Europe

France to ban plastic packaging for fruit and vegetables from January

Plastic packaging will be banned by end June 2023 for cherry tomatoes, green beans and peaches, and ...

Poland top court ruling challenges EU laws October 8, 2021 12

Negotiations are ongoing and the European Commission has said this legal challenge was delaying appr...

France threatens to cut UK and Jersey energy supply in fishing row

We took note of last week’s announcements, but regret that with the number of licences granted it st...

Nazi trial: 100-year-old SS guard in court in Germany

There were 3,000 guards at Stutthof concentration camp alone, and only 50 were convicted. Bruno Dey ...

Beating cyber attacks-Migrate data unto cloud sources-Roger Sels

One crucial thing in Africa and the Middle East is that connectivity at home is a bit of a hitting m...

UK regulator demands video platforms do more to protect users

Ofcom said its research showed that a third of users said they had witnessed or experienced hateful ...

Justice Secretary: Misogyny may become a stand-alone crime in Scotland

f you are serious about improving women’s safety, the starting point has to be having a justice syst...

London police officer from diplomatic unit charged with rape

David Carrick, aged 46, was charged by police in Hertfordshire, where he was off-duty at the time....

Turkey: ‘Missing’ man joins search party looking for himself

Don’t punish me too harshly, officer. My father will kill me,”...

Ex-French President jailed

In 2012, he lost his re-election bid to socialist François Hollande. Since then he has been targeted...

French CEO sent to prison after his policies resulted in the suicides of 35 employees

The trial shows that managers waging a campaign of harassment against employees could establish a a ...

Jerome Boateng in court for allegedly assaulting ex-girlfriend

February Mr Boateng’s ex-girlfriend, 25-year-old model Kasia Lenhardt, was found dead after taking h...

Drug users group files decriminalization lawsuit in B.C. Supreme Court

The lawsuit argues criminalization has also created a high degree of stigma, leading many people to ...

WhatsApp issued second-largest GDPR fine of €225m

Facebook, which owns WhatsApp, has its EU headquarters is in Ireland, and the Irish regulator is the...

21st Century Restatement of the principle in Kponuglo v. Kodadja

The ratio of that decision is that where a person in a land suit claims damages for trespass and an ...

Catalonian extradition request moot in Scotland; target in Belgium

“No rational argument has been presented by Spain which justifies the criminalization of its citizen...

Benjamin Mendy remanded in custody on rape charges

Stables said Mendy had already been in custody for “two days and two nights” while awaiting Friday’s...

Mastercard set to face UK’s largest class action over fees

Mastercard is confident that over the coming months a review of key facts will further significantly...

Real Madrid launch lawsuits against La Liga president

The league says the deal will strengthen its clubs and give them funds to spend on new infrastructur...

German pensioner given hefty fine for WW2 tank in house

Local media reported that the man had been seen one winter using the tank as a snow plough....

Ecuador revokes WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s citizenship

ssange fled to Ecuador’s embassy in London in 2012 to avoid extradition...

‘Brighton cat killer’ Steven Bouquet jailed for stabbing 16 pets

Bouquet had denied the charges and told the police in an interview he was “no threat to animals”....

Thief who swapped £4.2m diamonds for pebbles in ‘audacious’ Mayfair heist jailed

Lulu Lakatos sobbed in the dock after being found guilty....

Sweden charges man over 1988 Iran prison massacre

Iraj Mesdaghi, who is a witness in the trial, tweeted that the indictment was a “great victory”....