24/04/2019
Published by Legal Dialogue at 24/04/2019
UK universities have spent nearly £90m on payoffs to staff that come with “gagging orders” in two years, raising fears that victims of misconduct at higher education institutions are being silenced.
Source: theguardian.com
24/04/2019
Published by Legal Dialogue at 24/04/2019
Press freedom in Bulgaria, Hungary, and Malta ranks among the worst in the world, according to Reporters Without Borders (RSF), a Paris-based NGO. From journalists' murders to media take-overs by oligarchs close to state powers, the three EU states were portrayed as an embarrassment for the European Union.
Source: euobserver.com
24/04/2019
Published by Legal Dialogue at 24/04/2019
Press freedom in Bulgaria, Hungary, and Malta ranks among the worst in the world, according to Reporters Without Borders (RSF), a Paris-based NGO. From journalists' murders to media take-overs by oligarchs close to state powers, the three EU states were portrayed as an embarrassment for the European Union.
Source: euobserver.com
24/04/2019
Published by Legal Dialogue at 24/04/2019
The German Cabinet passed draft legislation aimed at speeding up the deportation of unsuccessful asylum seekers, but critics warn it would break EU law. The proposed law could see the asylum seekers that did not succeed detained in prison.
Source: politico.eu
24/04/2019
Published by Legal Dialogue at 24/04/2019
The EU passed a law to strengthen protections for whistleblowers who report violations of EU law and increase whistleblower reporting to aid law enforcement.
Source: jurist.org
15/04/2019
Published by Legal Dialogue at 15/04/2019
Police say 94 incidents reported last year for offence now punishable with jail term up to two years. Upskirting is a term used to describe the act of taking a sexually intrusive photograph up someone’s skirt without their permission.
Source: theguardian.com
15/04/2019
Published by Legal Dialogue at 15/04/2019
Trash collection companies in at least nine Russian regions are at risk of shutting down over unpaid bills. Waste disposal operators may stop work due to non-payment in nine regions of the Russian Federation. The difficulties are blamed on nationwide reforms tasking regions with choosing operators to collect waste that took effect on Jan. 1. Half of the citizens don’t pay new bills.
Source: svoboda.org
15/04/2019
Published by Legal Dialogue at 15/04/2019
The governing "Law and Justice" party in Poland says LGBT groups are a dangerous threat and it’s turning them into an election issue.
Source:bloomberg.com
15/04/2019
Published by Legal Dialogue at 15/04/2019
Google and other search engines will have to pay publishers to share articles and other materials in the Internet. New copyright regulations are supposed to be implemented by the EU countries within two years.
Source: dw.com