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Europe's top court rules Sharia divorce 'not in the scope' of EU laws

The ruling followed a divorce case by Syrian-German couple who divorced under Sharia law in Syria on October 2013. This is the court's first ruling on the subject.

Europe News

EU plans migrant quota legal challenge

Poland

Poland facing huge fines over ancient forest logging

The Bialowieza forest includes one of the largest surviving parts of the primeval forest that covered the European plain 10,000 years ago.

Poland

ECJ decision on Bialowieza logging 'welcomed'

ECJ ban on logging in Europe's oldest forest 'welcomed' by conservationists.

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United Kingdom

Alarm over rise in UK deportations of EU citizens

The European Commission says it's looking into the issue.

World News

It's official: card game bridge is not a sport

The European Court of Justice ruled that sitting around playing cards is not a physical activity.

United Kingdom

Is it too late to stop Brexit?

Could the British government's decision to trigger Article 50 be reversed?

Luxembourg

Ryanair loses EU legal battle to keep Irish law for crew abroad

Luxembourg

EU's top court dismisses Hungary and Slovakia case against refugee quotas

Europe's top court has ruled Slovakia and Hungary cannot refuse to take in refugees, in a victory for the EU's contentious quota system.

Poland

Protests at Polish logging of ancient forest

It's the new front in the bitter conflict pitting Warsaw against Brussels: Europe's oldest forest, at Poland's border with Belarus.

United Kingdom

Theresa May denies Brexit U-turn over end of EU court's jurisdiction

The UK government's new position paper says 'direct jurisdiction' of the European Court of Justice will end with Brexit.

United Kingdom

Will Brexit mean Brexit in the courts?

The promise was complete judicial independence for the UK, but new documents make this outcome look less likely.

Poland

EU takes legal action over Poland's court reforms

The European Union is taking legal action against Poland’s right wing government over court reforms it fears will undermine the independence of the country’s common courts.

World News

EU court urged to dismiss migrant quota challenge

The top EU court's adviser says a case brought by Slovakia and Hungary challenging the mandatory relocation of asylum seekers across the bloc should be dismissed

Europe News

The Brief from Brussels: Belgium niqab ban upheld

In this episode: Belgium’s ban on Islamic veils are ruled to be legal; the British Foreign Secretary dismisses talk of a Brexit bill, and Ukraine hosts an EU-Kiev…

Europe News

EU's top court makes surprise ruling on trade deals

Amid growing doubt and concern about the future of key trade agreements, there is a surprise ruling from the European Union’s top court.

World News

ECJ rules that non-EU parents have EU residency rights through their children

The European Court of Justice in Luxembourg has ruled that non-EU citizens should have the right to residence in the European Union if their children were born in the…

World News

Rights groups blast European court's headscarf work ban

Rights groups have attacked the European Court of Justice after it ruled employers can ban religious symbols, including headscarves, at work.

World News

European court rules workplace headscarf ban is legal

The ECJ ruled that employers are allowed to ban workers from wearing visible religious, political and philosophical symbols in the workplace.

World News

Top EU court rules member states don't have to issue visas to refugees

The EU’s top court said on Tuesday that member states don’t have to admit people on humanitarian grounds, even if they are at risk of torture or inhumane…