EU sues UK over post-Brexit restrictions on citizens’ movement

EU sues UK over post-Brexit restrictions on citizens’ movement

The European Commission announced on Monday that it was taking legal action against the United Kingdom for potential obstacles to the free movement of EU citizens at the end of 2020, after Brexit. Brussels has referred the matter to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) “non-compliance with EU law on the free … Read more

Rugby: Argentine justice drops rape charges against Jegou and Auradou

Rugby: Argentine justice drops rape charges against Jegou and Auradou

The Argentine courts on Tuesday, December 10, dropped the charges against the two French rugby players Oscar Jegou and Hugo Auradou charged with aggravated rape in Argentina in July during a tour of the French XV, the players’ lawyers said on Tuesday, December 10. “The (sexual) act was consensual, no crime was committed and there … Read more

Corruption in Mongolia: Areva pays a fine to end prosecutions in Paris

Corruption in Mongolia: Areva pays a fine to end prosecutions in Paris

Areva, a former nuclear giant, has agreed to pay a fine of 4.8 million euros against the dropping of charges in Paris for corruption of foreign public officials in connection with its mining activities in Mongolia between 2013 and 2017. This fine, signed on December 2 as part of a Judicial Agreement of Public Interest … Read more

The Paris Court of Appeal confirms the proceedings against Alexis Kohler

The Paris Court of Appeal confirms the proceedings against Alexis Kohler

The Paris Court of Appeal on Tuesday set aside the prescription raised by the Secretary General of the Elysée, Alexis Kohler, and confirmed the prosecution against him for illegally taking interests in the investigation into his family ties with the shipowner MSC , several sources close to the matter told AFP. This decision, confirmed by … Read more

TNT frequency: C8 will have to pursue its marathon in court

TNT frequency: C8 will have to pursue its marathon in court

Back to square one for C8, Cyril Hanouna’s channel: the Council of State has ruled “inadmissible” her appeal against the upcoming loss of her TV frequency, because it was filed too early, and she will have to wait to file another one. The highest administrative court ruled on the form, and not on the substance. … Read more

Arrest of ex-oil minister: Venezuela will pursue “traitors to the homeland”

Arrest of ex-oil minister: Venezuela will pursue “traitors to the homeland”

Venezuelan Interior Minister Diosdado Cabello, often considered number 2 in power behind President Niciolas Maduro, warned Monday that Venezuela will continue the “traitors to the country”referring to the arrest on Sunday of the former oil minister and former CEO of the public oil giant PDVSA. “The Venezuelan State absolutely condemns any action or act of … Read more