Judiciary

Hungarian leader calls the Hague-based court’s decision a “defamation” of international law.

Court alleges Israeli leader is complicit in “crimes against humanity.”

The right-wing prime minister has a “strategy” to discredit, frighten and silence critics, from the media to the judiciary, says a famous Italian journalist.

The expectation is that the president-elect won’t hesitate to reverse any last-minute Biden moves.

Sealed court filings obtained by POLITICO show judges on the Court of Appeal believe there are “no arguable grounds” for lenders to appeal latest ruling.

Germany’s diplomatic relations with Iran have reached “more than a low point,” Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said.

This “will have serious consequences,” added Annalena Baerbock, Germany’s foreign minister.

The consequential election comes as the governing Georgian Dream party presides over a widening split with the West.

Foreign policy will be kingmaker when Georgians cast their votes on Saturday.

The cleric’s supporters infiltrated the police and judiciary — but went too far when they challenged Erdoğan’s allies and family.

Beefed-up anti-protest laws take aim at climate activists and allow nonviolent protesters to be jailed.

A senior football official makes more than $200K a year at FIFA while also assessing future judges for Europe’s supreme court.

The legal decision raises questions about whether MEP Toni Comín will be able to take his seat.

New threat against Slovak PM who was shot in an assassination attempt in May.

Leaders of both parties have ignored pleas to prep.

The false claim that the French president’s wife was a transgender woman was propagated beyond France.

Prime Minister Robert Fico doesn’t care.

José Luis Escrivá has all the experience needed for the job but may struggle to escape the taint of cronyism.

The Meta CEO earlier this week asserted that Biden administration tried to “pressure” the company to downplay content about Covid.

Meta has largely won its legal battles over social media bias — and now its CEO is hedging his bets against a potential Trump presidency.

France’s president is an avid user of the app and POLITICO saw he was online “recently.” That didn’t shield Telegram CEO Pavel Durov from arrest.

Cover-ups, botched investigations and a general feeling of impunity set alarm bells ringing.

Bahruz Samadov was detained just months before the South Caucasus country hosts critical U.N. climate talks.