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Politico: The New EU Rulebooks on Big Tech
December 01, 2021
Politico breaks down the two new EU rulebooks that gained approval this week to rein in Big Tech and tackle illegal content online, addressing years of what ministers describe as excess and harmful practices on online platforms.
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Ukraine PM Calls for NATO’s Support against Russia
December 01, 2021
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal urged NATO to send warships to the Black Sea and step up reconnaissance as Russian troops menace Ukraine with a mobilization of nearly 100,000 soldiers along the Donetsk region, Crimea and in Belarus.
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Polish Tribunal Rules ECtHR Cannot Question its Judges
December 01, 2021
Poland's Constitutional Tribunal, rejecting a ruling by Europe's top human rights court in May, said that the European Court of Human Rights had no power to question its appointment of judges.
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ECtHR Condemns Turkey over Arrests of Judges and Prosecutors Post-Coup
November 23, 2021
427 members of the Turkish judiciary who were arrested after a failed coup in 2016 will be awarded 5,000 euros in damages following the ruling of the The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) which states that Turkey had acted unlawfully by arresting the judges and prosecutors.
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Politico: ECJ Rules against Hungary in Judicial Rule-of-Law Case
November 23, 2021
Rule-of-law is once again front and center as the the EU’s Court of Justice ruled that Hungary’s supreme court had improperly interfered with and disciplined a lower court judge, highlighting the subject of whether or not Hungarian judges can freely submit questions to EU’s highest court.