A major Muslim gathering in northern Paris will take place as scheduled after a French administrative court overturned a government order to ban it. Authorities had argued that the four-day Annual Encounter of Muslims of France posed a potential security risk, citing concerns that the event could become a target for terrorist attacks. However, organisers […]
A Greek court has found Intellexa founder Tal Dilian and three associates guilty of illegally accessing private data in 2020-2021, sentencing each to a cumulative 126 years and eight months, though the actual prison term is capped at eight years. The case stems from allegations that journalists, politicians, and business leaders were targeted using Predator […]
Paris Saint-Germain has been ordered by a French court to pay former striker Kylian Mbappe €60 million (£52.5m) in unpaid salary and bonuses. The ruling stems from a long-running contract dispute, with Mbappe initially seeking €263 million in damages while PSG counter-sued for €240 million. The court recognised that PSG failed to pay three months […]
An Italian court has ruled that the proposed 3,666-metre suspension bridge linking Sicily to mainland Italy violates EU environmental and tender regulations, casting a major setback for Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s flagship infrastructure project. The Court of Auditors said the government failed to justify overriding environmental concerns involving coastal and marine
An Italian journalist, Giulia Cortese, has been ordered to pay Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni €5,000 (£4,210) in damages for social media posts mocking Meloni’s height. A judge ruled that two tweets by Cortese, who also received a suspended fine of €1,200, were defamatory and constituted “body shaming.” The incident began in October 2021 when
A court in Austria has ruled that Josef Fritzl, infamous for imprisoning his daughter for 24 years and fathering seven children with her in a dungeon beneath his home, can be transferred to a regular prison. The court in Krems an der Donau cited Fritzl’s advancing age, progressive dementia, and physical frailty as reasons why […]





