Parliament divided ahead of SWIFT vote
The European Parliament's main political groups appear to be at odds ahead of a vote next week on the SWIFT agreement, which allows EU citizens' banking data to be transferred to US authorities as part of the fight against terrorism.
Trial of Balkan war criminals still 'unfinished business' [de]
The rationale for the existence of a tribunal to redress the evils committed in South-Eastern Europe during the nineties is not yet exhausted, claimed Serge Brammertz, chief UN prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), on 26 January 2010.
EU to review banking data deal with US [fr] [de]
Viviane Reding, the EU’s incoming justice commissioner, is preparing a broad review of EU privacy rules in order to face new challenges, including the SWIFT agreement on the transfer of personal banking data to US authorities.
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