French top legal authority Constitutional Council has rejected a plea from animal rights campaigners to ban bullfighting. The campaigners wanted the fights categorized as cruelty to animals. But the judges said the “traditional” fights, held in areas of southern France, “do not harm people’s protected constitutional rights”. More than 1,000 bulls are killed annually in [...]
Ukraine’s high court has rejected the appeal by jailed opposition leader and former PM Yulia Tymoshenko against her conviction for abuse of office. Yulia Tymoshenko, currently in hospital, was jailed last October for seven years – a term confirmed by Wednesday’s ruling. The former leader was convicted over a gas deal she signed with Russia’s [...]
Former Romanian Prime Minister Adrian Nastase has attempted to commit suicide by shooting himself in the head but he eventually shot his neck. The incident occurred when police arrived at Adrian Nastase’s house to take him to prison, local media reports say. Hours earlier Romania’s highest court had upheld a two-year prison sentence against Adrian [...]
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