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by Samuel Westrop Auditors have refused to sign off on EU accounts for 18 years in a row, and EU officials have been sacked for exposing corruption and fraud within the vast bureaucracy. The European Union (EU) is pouring...

UK Chancellor George Osborne has confirmed that he has launched a legal challenge through the European Court of Justice, protesting the Financial Transaction Tax (FTT), that he believes will have negative consequences for...

The plan financial transactiontax (FTT) by 11 eurzone countries, and is oposed by the UK and Luxembourg, is lkely add eurozone woes says analysts. Sally Scutt, managing director of the IBF, wrote in a letter to European finance...

On April 28, 2009, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) upheld a southern Cyprus court's ruling [PDF] in favor of a Greek Cypriot claiming northern land despite the south's lack of control over the region. The northern part of...

21st Century Wire says… The Orwellian ACTA regulations have been knocked back… for now. 2013 will see the continuation of wack-a-mole with regards to internet freedom, as the monopolists and corporate culture cartels will...

The Court of Appeal for Western Sweden (the "Court of Appeal") and the Swedish Market Court (the "Market Court") have recently ruled on two disputes concerning the use of trademarks as keywords in advertising on Google AdWords....

Italy and Greece have been referred to the European Court of Justice over ongoing breaches of EU welfare legislation. The two countries have remained in violation of the Welfare of Laying Hens Directive for almost 18 months,...

The European Union (EU) is pouring millions of pounds into organizations that advocate state control of the press. For many, the funding -- uncovered recently by Telegraph journalist Andrew Gilligan -- is yet further evidence... All similar articles: 170 »

Waterford Crystal workers and the State could return to the High Court in the coming months to thrash out future pension payments to 1,700 former employees following a European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling yesterday.

There are few issues that galvanise Liberal Democrat members like civil liberties. Since going into coalition, party members have upheld this tradition by campaigning on a range of issues, most notably the so-called snooper's...

Wells Fargo & Co. (WFC) has sold a EUR1.25 billion 10-year bond with the following terms, a lead manager on the deal said Thursday.Barclays PLC, Deutsche Bank AG, JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Wells Fargo are lead managers of the... All similar articles: 3296 »

Media Advisory: European Court of Justice to Rule Today on Whether EU Seal Ban Must Be Scrapped, Amended or Upheld (firmenpresse) - BRUSSELS, BELGIUM -- (Marketwired) -- 04/25/13 -- The European Court of Justice will rule today... All similar articles: 198 »

I agree that we should have speed limits and other traffic regulations to prevent mayhem and carnage on our roads. There are other laws I agree with such as protecting children from sexual predators and laws protecting citizens...

By Martin Banks - 25th April 2013 The blockage in the council to the reform of the ECJ is intolerable Andrew Duff, MEP A parliamentary hearing has heard that the continued refusal of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) to grant...

Guardian - Thursday 25th April, 2013 In our latest roundup of questions suggested by Google for people or stories in the news, we find out a little more about chancellor George ... European Court of Justice rules against...

Introduction In the recent case of Walker v Innospec (Walker), an employment tribunal held that a pension scheme which did not provide the same benefits to members’ civil partners as to spouses was discriminatory. This is in...

Wells Fargo & Co. (WFC) has sold a EUR1.25 billion 10-year bond with the following terms, a lead manager on the deal said Thursday.Barclays PLC, Deutsche Bank AG, JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Wells Fargo are lead managers of the... All similar articles: 3296 »

EU-Domstolen afgør, at det er op til den rumænske fodboldklub Steaua Bukarest at bevise, at klubbens tidligere ejer George Becali ikke diskriminerede en angivelig homoseksuel fodboldspiller. Udtalelserne kom i 2010 under et...

Imagine you are a well-known multinational company. You’ve worked long and hard to establish yourself as a market leader. You’ve taken advice from your trusty legal team to register your trade marks. You’re pretty proud of...

Luxembourg's outgoing Justice Minister François Biltgen was officially confirmed as a candidate for a post as judge at the European Court of Justice on Wednesday. Biltgen resigned from his ministerial posts, which also include...

There are signs that Strasbourg and Brussels have decided to change gears and speed up the slow moving vehicles of the Council of Europe and the European Union. It was Secretary General Thorbjørn Jagland of the Council of... All similar articles: 105 »

The European Court of Justice will rule Thursday whether to overturn an EU ban on importing seal fur. The ban was imposed in 2010 with lawmakers citing the cruelty of seal hunting. However, organizations including Inuit groups...

The proposal to introduce a tax on financial transactions (FTT)—or Tobin tax—across a number of EU countries by January 2014 is under pressure as Italy wants fundamental changes to the plan and the UK has launched a legal...

24.04.2013 12:03 Uhr in Gesellschaft & Familie von der Firma Bundesverfassungsgericht Counter-Terrorism Database in its Fundamental Structures Compatible with the Basic Law, but not Regarding Specific Aspects of its Design...

The proposal to introduce a tax on financial transactions (FTT) – or Tobin tax – across a number of EU countries by January 2014 is under pressure as Italy wants fundamental changes to the plan and the UK has launched a legal... All similar articles: 123 »

MÁLAGA, Spain, Apr 23 (IPS) - A new mortgage bill approved by Spain's lower house of parliament would merely put a bandaid on the plight of people whose homes are being repossessed, and would not guarantee protection for most...

Frederick M. Abbott, Florida State University College of Law, is publishing Respect for Copyright Sovereignty in Transit: The European Court of Justice Decision in the Joined Philips/Nokia Cases in the Journal of Intellectual...

The home secretary announced in October that the government was minded to use the right it has under the Lisbon treaty to opt out of measures for cooperation within the EU on police and criminal justice affairs. However, she...