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European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso urged swift resolution on the issue of the European constitution at a press conference with Polish President Lech Kaczynski Saturday....

JURIST Contributing Editor Michael Kelly of Creighton University School of Law says that Vladimir Putin's insistence on the illegality of using force abroad without UN authorization may be technically correct, but it irresponsibly undercuts new interpretations of international law allowing...

The European Commission proposed Friday that all EU member nations criminalize serious environmental offenses and impose minimum sanctions for violations. Commission Vice President for Justice, Freedom and Security Franco Frattini said the proposed...

The European Commission (EC) unveiled a mandatory CO2 emissions strategy Wednesday that would impose mandatory carbon dioxide (CO2) limits on all cars by 2012. Today's average European car emits approximately 160...

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law Monday a bill moving the Russian Constitutional Court from its current Moscow location to St. Petersburg. The bill received final parliamentary approval last month with a...

Portugal is the latest country to open an investigation into alleged stopovers of secret CIA rendition flights transporting terror suspects, according to a report from state-owned news agency Lusa Monday. Last month,...

The United Nations Friday released a plan for Kosovo to govern itself as a multi-ethnic society that it says safeguards the rights of all groups within its territory. An executive summary of the plan was issued...

The Bulgarian National Assembly on Friday adopted amendments to its constitution in an effort to increase the efficiency and transparency of the country's judiciary. The amendments, required for entry to...

A Spanish judge on Wednesday ordered the National Intelligence Center , Spain's state intelligence agency to declassify any documents it has about secret CIA extraordinary rendition flights . The order comes in Judge Ismael Moreno's investigation...

The European Union has agreed to adopt a "measured, step-by-step approach" to achieving a worldwide moratorium on the death penalty, according to German Minister of State Gunter Gloser, addressing the European Parliament on Wednesday. The...