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Taliban Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Abdul Qahar Balkhi announced Sunday that the de-facto Taliban authorities were suspending consular services at the Afghan embassies to Austria and the United Kingdom due to the diplomatic missions’ lack of coordination with Taliban leadership. However, both embassies appear to remain open. The Taliban’s announcement on X read, “Please note that [...]

In a nearly five-hour long hearing on Wednesday, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) heard a landmark case brought by six youth plaintiffs against 33 European governments to spur stronger climate change mitigation measures. Duarte Agostinho and Others v. Portugal and 32 Others featured six plaintiffs from Portugal: Catarina, 23, Cláudia, 24, Martim, 20, [...]

The Swiss National Council approved the controversial Federal Law on the Prohibition of Concealing the Face Wednesday by a vote of 151-29. The law implements a referendum passed in March 2021, in which 51% of Swiss voters approved a ban on concealing one’s face in public. The initiative was brought by the right-wing Swiss People’s [...]

Austrian prosecutors announced Friday that they have charged former Chancellor Sebastian Kurz with giving false evidence while testifying before a parliamentary committee. In a statement, the Central Public Prosecutor’s Office for the Prosecution of Economic Criminal Matters said that Kurz, along with Magistrate Bernhard Bonelli “and one other person were charged at the Vienna Regional [...]

The Ukrainian armed forces confirmed Thursday they received cluster munitions sent by the US. Tavria Region defense spokesman Valery Shershen confirmed the delivery to Radio Free Liberty in Ukraine amidst international condemnation of the US’s decision to provide the weapons. Following US President Joe Biden’s July 7 announcement that the US would provide Ukraine with [...]

As the European Union (EU) continues to expand and deepen its integration process, some factions advocate for their respective countries’ withdrawal from the EU, or at the very least, resist further integration. Euroscepticism, which comes in numerous forms, has become firmly established and persistent throughout the EU. Multiple studies reveal that in the period of [...]

Far-right members of the Austrian Parliament Thursday walked out of the legislature during a live video speech by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in protest of Vienna’s support of Ukraine in the war. Footage from the event captured the moment when approximately 20 members of the Freedom Party of Austria walked out of Parliament during the [...]

Mykyta Vorobiov is a student at Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, Ukraine. He is currently in Zagreb, Croatia.  As a Ukrainian correspondent for JURIST now studying at the University of Zagreb, I have observed many differences and similarities between the Balkans and Eastern Europe. The region’s political life has fascinated me since I arrived, and [...]

The Foreign Ministry of Austria Thursday announced its decision to expel four Russian diplomats from Vienna. Two of the affected Russian diplomats are stationed at the Russian Embassy while the other two are located at the United Nations Permanent Mission. In a brief statement, the Ministry concluded that the two Russian Embassy diplomats have engaged [...]

The Court of Justice of the EU Thursday ruled in a preliminary ruling that where personal data has been disclosed to a third party, every person has the right to know to whom his or her personal data have been disclosed on request unless the demand is “manifestly unfounded or excessive.” Considering the context, objectives [...]