Europes top court ordered Poland on Friday to halt the extraction of lignite a low-quality brown coal at its Turow open-cast mine after a complaint from the neighbouring Czech Republic. The Czechs argue that the vast operation to mine lignite is a cross-border environmental hazard
Europe’s top court ordered Poland on Friday to halt the extraction of lignite – a low-quality brown coal – at its Turow open-cast mine after a
The entrance hall of Interpol’s headquarters in Lyon, France. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani, File)
(CN) Europe’s top court ruled Wednesday that someone who’s been prosecuted in one European Union state should not face arrest and extradition to a nation outside the bloc for the same crimes.
The European Court of Justice’s decision came in a case involving a German man facing extradition to the United States on charges of corruption, money laundering and fraud even though he had paid fines in Germany in connection with the same charges.
Wednesday’s ruling by the court’s Grand Chamber was largely in line with an advisory opinion issued in November by a magistrate at the court, Advocate General Michal Bobek, who said the legal principle of double jeopardy should apply both within the EU and outside it. Most jurisdictions worldwide have adopted the principle that prevents someone from being tried for the same crime twice after a valid verdict has been rendered.
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The European Court of Justice upheld Germany’s refusal to recognize Spain’s renewal of a driver’s license for a man arrested five times for driving while intoxicated.
A traffic sign indicating a speed limit of 120 kmh (75 mph) is pictured at the highway A59 close to Troisdorf, Germany. (Oliver Berg/dpa via AP, file)
LUXEMBOURG (CN) In a pair of rulings over driving license prohibitions, the European Union’s high court on Thursday sided with Germany in one case but against it in another.
The European Court of Justice combined two cases, one from a German man living in Spain who had his driving privileges in Germany revoked after repeated drunk driving offenses and another from an Austrian man who had his driving privileges in Germany revoked for driving while under the influence of cannabis.