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Eunseo Hong
Eunseo Hong is Courthouse News’ Europe courts correspondent, based in the Netherlands. Originally from South Korea, she covers international courts and legal issues, with a focus on EU legal affairs and the International Court of Justice.
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Google says its shopping search is fixed. Rivals beg to differ
A London damages trial opened Monday with competing accounts of whether Google’s post-2017 changes restored competition or preserved its dominance.
EU court says anti-vaccine views are opinions, not protected beliefs
An Italian army officer who refused a Covid-19 vaccine failed to convince Europe’s highest court that his objections amounted to a legally protected belief.
Ex-wife’s eBay account sparks fight over hacked evidence
EU judges ruled that courts may, in some circumstances, rely on evidence linked to illegally obtained personal data.
Political leak in postal merger may qualify as protected speech in EU
A Belgian opposition politician fined for revealing a secret privatization deal scored a partial win in the bloc's top court, which could expand the concept of media freedom.
France can demand age checks on porn sites and limit police alerts, but Brussels gets a say
France scored a legal win — but not a free pass — in its push to protect children online and stop drivers from dodging checkpoints.
While Russia bombs Kyiv, Ukraine moves closer to Europe
EU member states opened the first chapter of Ukraine’s accession negotiations Monday, bringing the country deeper into the bloc’s membership process.
Spain lawfully intervened in risky home birth, rights court says
Judges found authorities acted lawfully when they intervened to hospitalize a woman whose pregnancy had passed 42 weeks and whose baby showed signs of possible distress.
Rights court finds Italy shut Jehovah’s Witnesses out of religious funding system for decades
Europe’s top human rights court criticized Italy for unlawfully keeping the group outside a scheme that opens the door to public funding enjoyed by many other religious groups.