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Turkey has drawn praise from the Council of Europe for its recent judicial moves to allow citizens to apply directly to the country’s highest court ahead of a European-wide convention of constitutional court judges.

EU Commission expects that Bulgaria will not pursue activities regarding the construction of South Stream gas pipeline while an infringement procedure is under way.

Google began late Thursday letting people in Europe formally request to be "forgotten" by the world's leading Internet search service.
      
The move came just weeks after the European Court of Justice ruled that individuals have the right to have links to information about them deleted from searches under certain circumstances, such as it being outdated or inaccurate.

The European Court of Human Rights on Wednesday called on the Greek state to pay a total of 133,300 euros in compensation to six inmates of Trikala Prison after ruling that their detention was “inhuman and humiliating.”

In a court decision that was published on Wednesday the court upheld an appeal by the six plaintiffs who had complained of excessive overcrowding in the prison.

Delta Holding owner to turn to European Court

BELGRADE -- The defense of Miroslav Mišković will submit an application to the European Court of Human Rights due to the "excessive load" on their client.

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Thursday awarded 8,000 euros in damages each to two plaintiffs who filed a suit against the Greek state over the "degrading" conditions of their incarceration after being arrested for failing to produce a valid residence permit.

The European Court of Justice confirmed on Friday that the European Commission is taking Greece to court over its failure to close down a landfill at Kiato, west of Athens, despite repeated warnings.

The Kiato landfill has been operating illegally since 2002.