One of my goals for 2025 is to simplify life by selling a rental property. A key decision in this process is whether to hire a top-tier real estate agent, who charges a higher commission, or opt for an average agent to save on costs. By “top-tier real estate agent,” I’m referring to an agent … Read more
In December 2024, the European Commission issued a communication to the European Parliament and the Council discussing the current situation of so-called ‘hybrid threats’ at the EU-Belarussian border. With the goal of stopping irregular arrivals of migrants and its facilitation by Belarus and Russia, the EU Commission outlines how EU primary law, namely Art. 72 … Read more
As I write this review on the eve of 2025, much hasn’t changed when it comes to the status of democracy in India. If anything, there are increasing concerns that the gains of democratic consolidation since the inauguration of the Indian Constitution are withering away and giving ample space for the entrenchment of a majoritarian, … Read more
Summaries of judgments made in collaboration with the Portuguese judges and référendaire of the General Court (Maria José Costeira, Ricardo Silva Passos and Esperança Mealha) Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber, Extended Composition), 17 July 2024, Case T-1077/23 Bytedance/Commission Digital services – Regulation (EU) 2022/1925 – Designation of gatekeepers – Online social networking service … Read more
On 21 March 2023, the European Commission brought infringement proceedings against Malta in the Court of Justice of the European Union for its continued refusal to end a perceived ‘golden passport’ investor citizenship scheme whereby Maltese citizenship, and hence citizenship of the EU, could be created by naturalisation. It asserted that Maltese naturalisation in those … Read more
