Russia addresses UN, EU over mass graves in Eastern UkraineRussia’s Human Rights Commissioner Ella Pamfilova has asked the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights Nils Muiznieks and the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein to assume personal control over mass graves discovered near Donetsk.16:43 25.09.2014
EU court removes Gaddafi’s cousin from sanctions listThe EU General Court on Wednesday lifted financial and travel restrictions from a cousin of the former Libyan dictator, Muammar Gaddafi, and dismissed the EU Council’s arguments as unsubstantiated., according to the court's statement released on Wednesday.16:13 25.09.2014
Weapons smugglers caught in Russia with firearms from EU and UkraineRussia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) has arrested a group of smugglers who delivered firearms from the EU and Ukraine to Russia, the FSB Public Relations Center announced on Wednesday.16:40 24.09.2014
Deutsche Bank top manager charged with attempted fraudGerman prosecutors in Munich have charged co-chief executive of Deutsche Bank Jurgen Fitschen and four other former board members including Josef Ackermann, Rolf Breuer and Clemens Borsig, with attempted fraud, the German media reported on Tuesday.10:29 24.09.2014
Radovan Karadzic trial reaches closing argumentsNext week the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague, Netherlands, will hear the closing arguments in the case of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic in connection with war crimes in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 1990s, the tribunal said in a statement published on Tuesday.17:21 23.09.2014
Italian ex-prime minister Silvio Berlusconi files three applications with ECHRThe European Court for Human Rights (ECtHR) has registered three applications filed at different times by former prime minister of Italy Silvio Berlusconi.15:16 23.09.2014
Spanish officials to stand trial in Russian mafia case - reportCatalonia’s High Court of Justice has ruled that there is sufficient cause to try Andrei Petrov, an alleged leader of the Russian mafia in Spain, local lawmaker Javier Crespo and other individuals suspected of involvement in the so-called Russian mafia case.10:30 23.09.2014
European Parliament calls for excluding Russia from SWIFTThe European Parliament “calls on the EU to consider excluding Russia from (…) the SWIFT international payment system,” the parliament said in a resolution adopted today.16:41 18.09.2014
Poroshenko signs Ukraine-EU association agreement into lawPresident Petro Poroshenko signed a law on Ukraine’s association with the EU immediately after the Verkhovna Rada ratified the document, RIA Novosti announced on Tuesday.15:29 16.09.2014
EU says elections in Crimea illegalThe European Union does not recognize the legitimacy of the Crimean elections, because it does not recognize the legitimacy of Crimea’s accession to Russia, the European External Action Service (EEAS) said in a statement.10:21 16.09.2014
Russia approves convention on manipulation of sports competitionsThe Russian government has announced on Monday that the Council of Europe Convention on the Manipulation of Sports Competitions has been approved and submitted to the president for signing.11:26 15.09.2014
New EU sanctions target Russia’s oil and defense companiesThe new EU sanctions aim to limit the Russian oil and defense companies’ access to the European capital market. The companies include Oboronprom, United Aircraft Corporation, the Kalashnikov Concern, Uralvagonzavod, Rosneft, Transneft and Gazprom Neft, RIA Novosti announced, citing information published in the EU’s Official Journal Friday.11:47 12.09.2014
Serbia takes precautions against banned food re-export to Russia - officialSerbia has tightened control of food exports to Russia amid sanctions and is doing its best to prevent re-export from other countries.13:41 20.08.2014
European producers looking to Switzerland for import options to RussiaEuropean dairy, meat and vegetable producers have approached Swiss authorities seeking alternative transportation routes to Russia amid the recently introduced sanctions. Russia is imposing a "full embargo" on food imports from the EU, US and some other Western countries, in response to sanctions over Ukraine.11:07 18.08.2014
UK violates inmate voting rights - ECHRThe European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg ruled on Tuesday that the UK had violated the rights of ten British convicts in disallowing them to take part in free elections.17:25 12.08.2014
Russia retaliates against sanctions with agricultural imports banRussian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree Wednesday banning imports of agricultural products from countries that imposed sanctions on Russia for one year, the Kremlin press service said.22:13 06.08.2014
Mikheil Saakashvili charged with abuse of power turns to appeals courtThe defense lawyers for ex-president of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili and two former ministers Zurab Adeishvili and David Kezerashvili, who have been detained in absentia on charges of abuse of power, turned to the Tbilisi Appeal Court, RIA Novosti reported Monday, citing Georgian TV channel Rustavi 2.12:50 04.08.2014
ECHR awards Yukos shareholders EUR 1.86 billion in damagesThe European Court of Human Rights has awarded the shareholders of the former Yukos oil company EUR 1.86 billion in damages in a lawsuit filed against the Russian tax authorities.13:50 31.07.2014
EU to set up international tribunal for Kosovo crimes in 2015An international tribunal for the crimes committed in Kosovo in 1998 and in the period after the war ended in Kosovo in June 1999, including by “certain senior officials of the former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA),” could be established by early 2015, RIA Novosti announced, citing John Clint Williamson, lead prosecutor for the multinational EU Special Investigative Task Force (SITF).16:10 29.07.2014
French prosecutor’s office denies rumor of new investigation against SarkozyThe Paris prosecutor’s office has denied the rumor about a new investigation against ex-President Nicolas Sarkozy, AFP announced on Tuesday.14:35 29.07.2014