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Dutch MEP and president of the spyware investigation committee Sophie in 't Veld presents draft findings of the inquiry in Brussels, November 2022. Photo: EPA-EFE/OLIVIER HOSLET

The Constitutional Court has annulled a decree in the Civil Code that a woman should take her husband's surname after marriage on the grounds that it is contrary to the principle of equality.

With this decision, which will enter into force after nine months, women will not need to file a lawsuit in order to use only their celibate surnames after marriage.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic met with Azerbaijani Minister of Labour and Social Protection of the Population Sahil Babayev on Thursday, thanking him for Azerbaijan's recent vote in the Council of Europe (CoE) on the so-called Kosovo's application for admission to the organisation.

It may read like a cheap thriller, but for the outside world these events helped support then-US secretary of state Madeleine Albright's claim that Slovakia had become a "black hole in the heart of Europe" under Meciar.

Greek-American community leaders filled the New York Greek Consulate to celebrate the release of the book, "The Extraordinary Greek People: Their Remarkable Achievements and Philosophy for Living from Ancient Times to Today."

Reflecting the changing mood in Greek-Turkish relations, Defense Minister Nikos Panagiotopoulos has hailed what he referred to as an extremely positive climate.

Orban's chief of staff, Gergely Gulyas, was even more dismissive of the whole affair at his regular Thursday presser, saying that Putin "would not be arrested in Hungary" because the ICC's Rome Statute was never promulgated in Hungary due to it being "incompatible with the Hungarian constitution".

The Labour Inspectorate has filed criminal complaints in a case involving two temp agencies from Slovakia and retailer Engrotuš where a number of shelf fillers from abroad reportedly worked massive overtime.

Modern Greece's first populist prime minister, Ioannis Kolettis, wrote that "[Alexandros] Mavrokordatos perceived Greece as Europe and the proof of this is the constitution of his government…"

President Rumen Radev canceled his participation in the tenth global forum in Baku. The head of state, who is in Azerbaijan, has tested positive for Covid-19. He was subsequently given two more tests, which were negative.