European Court of Justice

Bulgaria Recognises Rights of Married Lesbian Couple in Historic First

A Bulgarian court has backed the right of a same-sex married couple to reside in the country for the first time in a landmark ruling.

The Sofia City Administrative Court ruled that the French-Australian couple should be allowed to live in Bulgaria together, reports Australian TV network SBS.

According to the Top EU Court, Spouses may be of the same Sex

The European Court of Justice, EU's top court, ruled on Tuesday that married gay couples have the same residence rights as straight couples in Romania in what is considered a landmark case involving a Romanian LGBT activist and his American partner.

EU countries should recognise the right of all spouses to residency even if they do not allow gay marriage, according to EU's top court.

European court judge seeks 13 mln euro fine on Greece over shipyard

The European Court of Justice's advocate general, Melchior Wathelet, has recommended that Greece be fined 13 million euros over Skaramangas Shipyards (ENAE).

Wathelet said Greece had failed to comply with a previous ruling by the court ordering it to reclaim subsidies to the previously state-owned shipyard west of Athens worth 670 million euros, with late fees.

Romania's air quality allocations this year - 33 ml lei through Environmental Fund (budget blueprint)

Bucharest, Feb 2 /Agerpres/ - Romania will allocate this year 13 million lei for the Program for the development and optimization of the National Air Quality Monitoring Network, and 20 million lei to reduce the impact of pollution on the atmosphere, water and soil, including air quality monitoring, reads the substantiation note for the budget blueprint of the Environmental Fund and the Environm

Romania Under Pressure to Recognise Same-Sex Spouses

Advocate General Melchior Wathelet on Thursday asked the European Court of Justice to issue a decision telling Romania to recognise same-sex marriages made abroad.

The court is set to rule on whether Romania should allow same rights to gay couples based on European Union freedom of movement legislation.

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