenge to Cyprus Bailout
A Cypriot lawyer with ties to the Trump administration lost his final appeal before the EU’s high court Wednesday in a dispute over money lost during the last financial crisis.
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French Broadcaster Defeats Film Antitrust Deal at EU High Court
French media company Canal+ prevailed over European Union competition regulators Wednesday in its challenge to a settlement agreement that prevents companies from blocking content based on location.
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EU High Court Upholds Stronger Protections for Cross-Border Workers
Rejecting protests from Hungary and Poland, the European Union’s top court ruled Tuesday that the bloc can tighten rules governing workers sent outside their home countries.
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EU Magistrate: No Money Back for Flights Rerouted to Nearby Airport
Airlines don’t have to pay passengers for a short travel delay caused by planes landing at another airport in the same destination city, an adviser to the EU’s top court said Thursday.
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Magistrate Slams Spain for Not Protecting Nature Reserve
Spain was reprimanded by a European magistrate on Thursday for not doing more to protect one of Europe’s largest nature preserves, a marshy delta in Spain’s dry southern region of Andalusia.
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EU Court Nixes Brussels Suit Over Dangerous Herbicide Glyphosate
Europe’s highest court on Thursday tossed out a challenge from Brussels to the European Commission decision that lets Europeans use glyphosate-based herbicides known to harm bees.
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Taxi-Hailing App Prevails in Challenge to Romanian Regulations
A Romanian taxi-hailing app is an information service, not a transportation company, and shouldn’t have been fined for not seeking regulatory approval, the EU’s highest court held Thursday.
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Magistrate Backs EU Bid to Sanction Hungary Over Rule-of-Law Issues
Hungary’s far-right government suffered a legal setback Thursday in its effort to stop the European Union from treating it as a dangerously undemocratic nation where the rule of law is in jeopardy.
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EU Truck Drivers Can Benefit From ‘Posted Worker’ Rules
Long-distance truck drivers who cross borders for work are covered by European Union rules that ensure employees are treated fairly when they work outside their home country, Europe’s highest court held on Tuesday.
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Court Holds Dutch Prosecutors Can’t Expand European Warrants
Dutch public prosecutors cannot extend the scope of European Union arrest warrants because they answer to a higher political body, the EU’s top court held Tuesday.
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Visa Denials Based on Foreign Complaints Must Be Explained, EU Court Rules
European Union countries that turn down visa requests based on objections from other nations must tell the applicant why they were rejected, the bloc’s high court ruled Tuesday.
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