United Kingdom

UK top court to rule on Shamima Begum's demand to return to Britain

Begum left her parents' home in East London in 2015 when she was just 15 to travel to Syria to join IS. She was stripped of her nationality in 2019, a decision she is legally challenging.

23 November 2020

Europe News

EU 'naive' over rule of law of breaches, says Jourova

Vera Jourova was speaking as the EU published its first-ever report on democratic values in the 27-country bloc.

30 September 2020

USA

US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, feminist icon, dies

Ginsburg's death has set off debate in the United States over whether her replacement should be named before or after the presidential election.

19 September 2020

Poland

Poland's presidential election is valid, rules country's top court

The decision follows a challenge to Andrzej Duda's re-election from the opposition Civic Platform party, alleging numerous irregularities.

3 August 2020

USA

US Supreme Court: LGBT people can't be fired over sexual orientation

The ruling could have a huge impact on the estimated 8 to 11 million American LGBT community, who are not protected against workplace discrimination in most US states.

15 June 2020

Turkey

'Welcome back, Turkey': Court orders Ankara to lift its Wikipedia ban

Ankara banned Wikipedia in April 2017 over entries that stated that the country had sponsored terrorist organisations.

26 December 2019

Netherlands

'Enormous victory for climate': Netherlands ordered to cut CO2

The Urgenda environmental group has come out victorious of its six-year legal battle against the Netherlands with the High Court citing the EU's Convention of Human Rights in its ruling.

20 December 2019

Poland

Euroviews. Time is fast running out for judicial independence in PiS-ruled Poland ǀ View

The new proposed bill tries to put a definitive end to the activities of an abundant number of Polish judges to uphold the rule of law. The attack against judicial independence, then, takes a further step forward.

17 December 2019

United Kingdom

Watch: The moment a judge rules UK parliament suspension unlawful

This is the historic moment a UK judge ruled Boris Johnson's suspension — or proroguing — of parliament was unlawful.

24 September 2019

Spain

Spain will exhume Franco's remains on Thursday

The location of Franco's tomb continues to fracture Spanish opinion with 43% in favour of the move and 32.5% against, according to a recent poll.

24 September 2019

United Kingdom

Boris Johnson dares opposition to call vote of no confidence

The prime minister also says he will not ask for a Brexit extension.

24 September 2019

United Kingdom

Could MPs be recalled if judges rule parliament's suspension illegal?

Britain's Supreme Court is due to rule on Boris Johnson's suspension of parliament on Tuesday.

23 September 2019

United Kingdom

Watch again: Supreme Court told parliament suspension 'was political'

A lawyer for Boris Johnson says prorogation is not a matter for the courts.

18 September 2019

United Kingdom

What is the Supreme Court in the UK? | Euronews Answers

As the three-day hearing against Boris Johnson's prorogation of parliament gets underway, we lay out the fundamentals of the court in which this case is being heard.

18 September 2019

United Kingdom

‘PM regards parliament a threat,’ hears UK Supreme Court

Boris Johnson's suspension of parliament was motivated by preventing MPs from damaging government policy, it's been claimed.

17 September 2019

USA

Supreme Court temporarily grants Trump funds for border wall

The Supreme Court overturned an earlier decision that prevented the US president from using military funds to build a border wall between the US and Mexico.

27 July 2019

Netherlands

Dutch top court rules Netherlands partially responsible for deaths of Muslim men in Srebrenica

Dutch top court rules Netherlands partially responsible for deaths of Muslim men in Srebrenica

19 July 2019

USA

Woman who encouraged boyfriend's suicide, appeals to Supreme Court

Lawyers for Carter argued that her conviction violated her constitutional right to freedom of speech.

9 July 2019

USA

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg now has her own beer — and the name is fierce

Sam Adams is celebrating the supreme court justice with a Belgian IPA.

22 March 2019

Poland

Polish politicians push to backtrack on Supreme Court reforms

A group of politicians in Poland have proposed changing back Supreme Court reforms after they were criticised by the EU.

21 November 2018