Finnish law

Ljubljana – The average duration of court proceedings decreased in the first half of this year compared to the pre-pandemic the first half of 2019, the Supreme Court said. Durations have however increased for certain types of cases, such as inheritance proceedings.

The Supreme Court is expected to decide in the next few days, possibly before the end of the week, whether eight Turkish military officers who landed their helicopter in Alexandroupoli hours after an attempted coup in their homeland should be extradited.

The Supreme Court on Friday rejected an appeal by the Finance Ministry for a lower court ruling ordering the ministry to rehire hundreds of laid-off cleaning staff to be frozen.

The country’s top court rejected the ministry’s appeal, for a temporary order to freeze a decision by the Athens Court of First Instance, less than 24 hours after it was lodged.