Romanian court rejects MPs’ super-immunity
The Constitutional Court, Romania’s highest court, decided on January 14 2014 that a series of amendments to the Penal Code
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Romanian, Albanian held as police bust network of 280 burglars in France
French law enforcement authorities working with Europol, have dismantled a Paris-based network of prolific burglars and arrested 15 individuals. Two
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European Commission publishes guide on ‘habitual residence test’ for social security
A practical guide on the “Habitual Residence Test” to help European Union countries apply EU rules on the co-ordination of
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More Golden Dawn MPs imprisoned
Three MPs of Greece’s neo-Nazi party “Golden Dawn” were remanded in custody on January 11 2014 pending trial on charges
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Lutsenko hospitalised as Ukraine authorities face political fallout
Ukrainian opposition leader and former Interior Minister Yuriy Lutsenko remains hospitalized in intensive care on January 11, a day after
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As protests in Ukraine fade, focus turns to elections
Reports indicate that although there are still thousands of protesters occupying government buildings and Independence Square in the capital, Kyiv,
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Suspect Hellenic Postbank loans probed; arrest warrants issued
Arrest warrants for more than twenty people were issued on the night of January 8 2014 in connection with loans
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Central European Jews ‘key to formation of European identity’
The idea of a European identity developed by Jewish intellectuals in Central Europe up until the 1930s was an important
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Yanukovych denies Chornovol’s accusation that he ordered her beating
Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych’s press service called accusations that he ordered Tetyana Chornovol’s beating groundless and renewed the call for
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