Tag: judgements
Terrorist attacks in Brussels: Several accused found guilty
Brussels Terror Trial Eight defendants in court were charged with 32 counts of terrorist murder. (Photo: dpa) Brussels In the trial of the Islamist attacks in Brussels in 2016, the…
Service providers are allowed to refuse homosexual couples
Washington Same-sex couples can be barred from certain services on religious grounds, according to a US Supreme Court ruling. The Supreme Court in Washington ruled on Friday in the case…
Service providers are allowed to refuse homosexual couples
Washington Supreme Court The Supreme Court made two far-reaching judgments on Friday. (Photo: AP) Washington Same-sex couples can be barred from certain services on religious grounds, according to a US…
Girocard fees inadmissible – but banks hardly have to pay any fines
card payment Since 1990, merchants have had to pay a fee of 0.3 percent of the turnover to their bank for a customer’s giro or EC card payment. (Photo: imago…
Increasing party funding by 25 million unconstitutional
Bundestag Since a ban on predominantly state party financing is derived from the Basic Law, the state share must not exceed that generated by the parties themselves – for example…
Hanno Berger appeals to the Federal Court of Justice
Cum-Ex trial against tax attorney Hanno Berger The 72-year-old was a driving force in the share deals, in which financial players staged a confusion about the dividend record date and…
Hanno Berger appeals to the Federal Court of Justice
Cum-Ex trial against tax attorney Hanno Berger The 72-year-old was a driving force in the share deals, in which financial players staged a confusion about the dividend record date and…
Ex-Postbank shareholders can hope for additional payments again – 700 million euros are being demanded
postal bank Between 2008 and 2015, Postbank was completely taken over by Deutsche Bank. (Photo: imago images/imagebroker) Karlsruhe In the long legal dispute with Deutsche Bank, former Postbank shareholders can…
Karlsruhe allows participation in the multi-billion EU Corona fund
A European flag and a German flag are flying in front of the Federal Constitutional Court In the dispute over Germany’s participation in the EU’s billion-euro Corona development fund, the…
What the new verdicts mean
Girls in front of a refugee shelter The German law, which has since been changed, set too strict standards for the child benefit entitlement of refugees. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The…
What the new verdicts mean
Girls in front of a refugee shelter The German law, which has since been changed, set too strict standards for the child benefit entitlement of refugees. (Photo: dpa) Berlin The…
Boris Becker: Tennis legend has to go to prison
London Boris Becker had to be taken directly into custody after the verdict. (Photo: IMAGO/UPI Photo) London It’s a bad blow for one of the most popular German athletes: Boris…
Bavarian constitution protection law is partially unconstitutional
Federal Constitutional Court The judges in Karlsruhe criticized several provisions in the Bavarian Constitutional Protection Act. (Photo: dpa) Karlsruhe The far-reaching powers of the Bavarian Office for the Protection of…
What the Corona judgments of the courts mean
Berlin Curfews, compulsory masks, school and business closures: Since the corona virus reached Germany exactly two years ago, politicians have taken many measures to contain the pandemic. Fundamental rights were…