Green News Does the EU need a green prosecutor to solve environmental crime? This MEP is calling for a dedicated EU body tasked with identifying, investigating, and prosecuting environmental crime across Europe. 24/06/2021
Green News Top international lawyers to make ‘ecocide’ a crime against nature Alongside war crimes, genocides and crimes against humanity, ecocide may be one of the most important battles of our times. 22/06/2021
China Apple Daily execs denied bail by Hong Kong court A court in Hong Kong has denied bail to two Apple Daily newspaper executives over allegations of endangering national security. 19/06/2021
Climate These 6 countries are taking governments to court over climate change The UK is facing fresh legal action over its failure to tackle CO2 emissions. Which other European nations are in the courtroom? 17/06/2021
France Ikea France fined €1 million for spying on staff and some customers The French subsidiary of the home furnishings giant Ikea was found guilty of spying on union representatives, employees and some unhappy customers in the country. 15/06/2021
USA US probe into Trump officials' seizure of Democrats' Apple data The Justice Department has launched an investigation after it was revealed that Donald Trump's administration forced Apple to hand over phone data on leading Democrats. 12/06/2021
state of the union Europe's week: COVID pass, Schengen, Hungary and corruption fight These stories were centre stage in Brussels this week. 04/06/2021
Italy Outrage in Italy as notorious mafia killer released early from prison The news of Giovanni Brusca's early release after 25 years in jail sparked a wave of emotion in Italy. The 64-year-old man is believed to have taken part in hundreds of murders for the Sicilian mafia. 01/06/2021
Europe News Brussels launches new public prosecutor to target misuse of EU cash Five EU states have not joined the prosecutor, including Hungary and Poland. 01/06/2021
Cult New exhibit reveals details on French icon Simone Veil's life The exhibition at Paris's Hotel de Ville features previously unpublished documents about the life of Simone Veil 23/05/2021
France Albanian man accused of aiding Nice terror attack extradited to France Endri Elezi is suspected of aiding Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, who rammed a truck into a crowd in the French coastal city on July 14, 2016. 22/05/2021
world news Death sentence executions fell by a quarter in 2020, says Amnesty Amnesty International recorded 483 executions across 18 countries during 2020 - a drop of 26% compared to the previous year. 21/04/2021
USA Defense expert says Floyd died from heart trouble, not restraint Dr. David Fowler, a former Maryland chief medical examiner who is now with a consulting firm, also testified that he would classify the manner of death "undetermined." 15/04/2021
Belgium Brussels Palais de Justice will finally get a facelift Belgium’s federal government will put €1.5 million aside to renovate the scaffolding, which was put up in 1984. The work is predicted to be completed by 2030. 03/04/2021
France French firm guilty of manslaughter and deception over deadly diet pill The drug is suspected in up to 2,000 deaths among millions who took it as an appetite suppressant over three decades, according to a 2010 study. 29/03/2021
USA Minneapolis to pay George Floyd's family $27m The civil lawsuit settlement comes as jurors are being selected for the trial of Derek Chauvin, the white police officer who held Floyd down with a knee to the neck for nearly nine minutes. 12/03/2021
USA George Floyd: Judge pauses jury selection for Derek Chauvin's trial Picking the 12 members of the jury is expected to take three weeks as prosecutors and defence attorneys grill potential jurors try to ensure impartiality. 08/03/2021
USA Harry Dunn crash death: US civil lawsuit can proceed, judge rules The judge in Virginia had last month already rejected the defendant's argument that the case should be tossed out in the US because it should be heard in the UK instead. 04/03/2021
Poland Poland clears LGBT activists of putting rainbow on Roman Catholic icon "This is a triumph for the LGBT+ resistance movement in the most homophobic country of the European Union,'' the Love Does Not Exclude group said. 02/03/2021
Uncovering Europe In Kosovo, an uncertain future for the war crimes court nobody wanted Kosovars hate it and its president has warned EU diplomats of a plot to undermine it. But Kosovo's new leader-in-waiting Albin Kurti might just choose to ignore it. 24/02/2021
Israel Israel: Netanyahu denounces ICC war crimes move as 'anti-Semitism' Israel could face war crimes investigation after an International Criminal Court ruling extended its jurisdiction to territories Israel occupied in the 1967 Mideast war. 06/02/2021
Europe News Belgian hearing into Paris attacks accomplices begins A court in Brussels begins its hearing into the 20 people accused of aiding and abetting the terrorists involved in the 2015 attacks in the French capital. 02/02/2021
Poland Three on trial in Poland over LGBT sign on posters of revered icon The activists could face up to two years in prison if convicted on charges of offending religious sentiment and desecration of Poland's most revered icon, the Mother of God of Czestochowa. 14/01/2021
USA Lockerbie: US plans new charges in 1988 airline bombing The 1988 bombing of a New-York-bound Pan Am jet that exploded over the Scottish town of Lockerbie killed 270 people. 17/12/2020
United Kingdom 'A blip along the way': Harry Dunn's mum defiant after losing appeal The parents of Harry Dunn, a British teen who died after colliding with a car being driven on the wrong side of the road in the UK, have lost their High Court appeal. 24/11/2020
Japan Japan's handling of Carlos Ghosn was wrong, say rights experts A panel of human rights experts working with the UN found that Ghosn’s arrest in Japan in late 2018 and early 2019 was "arbitrary" and called on Japan’s government to "take the necessary steps to remedy the situation of Mr. Ghosn without delay." 24/11/2020
