I. Introduction On 6 February 2025, Advocate General (AG) Spielmann issued his Opinion on the ongoing appeal in EDPS v. SRB (C- 413/23 P). While the case itself delves into issues of pseudonymisation, a point of interest lies in how this Opinion, far from departing from precedent, actually entrenches how the CJEU has proceeded to … Read more
On 18 March, the Pre-Trial Chamber II (PTC II) of the International Criminal Court (ICC) rendered a decision on the ‘Request for Reconsideration of the “Decision on Mongolia’s Requests for Leave to Appeal, Temporary Stay of the Proceedings, and Related Matters”’ filed by Mongolia on 2 December 2024. In essence, the Chamber denied the state … Read more
Online users in India, Japan, Singapore and South Korea are steadily growing reliant on smart home assistant such as Amazon Echo and Google Home to make it easier to access information and entertainment as well as automate many tasks, such as regulating the thermostat, lighting, refrigerators, and maintaining their calendars. Jaheer Abbas, senior director, Southeast … Read more
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. In a world full of Chinese-made products, one remains rare: the commercial jet. This absence of China’s passenger jets, built by state-backed manufacturer Comac, from international markets is not likely to change anytime soon. Last … Read more
Beatriz Magalhães Sousa (master’s student in European Union Law at the School of Law of University of Minho) Modern democracies face, nowadays, highly sophisticated and subtle threats. The electoral interference by third countries, while known to be a practice, has been thrown into the spotlight after the Romanian elections’ debacle – the Constitutional Court, doubting … Read more