French leader proposes expansion of euthanasia laws — RT World News

French leader proposes expansion of euthanasia laws — RT World News

Source link President Emmanuel Macron said terminally ill patients will be allowed to request “help to die” French President Emmanuel Macron has vowed to expand the existing euthanasia laws to allow more patients to request a medically assisted death. A bill on the matter will be presented to parliament by the summer, he said. In […]

Brussels starts ‘screening’ Ukrainian laws — RT World News

Brussels starts ‘screening’ Ukrainian laws — RT World News

Source link Brussels has announced launching a “screening process and putting together the negotiating framework” as part of negotiations with Ukraine on its ambition to join the EU. Some member states previously said Kiev was years away from achieving its goal. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen mentioned the new phase during a Wednesday […]

USSR made Crimea Ukrainian in violation of its own laws – official — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union

USSR made Crimea Ukrainian in violation of its own laws – official — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union

Source link A local parliament committee plans to ask the Russian Constitutional Court to review whether the 1954 handover was legal Crimea’s handover to Kiev in 1954, which made the peninsula part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, was facilitated through an unprecedented number of legal violations, Vladimir Konstantinov, the head of the Crimean parliament, […]

Russia set to toughen military draft laws — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union

Russia set to toughen military draft laws — RT Russia & Former Soviet Union

Source link Senators have discussed ways to counter foreign attempts to undermine the country’s military strength Russia may toughen its laws against draft dodging and undermining the capability of its armed forces. Members of the upper chamber of the Russian parliament discussed possible criminalization of ‘draft sabotage’ at a roundtable last Friday. A measure proposed […]