European Union; Macedonia: Membership Talks
(Nov. 2, 2007) On November 7, 2007, the European Commission published the Enlargement Package. It includes the Commission's annual strategy document on future enlargement and a summary of the progress made by each candidate. Current candidates include Croatia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), and Turkey. The Package will also include the 2007 progress […]
Austria: Extradition and Family Unification Rights Balanced
(Oct. 28, 2010) On August 24, 2010, the Austrian Supreme Court (Oberster Gerichtshof (OGH)) ruled in favor of extraditing a fugitive to Macedonia by holding that his extradition did not violate European Union family unification standards (OGH, Aug. 24, 2010, 14 Os 87/10s, Rechtsdatenbank online subscription database, http://www.rdb.at). Macedonia had requested extradition so that the […]
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Palmer, Edith
Date:2010-10-28
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European Court of Human Rights: Decision Issued in Rendition Case
(Mar. 4, 2013) On December 13, 2012, the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) issued a final judgment in a case involving a German national of Lebanese origin, who was arrested by authorities of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) acting on suspicion of his having ties with terrorist organizations, […]
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Papademetriou, Theresa
Date:2013-03-04
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Greece: Measures Targeting Extreme-Right Party “Golden Dawn”
(Oct. 30, 2013) In the aftermath of the violent acts committed recently by members of the extreme-right political party “Golden Dawn” in Greece, resulting in the loss of human life, the Greek government moved swiftly to prosecute a number of the party members. (Athens News Agency & Macedonia Press Agency, Amendment Suspending Party Funding in […]
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Papademetriou, Theresa
Date:2013-10-30
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Germany: Asylum Procedure Act Amended to Restrict Applicants from Balkan States
(Dec. 19, 2014) The Bundesrat (Federal Council), the upper house of Germany’s parliament, has passed amendments to the country’s Asylum Procedure Act that will deny as “unfounded” applications of asylum seekers from the western Balkan states of Serbia, Macedonia, and Bosnia-Herzegovina. (Germany’s Upper Chamber Passes Asylum Law Reform, DW (Sept. 19, 2014).) The Bundestag, the […]
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Zeldin, Wendy
Date:2014-12-19
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European Union: Revision of Civil Protection Mechanism
(Feb. 24, 2012) On December 20, 2011, the European Commission came up with a proposal to reform the European Union Civil Protection Mechanism (CPM), established in 2001, “from the current ad-hoc co-ordination to a pre-planned and predictable system,” in order to provide a more efficient and well organized response in cases of emergency. (Press Release, […]
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Papademetriou, Theresa
Date:2012-02-24
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European Union: Parliament Adopts Tough Stand on Russia
(June 25, 2015) On June 11, 2015, the European Parliament (EP) adopted a new resolution by a vote of 494 to 135, with 69 abstentions. The resolution’s main focus is relations between the European Union and Russia in the wake of the Ukraine crisis. (Press Release, European Parliament, Plenary Session, Russia Is No Longer a […]
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Papademetriou, Theresa
Date:2015-06-25
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European Union: Belgium Assumes European Union Presidency
(July 2, 2010) July 1, 2010, marks the beginning of Belgium's assumption, for the next six months, of the rotating Presidency of the European Union, taking over that office from Spain. Belgium, one of the original six founding members of what was once the European Community, has a caretaker government amidst domestic problems including the […]
United States: Senate and White House Ratify Finland’s and Sweden’s Accession to NATO
On August 8, 2022, U.S. President Joe Biden officially signed the instruments of ratification of the accession protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) for the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden.Sweden and Finland had applied for NATO membership in mid-May 2022 in reaction to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.The U.S. Senate … Continue reading “United States: Senate and White House…
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Myers, Louis
Date:2022-08-21
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China/Slovak Republic: Memorandum on Customs Duties Signed
(Nov. 10, 2016) On November 5, 2016, China and the Slovak Republic concluded a memorandum to strengthen their relationship in the area of customs duties, with the goal of boosting bilateral trade. (Slovakia, China Sign Memorandum on Customs Duties Aimed to Accelerate Bilateral Trade, NEWS NOW (Nov. 6, 2016).) According to the State Secretary of […]
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Johnson, Constance
Date:2016-11-10
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Finland: Amendment of List of Countries Subject to Controlled Foreign Company Legislation
(Feb. 4, 2014) The Ministry of Finance (Valtiovarainministeriö) of Finland issued a decree on December 31, 2013, updating its list of countries that impose a corporate tax burden deemed to be significantly different from (less than three-fifths of) the tax imposed in Finland. The countries on the list, sometimes called the black or gray list, […]
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Zeldin, Wendy
Date:2014-02-04
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Iceland: New COVID-19 Rules for Incoming International Travelers Take Effect
(May 4, 2021) On April 27, 2021, new rules took effect in Iceland governing international arrivals in the country. The rules prohibit nonessential travel to Iceland from countries that register more than 700 new cases of COVID-19 infections per 100,000 inhabitants on a rolling 14-day average in accordance with the European Centre for Disease Prevention […]
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Hofverberg, Elin
Date:2021-05-04
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Council of Europe: Parliamentary Assembly Adopts Resolution on Abuse of State Secrecy and National Security
(Sept. 12, 2011) As the United States prepares to commemorate the ten-year anniversary of the tragic events of September 11, 2001, across the Atlantic, the Council of Europe (COE), a regional organization dedicated to promoting and safeguarding human rights, has been particularly active. On September 7, 2011, the Parliamentary Assembly (PA) and the Committee of […]
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Papademetriou, Theresa
Date:2011-09-12
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Netherlands: List of Safe Countries of Origin for Asylum Purposes Expanded
(Feb. 12, 2016) On February 9, 2016, the State Secretary for Security and Justice of the Netherlands, Klaas Dijkhoff, announced that he will add six jurisdictions to the country’s list of safe countries of origin; persons from countries on this list are deemed presumptively ineligible for asylum. The new additions are Ghana, India, Jamaica, Morocco, Mongolia, and Senegal, although Morocco […]
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Zeldin, Wendy
Date:2016-02-12
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European Union: Commission Adopts New Measures to Respond to Refugee Crisis
(Sept. 30, 2015) On September 9, 2015, the European Commission adopted a Communication that contains short- and long-term measures to address the current migrant crisis, to assist countries of entry through the creation of “hotspots,” and to address the root causes of irregular migration. The concrete operational, budgetary, and legal proposals are all annexed to […]
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