Prawo

The British government has tabled a bill in the House of Commons requiring minimum service levels to be maintained in key sectors during strikes. The project is a reaction to the wave of wage strikes that has been going on since the beginning of December.more

Even the most moderate trade unions have opted to take to the French streets in a strike if President Emmanuel Macron lives up to his promise to raise the minimum retirement age above 62, Bloomberg reported today.more

Single-use items like plastic cutlery, plates and trays will be banned in England, the government has confirmed. more

Since the beginning of this term in the British House of Commons, i.e. since December 2019, MPs doing extra work unrelated to their parliamentary activities have earned £17.1 million, according to an analysis published yesterday by Sky News and Tortoise Media.more

UK authorities want to speed up investigations into war crimes committed by Russian forces during the war in Ukraine and, together with the Netherlands, have invited a meeting in March where justice ministers from around the world are to discuss support for the International Criminal Court (ICC) in London The Hague.more

Until March 31 carriers from the EU, including Poland, have more lenient solutions regarding access to the road transport market in Great Britain. Such an approach will reduce the negative effects of the new regulations on Polish carriers, assessed the head of the Polish Ministry of Infrastructure, Andrzej Adamczyk.more

Thanks to the decisive actions of Border Guard officers and the creation of a barrier on the Polish-Belarusian border, the number of attempts to illegally cross this border fell by more than 60 per cent. - informed Border Guard spokeswoman Lt Anna Michalska.more

London's top police officer has claimed that the city is "fantastically safe", with the homicide rate dropping last year, amid continued pressure on the Met after a series of scandals.more

Rishi Sunak’s new anti-strike legislation to enforce “minimum service levels” in key public sectors including the NHS and schools has drawn a furious reaction from unions as the prime minister scrambles to get a grip on industrial disputes.more

The Irish Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) has fined Facebook's parent company Meta €390m for violating privacy. The DPC also banned the company from forcing users in the European Union to accept personalized ads based on their online activity.more

Reckless cyclists and all e-scooter and e-bikes could be banned from part of the Thames Path in a bid to protect pedestrians. Those who flout the ban would be fined £100 under the proposals being consulted on by Hammersmith and Fulham Council.more

Taxes on unoccupied houses and flats, as well as a two-year ban on the purchase of houses for foreigners, came into force in Canada at the beginning of January. These provisions are intended to help solve the housing crisis.more

Around 5.7 million people have less than a month left to submit their tax return or potentially face a financial penalty, HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has said.more

There are more than 3,000 unclaimed estates in London and some people could be owed a small fortune from a long-lost relative.more

Lawyer Geoffrey Nice, who was the prosecutor in the trial of former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic, told the BBC that Vladimir Putin should be held accountable for war crimes, i.e. attacking civilian targets in Ukraine by his Russian army.more

A woman has been fined £1,500 after a cigarette was thrown out of her car window, in a clampdown on so-called “grime crime”. Council enforcement officers caught a driver dropping the butt out of the window of Maurine Bateesa's Nissan Duke through east London.more

The city council of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, the main city of the Canary island of Tenerife, has decided that as of 16 January 2023 it will not be possible to smoke cigarettes on the beaches of this island popular with tourists. The fine for breaking the ban is up to €750.more

Russians who have fled to the Netherlands for fear of mobilization in their country may be deported, said Secretary of State for Asylum Eric van der Burg. The Ministry of Justice explained that the mobilization in Russia has been canceled and therefore the normal procedure for applying for asylum through the Immigration and Naturalization Office (IND) is back.more

The man was suspected of immigration offences in an embarrassing revelation for the agency, which is tasked with stopping migrants arriving in the UK illegally. The Home Office suspended the official, who is believed to be in his late 30s, when concerns about him came to light. more

Journalists of the portal of the Czech newspaper "DenikN" have reached the classified material of experts who want to recognize the deliberate dissemination of disinformation as a crime. The government recommends subsidizing the media and NGOs that fight fake news.more

Poles used less than half of the ordered influenza vaccines. Now they are taking redundancies on a large scale - "Dziennik Gazeta Prawna" reports today.more

A warning has been issued to anybody with a Netflix, Amazon Prime Video or Disney Plus account in the UK. Millions are breaking the law by sharing passwords - after it was ruled yesterday password sharing was illegal.more

The Congress of Deputies, the lower house of the Spanish Parliament, approved a new law on gender reassignment last night. It can be used, under certain conditions, by children who have reached the age of 12.more

The Scottish Parliament yesterday passed the hugely controversial - including within the ranks of the ruling Scottish National Party (SNP) - Gender Recognition Bill, which means that legal gender reassignment will only require a person's declaration, with no medical tests.more

The European Parliament and the Council of Europe are considering a proposal to introduce regulations that would see single-use food containers and miniature soaps, shampoos and conditioners withdrawn from hotels. The proposal, which is part of the European Green Deal, aims to reduce unnecessary packaging, which almost immediately becomes waste.more