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| France 24 |
Axed Catalan leader spurns Spanish court summons
Axed Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont’s lawyer confirmed Wednesday that his client will spurn a Madrid court summons to be grilled about alleged rebellion and sedition in his quest for independence.
“He will not go to Madrid and I have suggested that he be questioned here in Belgium,” Belgian lawyer Paul Bekaert told Spanish television channel TV3. |
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| Die Welt |
German asylum court cases soar five times in past year
The figure is already well in excess of the 200,000 that, in September, the Federation of German Administrative Judges (BDVR) said were expected over the course of 2017. Last year, the number of cases of migrants appealing decisions by the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) had already shown an increase, from some 50,000 in 2015 to about 100,000. |
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| La Stampa |
It’s Ok for Rastafarians to smoke weed to meditate: Italian court
An Italian court acquitted a man found with 58 grams of cannabis in his possession because, as a Rastafarian, he was using the ‘sacred herb’ to meditate.
Explaining the reasons behind the April acquittal, the court in Bari said that “Rastafarians are followers of a religion whose believers use marijuana for meditation”, adding that the drug was just for personal use.
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| El Pais |
Members of former Catalan government appear in court
The former Catalan premier Carles Puigdemont and 13 members of his government have been summoned to appear at the Audiencia Nacional, Spain’s High Court, on Thursday and Friday. Meanwhile, six members of the speakers’ committee of the Catalan parliament, including Speaker Carme Forcadell, have been summoned to appear in the Spanish Supreme Court on Thursday and Friday. All face charges of rebellion, sedition and misuse of public funds for their role in organizing the illegal independence referendum of October 1, according to their lawyers. |
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| De Tijd |
Flemish town in shock after young woman is killed in New York outrage
The Mayor of Staden, home town of the Flemish victim of the Manhattan outrage, has spoken of his shock on learning the news that one of his townspeople had been killed when a terrorist went on the rampage with a pick-up truck on a cycling path in New York.
Mr Vanderjeugd first heard the tragic news from the Belgian foreign ministry and was then able to speak with the husband who survived the young Flemish woman who was killed. |
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| BTA |
Bulgarian Stock Exchange Begins Trade in Government Securities
The Bulgarian Stock Exchange (BSB) has opened a secondary market for government securities. On November 1, the Bulgarian Finance Ministry floated 20 bond issues with a nominal value of 5.5 billion leva. |
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Copenhagen enjoys record cruise ship season
Copenhagen is apparently high up on the list of cities that cruise ship tourists are keen to visit. So much in fact that 850,000 passengers have embarked from 325 cruise ships to take in the Danish capital so far this year – easily a new record. And there’s more to come. |
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Greek Migration Minister: 4,000 Migrants Arrived in One Month
There is a significant increase in migratory inflow with 4,000 asylum seekers arriving in one month, said Greece’s Migration Policy Minister Yiannis Mouzalas on Wednesday. Mouzalas spoke in a press conference, admitting that the situation on Lesvos is bad, and on the island of Samos it is very bad. He said that measures need to be taken immediately and called on a better implementation of the returns program that was agreed between Turkey and the European Union in March 2016. |
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| The Times of Malta |
Timing questioned as John Dalli’s daughters face money-laundering charges
Former EU Commissioner John Dalli’s daughters will face money laundering charges in a delayed case which has raised eyebrows. Charges were filed against six people, including Mr Dalli’s daughters Louise Dalli and Claire Gauci Borda, The Malta Independent and Malta Today reported today. |
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