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Weekly legal news from the EU and RussiaThe government will ban “foreign agents” and people without teaching experience from holding lectures and seminars
The Russian government will prohibit lectures and teaching outside universities and schools to people without teaching experience, persons included in the list of "foreign agents", tax and fine debtors as well as people convicted under a number of the Criminal Code articles.
Source: Svoboda
After China ban, Romania hit by illegal waste imports
Despite having the second-lowest waste-recycling rates in the European Union, Romania has become overflowing with waste and garbage — most of it brought in illegally from abroad.
Source: EU Observer
Prague asks allies for ‘solidarity expulsions’ in diplomatic dispute with Moscow over depot blast
The Czech Republic has called on fellow European Union and NATO members for "solidarity" action to support it amid a diplomatic spat between Prague and Moscow over Czech claims that Russian military agents were behind a deadly 2014 explosion at a Czech arms depot.
Source: RFE/RL
In Poland, an LGBTQ migration as homophobia deepens
An escalation in verbal attacks by the Polish government, with the support of the Roman Catholic Church, as well as the threat of physical violence on the streets of many cities, has triggered an exodus of gay people.
Source: NYT
Greece accused of ‘shocking’ illegal pushback against refugees at sea
A lawsuit filed against the Greek state at the European court of human rights accuses Athens of a shocking level of violence in sophisticated inter-agency operations that form part of an illegal pushback strategy to stop the arrival of refugees and migrants.
Source: The Guardian
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Key developments in public interest law, in your inbox
A monthly brief overview of the key developments in public interest law in the EU and Russia — just the highlights, and exclusively for our subscribers.☛ Here's an example.