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  • Patrick J. O'Donoghue's round up of news from Venezuela -- September 5, 2008 5 Sep 2008 21:34 GMT
    ... in the agricultural State of Guarico. The European Parliament has rejected a proposal to discuss ... Venezuela that prevent persons pending legal and criminal charges to run in the November elections. ...

  • EU clears Berlusconi over Roma Gypsies 5 Sep 2008 18:57 GMT
    ... The centre-Right Government of Silvio Berlusconi today declared that ... as part of its crackdown on street crime since coming to power in May, the ... criticised by human rights organisations, Unicef, the European Parliament and the Romanian Government, on the grounds ...

  • Italy to fingerprint immigrants 5 Sep 2008 18:55 GMT
    ... Silvio Berlusconi's government to fingerprint immigrants in crime crackdown The Government of Italian premier Silvio ... as "racist" by opposition MPs and the European Parliament. Last night a jubilant Maroni said: "The ... to a publicity stunt that merely caused criminals to move elsewhere. But Italy's prime minister ...

  • Silvio Berlusconi's government to fingerprint immigrants in crime crackdown 5 Sep 2008 18:46 GMT
    ... Silvio Berlusconi's government to fingerprint immigrants in crime crackdown The Government of Italian premier Silvio ... as "racist" by opposition MPs and the European Parliament. Last night a jubilant Maroni said: "The ... to a publicity stunt that merely caused criminals to move elsewhere. But Italy's prime minister ...

  • Law chief backs trials in absentia 5 Sep 2008 11:32 GMT
    ... 2008 If passed, the proposals before the European Parliament would force Britain to comply with ... was fundamental to British justice. The European Criminal Bar Association, however, sent an open letter ...

  • Rhen: Macedonians should travel without visas soon 4 Sep 2008 15:06 GMT
    ... 4.9.08 EU-Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn said after Thursday's meeting ... control, and fight against human trafficking, organized crime and corruption, adding that Macedonian citizens would ... Enlargement Directorate-General Director Michael Leigh and several MEPs. They will also attend the formal opening ...

  • Social injustice is killing people on a grand scale reports WHO's Commission 4 Sep 2008 13:08 GMT
    ... A child born in a Glasgow, Scotland suburb can expect ... reputation." Giovanni Berlinguer , Member of the European Parliament, member of the International Bioethics Committee of ... as across Europe. It would be a crime not to take every action possible to ...

  • Pope issues migration warning 4 Sep 2008 11:47 GMT
    ... the root all of the forms of criminality that are linked to these causes". Malta, ... the past two years. In June the European Parliament passed new rules for dealing with ...

  • European Parliament passes resolution on Georgia 4 Sep 2008 02:16 GMT
    ... The European Parliament (EP) passed here on Wednesday a ... Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. MEPs called on the European Commission, the executive ...

  • How Brussels threatens civil freedoms 3 Sep 2008 18:47 GMT
    ... and so on. But the biggie is criminal justice. Ten years ago, the EU announced ... have authorised it. But that text, as MEPs evidently need to be reminded, was rejected by ...

  • Euro Parliament ruling means Britons could be convicted in absence 3 Sep 2008 17:34 GMT
    ... The film is full of cracking one-liners. Plus lots ... knew they had been charged with a crime. The new rules on defendants tried in ... given a vote of confidence at the European Parliament today in advance of final approval by ...

  • EU trial in absence plan defended 3 Sep 2008 16:52 GMT
    ... would be allowed to pass judgement in criminal cases and when issuing fines or European ... extradited. The plan was backed by the European Parliament by 609 votes to 60 and now ... we are to be tried for a crime we must be able to mount a ...

  • MEPs urge Russia to abide by international law 3 Sep 2008 12:31 GMT
    ... responsible role in the international community." The European Parliament "reminds Russia of its responsibility as a ... Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court regarding its investigation into the attacks ... pull out of Georgia, said German conservative MEP Reimer Boege, who heads the committee, as ...

  • Improving judicial cooperation in Europe 3 Sep 2008 12:30 GMT
    ... MEPs adopted three reports which on Improving judicial cooperation ... justice, which requires the mutual recognition of criminal law judgments by the Member States. Four ...

  • Britons could be tried in absence 3 Sep 2008 09:59 GMT
    ... foreign courts, under proposals approved by the European Parliament. Last Updated: 10:46AM BST 03 Sep ... justice, which requires the mutual recognition of criminal law judgments by member states." The proposals, ... Criminal Bar Association. In a letter to MEPs, it said: "The rights of European citizens ...


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