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Georgia

European court rules against Georgia on ownership of independent TV channel

Journalists working for Georgia’s biggest independent television station breathed a sigh of relief after a ruling from Europe’s human rights court.

United Kingdom

Uber loses UK court battle over language tests

Judges have ruled that Uber drivers in London must prove their English language skills.

Sport

Former FIFA official Valcke to appeal ban from football

The Former secretary general of football’s world governing body Fifa is to appeal his ten-year ban from all football-related activities.

West Bank

Police evacuate Israeli houses judged to be on Palestinian land

Nine houses in a Jewish town in the West Bank are evacuated after Israel's Supreme Court rules they were illegally built on Palestinian land.

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USA

Takata pleads guilty over faulty airbags

Japan’s Takata Corporation has pleaded guilty to criminal wrongdoing in a US federal court as part of a $1 billion (943 million euros) settlement concerning its faulty…

USA

US court upholds suspension of Trump travel ban

Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban remains suspended, after a US appeals court threw out a bid to reinstate it.

Italy

Italy: 5-star Rome Mayor Virginia Raggi in 'abuse of office' probe

Rome’s first female mayor is under investigation over the appointment of the brother of her former right-hand man, who is currently in custody suspected of…

Italy

Italian court to review voting law

Italy’s Constitutional Court plays a regular part in Italian politics but the country’s new electoral law, or Italicum as its known, may give it a reduced role in…

Europe News

The Brief From Brussels: MEP Schulz steps back into political limelight

This is the Brief from Brussels, a roundup of the top stories from Europe’s de facto political capital.

United Kingdom

UK parties respond to Supreme Court Brexit ruling backing parliament

The UK Supreme Court has confirmed that parliament must be given a vote before the process to exit the European Union can begin.

United Kingdom

Brexit - what now?

Ministers are reportedly pinning their hopes on a short bill or motion in parliament, narrowly focused on Article 50 and making it difficult for lawmakers to amend.

Germany

German court rules neo-Nazi NPD is no threat to democracy

No ban for Neo-Nazi NPD

Turkey

Turkish prosecutors demand 142 year jail term for Kurdish leader

Kurdish leader Selahattin Demirtas faces 142 years in jail

USA

Dylann Roof is sentenced to death for South Carolina church attack

White supremacist Dylann Roof has been sentenced to death for the racially motivated killing of nine black parishioners in a South Carolina church Last month Roof was found guilty of 33 federal charge

Greece

Turkish soldiers appeal extradition from Greece

A prosecutor at Greece’s Supreme Court has recommended rejecting an extradition request for two out of eight Turkish soldiers who fled their home country after a failed coup attempt in…

Switzerland

Mixed swimming obligatory for Muslim in Switzerland

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Muslim girls in Switzerland must attend mixed school swimming lessons.

World News

Netanyahu calls for pardon of convicted soldier

Israel’s Prime Minister has joined calls to pardon a soldier convicted of manslaughter for shooting dead a wounded Palestinian.

Israel

Army court finds Israeli medical sergeant guilty of manslaughter

The Israeli public is split following a guilty verdict in the Elor Azaria manslaughter case.

France

IMF chief Lagarde 'confident' ahead of negligence trial in France

The head of the International Monetary Fund goes on trial in Paris over her role in a state payout to businessman Bernard Tapie when she was finance minister.

United Kingdom

Who will trigger Article 50? Brexit negotiations appeal begins in UK Supreme Court

The Brexit debate is stirred up further. The UK government's Supreme Court appeal over who can begin exit negotiations has started.