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Europe report: UK human rights record poor, under investigation
A declassified intergovernmental report obtained by the British newspaper The Independent says that Britain has one of the poorest human rights records in Europe, and that the UK is under investigation for non-compliance with European rights standar (More) |
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Switzerland to extradite former Russian nuclear minister to US
Switzerland has decided to extradite Russia's former nuclear minister to the US to face conspiracy, money laundering, and tax evasion charges, an official from the Switzerland Justice Ministry said Monday. The Russian government has been fighti (More) |
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Ukraine ex-president, current parliament speaker implicated in journalist murder
A commission investigating the murder of journalist Heorhiy Gongadze five years ago reported their findings Wednesday, concluding that the slaying was instigated by former Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma and the current speaker of the Ukrainian (More) |
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Ukrainian court approves limits on presidential authority
The Ukrainian Constitutional Court Tuesday approved by a 10-4 margin a draft law that would alter the country's constitution by limiting presidential authority while strengthening parliamentary control. The measure, to take effective on Januar (More) |
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Ukraine president sacks cabinet, security head resigns amid corruption allegations
Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko [official website; Wikipedia profile] sacked his cabinet Thursday and accepted the resignation of his national security chief in the face of accusations of corruption only eight months after he came into office (More) |
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Ukrainian presidential aide resigns citing government corruption
A former aide to Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko [official website, English version; Wikipedia profile] said Monday that his resignation over the weekend was prompted by corruption within the country's leadership. Former state secretary Ol (More) |
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Austrian president suggests next EU constitution ratification try in two years
In an interview with the German Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper to be published Tuesday, Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel , whose country is scheduled to take over the six-month rotating EU presidency from the UK at the beginning of (More) |
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Ukranian parliament erupts in violence over WTO reforms
Ukranian lawmakers engaged in a protracted fistfight in parliament Wednesday as a debate over legislative reforms required for WTO accession grew ugly in Kiev. Communists sounded sirens as Parliament Speaker Volodymyr Lytvyn attempted to call for (More) |
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Yushchenko poison traced to lab making banned weapons
Ukrainian authorities said Thursday that they have discovered who was behind the assassination attempt by poisoning directed at President Viktor Yushchenko [Wikipedia profile; JURIST news archive] and have traced the substance used in the plot to a (More) |
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Senior EU official calls for hold on expansion after constitution debacle
A senior European Union official called for a break in EU expansion Monday, addressing the media days before EU leaders will meet to discuss fallout from rejections of the EU Constitution in France and the Netherlands . EU External Relations Commis (More) |
Maurice Papon convicted of war crimes
On April 2, 1998, Maurice Papon was convicted of war crimes for his role in deporting French Jews to concentration camps during the Nazi occupation of France. Under German occupation, Papon served as the supervisor of the Service for Jewish Questions in Bordeaux from which he collaborated with the Nazi S.S. and oversaw the deportation of 1,560 Jewish men, women, and children to concentration camps.
Read an biography of Maurice Papon from the BBC.
