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The European Union’s (EU) court case against AstraZeneca has begun in a Brussels court, after the European Commission launched legal action against the pharmaceutical giant for failing to meet Covid vaccine delivery targets.

BRUSSELS -The European Commission has launched legal proceedings against Anglo-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca for not respecting its contract for the supply of COVID-19 vaccines, and for not having a... | April 28, 2021

The EUs legal case against AstraZeneca begins From CNNs Stephanie Halasz and Pierre Bairin   Hakim Boularbah, lawyer for the Swedish-British AstraZeneca pharmaceutical company, left, and lawyers of the European Commission attend the hearing concerning the legal action by the European Commission against AstraZeneca at a Brussels courthouse, on April 28. François Walschaerts/AFP/Getty Images A European Union legal case against British-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca began in a Belgian court on ...

UAE: Drug dealers sentenced to life get reduced jail terms Photo: AFP An undercover police agent had posed as a buyer and contacted the pair, claiming that he wanted some narcotics. Two men, who were convicted of possessing, dealing and consuming hashish, have had their life sentences reduced to two years on appeal. Official court documents stated that the men, an Arab national and another from a GCC nation, were arrested after investigations confirmed that they possessed drugs. ALSO READ: Pros...

Dubai: A Bangladeshi man was sentenced to one year in jail for beating up a massage seeker who pretended to be dead in order to avoid physical assault as he refused to pay massage fees. According to the Dubai Court of First Instance, the 23-year-old Moroccan man refused to pay Dh1,000 massage fees at a centre in the Tecom area before a group of eight men attacked him and stole his money and smartphone. “They chased me and kept assaulting me outside the building until I feigned that I was dead...

How the EU and AstraZeneca ended up in court, and what next 04/27/2021 15:36 BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission has launched legal proceedings against Anglo-Swedish drugmaker AstraZeneca for not respecting its contract for the supply of COVID-19 vaccines, and for not having a "reliable" plan to ensure timely deliveries. A first hearing in the case will be held at the Brussels Court of First Instance from 9 a.m. (0700 GMT) on Wednesday. The proceedings will be public and conducted...

UAE: Two youngsters get life in prison for drug dealing Photo: Alamy.ae The court also gave them another two years in jail for consuming narcotics. Two young men, who were caught selling hashish worth Dh1,000 to an undercover police officer in Abu Dhabi, will spend the rest of their lives in jail. The Abu Dhabi Criminal Court of First Instance handed down the life in jail sentence to the men after they were found guilty of possessing and dealing drugs. The court also gave the Asian men another ...

The British-Swedish pharmaceutical firm denies that it broke the terms of its contract and says that the legal action is 'without merit'

Sharjah: A 60-year-old businessman has been ordered by the court to pay a fine of Dh100,000, followed by deportation, in a money laundering case. The Afghan man was also accused of selling drugs and the case is still being heard in court. The details of the case came to light when the businessman received a text message, saying that an amount of Dh1,000 had been deposited in his bank account. The man was surprised to have received such a message and contacted the bank to find out the source of ...

(File) Appeals court rap the authorities for lack of implementation of information technology rules. A young woman, who was convicted for persistent use of her Twitter account, despite a lower court order to suspend it because of violation of online rules, has been acquitted on appeal. The Abu Dhabi Court of Appeals cancelled an earlier ruling by the Abu Dhabi Court of First Instance, which had fined the accused, who is of Arab origin, Dh5,000 and seized her mobile phones for non-compliance wit...