Oleksii Shevchuk, Partner, Spokesperson at Barristers Law Firm, Chairman of the Board of the Association of Lobbyists of Ukraine. In Ukraine, lobbying is gradually becoming a normal part of the democratic process. It enables businesses and civil society organizations to openly influence how decisions are made within the government. The Law of Ukraine “On Lobbying” establishes clear rules of the ...

Rachida Dati’s lawyers secured what their client wanted: The Paris criminal court will not try the outgoing culture minister and Paris mayoral candidate before the municipal elections, scheduled for March 15 and 22, 2026. Following a procedural hearing, the court on Monday, September 29, set her trial dates for September 16 to 28, 2026, over six half-days. She faces charges ...

A Colombian judge on Monday convicted former President Alvaro Uribe of abuse of process and bribery of a public official in a long-running witness tampering case, making him the country’s first ex-president to ever be found guilty at trial. Judge Sandra Liliana Heredia read her decision aloud to the court over the course of some ten hours. She found the ...

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — The former vice president of Ecuador who was detained last year during a highly criticized police raid on Mexico’s embassy in the South American country was sentenced Monday to 13 years in prison. Jorge Glas had been accused of misusing public funds intended for the reconstruction of two provinces affected by an earthquake in 2016. The quake devastated ...

Charges against the former prime minister comes as the military intensifies a crackdown on dissent in the West African country. Mali’s former prime minister, Choguel Maiga, has been charged with embezzlement and remanded in custody as the West African country’s military leaders intensify a crackdown over allegations of a coup plot. The charges against Maiga were revealed on Tuesday following a ...

Populist leader allegedly had a child with a teen girl in 2016, which would constitute statutory rape under Bolivian law. A Bolivian judge has ordered the arrest of the former president Evo Morales over his alleged abuse of a teenage girl while in office, raising the stakes in the state’s months-long showdown with the former leader. The judge in the southern city of Tarija ...