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The Supreme Judicial Council of Bulgaria has condemned Bulgarian investigative journalist Valia Ahchieva for her “aggressive” working methods regarding the case of the chairman of Sofia City Court, Alexey Trifonov. Ahchieva has been reporting on Trifonov’s invalid Bulgarian citizenship since last April but the Supreme Judicial Council has not reacted to the evidence.

Source: Euractiv

The European Endowment for Democracy grant-making foundation is the 20th foreign organisation to be added to Russia’s list of ‘undesirable’ foreign groups. Its work in the country will now be limited.

Source: The Moscow Times

As part of its European Green Deal, the European Commission proposes a “right to repair” law that would increase the recycling of electronic products by forcing phone, tablet and laptop manufacturers to make their products easier to repair and reuse.

Source: The Guardian

The Office for the Protection of the Constitution — Germany’s domestic security agency — is going to run surveillance on a group known as the “Wing” (“Flügel”) within the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD). In doing so, German domestic intelligence recognizes the AfD group as a far-right extremist group that should be observed by security forces.

Source: Deutsche Welle

In response to four Russian female victims’ complaints, the Russian authorities have sent their latest objections to the European Court of Human Rights. The Russian State believes that it should not be held liable and have to compensate victims in cases of domestic violence where private individuals and not public officials committed the violence.

Source: Kommersant

According to a draft decision by its 27 member states, the EU can start membership negotiations with Albania and North Macedonia. The decision will be finalised this week and is expected to be approved.

Source: Reuters

Hungary’s parliament has to consider a draft law named the ‘Enabling Act’ that would allow Viktor Orbán’s government to rule by decree while the country is in a state of emergency due to the coronavirus pandemic. The decrees would stay in force until further notice. The opposition is against this law because of its indefinite duration and the powers it would grant to the government.

Source: Euractiv

The Russian Federation Council has approved a law allowing for the possibility of transferring convicts to a penal institution near their home or their close relatives’ place of residence.

Source: Advokatskaya Gazeta