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Apple and Dublin detail challenges to EU's Irish tax deal ruling

Apple launches legal challenge to a 13 billion euro tax bill from the European Union as Ireland accuses European Commission of exceeding its powers.

Israel

Disgraced ex-Israeli president to be freed from jail

The disgraced former Israeli president, Moshe Katsav is to be freed on parole after serving five years of a seven year jail term for rape.

Italy

Rome and Milan tremble with new corruption allegations

Scandals hit Democratic and Five-Star parties in Rome and Milan

World News

Senators call for Duterte to be impeached over vigilante killings

Two senators from the Philippines have called for President Rodrigo Duterte to be be impeached after he claimed to have killed suspected criminals.

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Germany

Immigrant who lied about age suspected of rape and murder

An immigrant accused of raping and murdering a German student is the same man who was convicted of a separate attack in Greece.

Italy

Tunisian captain setenced to 18 years for deadly shipwreck

A Tunisian man accused of being the captain of a migrant boat that sank killing over 700 people has been found guilty of manslaughter by an Italian court and faces 18 years in…

World News

Christine Lagarde vows to fight allegations of negligence at Paris trial

IMF chief Christine Lagarde vowed to fight “allegation by allegation” on the first day of her trial in Paris where she is being accused of negligence in allowing the misuse of public…

Italy

Verdict expected in Catania shipwreck trial

The Sicilian court is expected to deliver its verdict on captain Ali Malek on Tuesday. Just 28 of the 800 migrants survived when the fishing boat sunk in April 2015.

Europe News

The Brief from Brussels: Yazidi IS survivors to pick up EU rights prize

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

Europe News

LuxLeaks tax whistleblowers appear in court to appeal convictions

Dozens of campaigners are in Luxembourg to call for the protection of whistleblowers.

Netherlands

Wilders to appeal discrimination conviction

Judges have found the Dutch lawmaker guilty of discrimination against Moroccans. However, the ruling carries no punishment.

France

French ex-budget minister Cahuzac is jailed for tax fraud

Former French budget minister Jerome Cahuzac, who led a government crackdown on tax dodgers, was sentenced to three years in jail in Paris on Thursday – for hiding an offshore bank account of his…

Economy

EU penalises banks for fixing Euribor interest rates

JPMorgan Chase, Credit Agricole and HSBC have been fined a total of 485 million euros for their alleged role in a cartel to fix the price of Euribor interest…

Germany

German court rules energy firms can be compensated for nuclear phase-out

The court in Karlsruhe says utilities should not foot the bill alone for the government's decision to phase out nuclear power.

Poland

Film director Roman Polanski 'cannot be extradited to US'

Filmmaker Roman Polanski cannot be extradited to the US over a 1977 child sex conviction, Poland’s supreme court has ruled.

USA

Police shooting case in South Carolina ends in a mistrial

The case of a South Carolina police officer accused of shooting dead an unarmed black man has ended in a mistrial.

World News

Court of Arbitration for Sport upholds Sepp Blatter's 6-year ban from football-related activity for corruption

World News

Australia: protesters call for an end to offshore detention of asylum seekers

Protesters have rallied outside the Australian parliament for a second consecutive day.

France

'Air France shirt rippers' given suspended prison terms

Three men have been given three-to-four-month suspended sentences after a court in Paris found them guilty of organised violence against airline executives.

USA

Wisconsin to recount presidential vote after Green Party petition

The US state says it will act after receiving Jill Stein's petition, but it's thought unlikely to affect Donald Trump's overall win.