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ROME AP 鈥?The Vatican went on trial in a London court Wednesday, as a British financier sought to recover from the harm he said he suffered to his reputation as a result of a Vatican investigation into its 350 million euro around $375 million investment in a London property.It is believed to be the first time the Holy See has been forced to stand trial in a foreign court.A Vatican tribunal has already convicted Raffael stanley cup nz e Mincione of an embezzlement-related charge, and sentenced hi stanley cup usa m to more than five years in prison, for his role in the London deal. But Mincione, who remains free pending an appeal, lodged a counter civil claim against the Holy Sees secretariat of state at Londons High Court, insisting he ac stanley cup ted in good faith.On Wednesday, he asked the court to approve a series of declarations asserting that he indeed acted in good faith in his dealings with the secretariat of state, that the Holy See knowingly and lawfully entered into the transactions in question and have no grounds to make any claims against Mincione as a result. I am delighted that these proceedings in England are finally underway, Mincione said in a statement. I look forward to these issues being examined by an independent and internationally-respected judicial system. The Holy See had tried unsuccessfully to quash Minciones claim and in pleadings Wednesday urged the court to refuse to agree to the declarations Mincione is seeking. It said they were unnecessary since a Vatican court has already convict Npxr Former GOP head: Nomination could go to convention
BRUSSELS 鈥?The European Union on Tuesday released the names of 15 new people it is targeting for sanctions because of their roles in the Ukraine crisis.The list includes Gen. Valery Gerasimov, chief of the Russian General Staff and first deputy defense minister, and Lt. Gen. Igor Sergun, identified as head of GRU, the Russian military intelligence agency.The decision taken by the EU governments ambassadors in Brussels brings the total number of Russians stanley cup or pro-Russian individuals in Ukraine targeted by the EUs sanctio stanley cup ns to 48. Any bank accounts or other economic assets the sanctioned individuals hold in EU member countries are now supposed to be frozen, and they will no longer be allowed to travel to the EUs 28 member states.The EU move comes after the U.S. decided to broaden its own sanctions to include seven Russian government officials and 17 companies with links to Russian President Vladimir Putin.Russias Foreign Ministry protested that the EU action shows a complete misunderstanding of the political situation in Ukraine, and called it an open invitation to local neo-Nazis to continue creating lawlessness and extrajudicial killings against the civilian population of the southeast. Others on the new EU list Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak, who was appointed by Putin to manage the integration of Crimea into Russia.o Oleg Belaventsev, Putins plenipotentiary representa stanley usa tive in Crimea.o Oleg Savelyev, Russias minister for Crimean affairs.o Sergei Menyailo, actin |
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