On Friday 30 April 2021, the Supreme Court handed down judgment in the case of Zabolotnyi v The Mateszalka District Court, Hungary [2021] UKSC 14. In a unanimous decision, the five-person court upheld the Divisional Court’s decision to dismiss the appellant’s appeal against an order for his extradition to Hungary but held that its […]
Hungary and Poland have voted to block the EU’s trillion euro budget and coronavirus recovery package over a clause which makes receipt of money from Brussels conditional on Member States’ adherence to the rule of law. Both Hungary and Poland have been subject to criticism and EU internal disciplinary procedures in recent months in response […]
Background facts The appellant appealed against an order for his extradition to Hungary made on 19 January 2018. The appeal had been delayed in order to allow cases dealing with prison conditions in Hungary to be heard in the High Court. That ground of appeal remained stayed until after the judgment of the Divisional Court […]
On 28 June 2019, Budapest’s Capital City Court ruled that Nikola Gruevski should not be extradited to Macedonia. The court’s ruling explained that as Mr Gruevski has been granted asylum in Hungary he cannot be extradited to Macedonia. Mr Gruevski was Prime Minister of Macedonia from 2006 until 2016. In May 2018, a Macedonian court […]
The US have had their extradition request for two suspected arms dealers denied by the Hungarian authorities. The two suspects have instead been extradited to their native Russia. The US had requested that Hungary extradite Vladimir Lyubishin Snr and Vladimir Lyubishin Jnr so that they could face charges relating to drugs and arms dealing. The […]
The Macedonian government has reportedly filed an extradition request for its former Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski. Mr Gruevski is currently residing in Hungary and has reportedly been granted asylum there. Mr Gruevski was Prime Minister of Macedonia from 2006 until 2016. In May 2018, a Macedonian court sentenced him to two years’ imprisonment for unlawfully […]
INTERPOL has renewed a Red Notice against the head of Hungarian energy group, MOL. The Red Notice request was issued by the Croatian judicial authorities who have indicted MOL’s Chief Executive, Zsolt Hernadi, on allegations of bribery. It is alleged that Mr Hernadi paid bribes to the former Croatian Prime Minister, Ivo Sanader, in order […]
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