Hello everybody,

I wrote a post already in this group a few months back, and I was suggested to submit my case to the European Ombudsman.

In short, I applied to a call for project proposals manager by the EACEA, and the review presented a factual error. When I made the EACEA notice the problem, they mentioned a restriction in the acceptd content that was not reported in the guidelines. When I challenged the manifest error, the high officer of EACEA denied any wrong doing with a questionable response.

Since the EU defines ad power abuse in proposal rejections also forms of inadeguate reasoning in the conclusion, I submitted a complaint to the EU Ombudsman, which acknowledged my eligibility and then dismessed my complaint with a general "no sufficient grounds".

In my new journey as a whistleblower and advocate for research integrity, I reported the problem in this video, so that it may bene easier for anyone to grado the injustice.

Fact is that a layer I consulted suggested that terms to bring the case to court has expired. It has passed about 5 months from last corrispondence with the EU Ombudsman, and about 1 year from their decisione/dismissal.

I would be eternally grateful if anyone here would like to review the problem and let me know your opinion. I now started to look for support and public support to the cause.

Thanks for the consideration. Here the link to my YouTube video: https://youtu.be/AuwQQbj5yUY?si=9ILyc6XITzzPzVLx

Hi all. I would like advice on how to start with the small claims procedure.

I am an autonomo in Spain and I have a client in Slovakia. They have not paid me over a month now and I have been reminding them weekly. I know their company details, address and have kept proof of emails, chats and invoices.

Any help would be appreciated.

Edit:
They owe me less than 2,000 euros.

Is there bill of rights?

Hello everyone,

I’m a lawyer from South Asia (Bangladesh) with both an LLB and LLM from the top-ranked university in my country. I have been working at a private commercial bank for the last 2.5 years as a documentation manager (collateral, charges, and security-related documents). Before that, I practiced at the lower court for 1.5 years dealing with banking and negotiable instruments matters.

I’ve recently been accepted into the LLM in International Business Law program at Ghent University. Meanwhile, KU Leuven has kept me on the reserve list for their LLM program, with the track specialization of International and EU Business Law. I’m currently trying to decide whether to enroll. I have some serious questions and concerns, especially considering my background and long-term goals. I have no real interest in practicing law at Belgium or in EU, but I want to work in banks or financial institutions in a legal consultation/contract supervision/documentation role.

My main questions are:

1. Post-LLM Job Prospects in Belgium or the EU:

How realistic is it for a non-EU, non-French/Flemish-speaking international graduate to find legal or quasi-legal work (as mentioned, preferably in financial institutions) in Belgium or nearby countries after graduation?

1. Language Barrier:

I don’t speak French or Flemish. Will this severely limit my academic experience, social integration, or job prospects, even though the program is in English?

1. Cultural and Practical Obstacles:

Are there particular challenges that South Asian students or professionals typically face in Belgium, whether cultural, bureaucratic, or economic? Keeping the language barrier aside, of course.

I’d really appreciate insights from current students, alumni, locals, or anyone familiar with the legal/financial job market in Belgium. I want to make a decision based not only on academic interest, but also on realistic career planning.

Thanks in advance for your thoughts and guidance!

Hey everyone,

I’m based in Denmark and planning to use the “Classic Literature in ASCII” dataset from Kaggle for training a commercial AI model. According to the dataset page, it’s licensed under CC0 (public domain) , which should waive all copyright and database rights worldwide . Under Danish and EU copyright rules, works in the public domain can be used for any purpose, including commercial .

My questions: 1. Does anyone know if there are any EU or Danish-specific caveats when using CC0 datasets commercially? 2. Have you run into issues with modern translations or annotations in such public-domain collections? 3. Is it necessary to strip out any metadata (e.g., “Project Gutenberg” headers) to avoid trademark or related claims?

Appreciate any legal insights or personal experiences!

— Link to dataset: https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/mylesoneill/classic-literature-in-ascii

So I live in Czech Republic. I've ordered an Uber Comfort on Monday, with payment method being a credit card, driver started a ride without me, surely I cancelled it. I requested a refund and had chosen "refund to a bank account", instead I've got Uber Cashe, support started saying some bs like "we can not refund on the bank account because the payment method you used was cashe", which does not make sense, and when I sent a screenshot of payment to them they replied with something like this:"we can not do anything since uber cashe was refunded and we will not answer as we can not do anything else"

I will try to talk with my bank tomorrow and see if it's possible to get a chargeback, but I also wanted to ask some advice on what else can be done, where can I file a complaint. At this point it's not about the money, but the principle. I'm literally getting scammed by Uber

Hello, everyone!

Please help this kind citizen! I want to study LLM in Public International and European Law, but I don't know which one to choose depending on the employability stats and the job opportunities. I believe I'd like all 3 Master's Programs, but, unfortunately, I do not have the financial capacity/aid to spend it away on a program that doesn't help me in the future. I wish to work in international organizations in the legal field.
Also, are there people that finished an LLM in international law and are willing to share some insights?

Any advice is welcomed and thank you very much ! :)

The EU has regulations that are unfriendly to indie game developers.

First, you must make your physical address public. Indie game developers can use a P.O. Box, but it’s still a hassle.

Second, you need a "safety representative" residing in the EU to ensure that your game meets safety standards.

Maybe gamers in the EU should urge their politicians to amend these rules to make them more indie‑game‑developer‑friendly.

P.S.

See: https://igda-gasig.org/what-and-why/demystifying-eaa-gpsr/

My wife is in a dilema. She is Working in Denmark and lived there. After we married we naturally wanted to move together. Since I have a house in Germany we decided to move together there and comunute to Denmark together, we work in the same danish company paying full danish tax as Cross-boarder worker. While its easy for me as european to get health care thorugh the so called danish S1 form, we now found out that my wife as non- european is not eligibalbe for danish Healthcase (the so called special yellow card). As it turns out, denmark opted out to provide healthcare for non-europeans if they live in another country than the Scandinavia countries. German healthcare (GKV / PKV) seems to be not a solution since they refuse to take my wife as she doesnt have german income..

ChatGPT was no use, so I wanted to try my luck here if anyone can help me how I can proceed?

I’m part of a Czech business, and we recently tried to buy a van from a company in the Netherlands. They refused to sell to us purely because we are not based in the Netherlands. There were no other reasons given—just that we’re a foreign company.

Is this kind of refusal legal within the EU Single Market? I thought EU law prohibits discrimination based on nationality or country of establishment. Are there exceptions that would allow this such behavior? Or what actions can we take?

Hi guys. I'm not type of person who will seek petty revenge or anything - but without getting into details, way AirArabia employees acted few times made me want to seek compensation - if applicable.

Short story: Got two way plane ticket Poland-Thailand. But few days before my departure back to Poland I got a mail that "sorry, we won't be flying to Poland that day. We can refund or choose different day. I chooses departure 2 days later.

Also during departure, we had 3h delay.

Is any of this situation applicable for compensation?

Apologize in advance if is the wrong sub. I’ve read about EU regulation on allergen labelling with zero-threshold for quantity. But at the same time “gluten free” labeling requires a threshold of less than 20ppm. I can’t understand the difference. Does that means that a product with no wheat (or related) allergen highlighted in label and no “gluten free” claim can still be potentially be contaminated by gluten?

Hi all! I have a question as a foreign jurist that would like to qualify in Belgium. I have a licence in France as a juriste-linguiste and two other EU masters in law- not French though. I will also start an internship in Brussels. To get qualified in Belgium, I would have to pass the aptitude test. How difficult is this, given my background in French law? Are there preparatory courses? Should I extend my internship at the law firm to make it a traineeship under which I could later qualify for the Belgian bar, once having obtained my aptitude test? Thanks

Hi, I'm a law student studying international law and I'm researching the latest laws passed by the Hungarian parliament. Does anyone know where the proposals and laws are stored? There's nothing on the parliament's official website and not even chatgpt could help me.

It has been a while now since this case was first mentioned. We now have confirmation that the allegations were well-founded.

Yesterday, it was confirmed that Alexander Broadel was in partnership with a consultant, collaborating on certain consulting work and accounting reports, splitting the revenues generated by those services, diverting funds while CFO at Itau, and breaching the bank’s policies.

His business partner, Eliseu Martins, on Monday paid an additional 2.5 million reais ($440,000) to the Latin American bank reaching a settlement.

Now, how is it possible that the ECB did not ask Santander to have Broedel resign from his current position and the possibility of becoming chief accounting officer of the Spanish bank?

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/itau-presses-suit-against-former-cfo-after-settling-with-ex-consultant-2025-06-02/

Hey Guys. I will visit crete in 2 Month and i want to take some nice Videos with my Mini 4 Pro. So i was checking the drone laws. And from what ive Read Since oct. 2023 you dont need to have a approval for each flight. Even on the hcaa site it states:

Here

https://hcaa.gov.gr/en/geniki-aeroporia-smiea

And

Unmanned Aircraft Systems – Drones | HELLENIC CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY - HCAA

Do I need to obtain an authorisation before flying my drone? ('open' category)

No prior authorisation is needed for operations in the 'open' category

Now i contacted the Hcaa and they now are telling me i need approval for each flight. They said its beacuse there could be military stuff which is not on the dagr map... then then they send me a document on how to apply for flights and in this documents its said that you only have approval if you overlap a yellow zone:

The process is applicable when the area selected by the operator is overlapping a Drone Aware GR restricted zone (yellow colored rectangle and/or circle

Also when other people tried to apply for a free flight zone they got this response:

The selected area is not limited by a Drone Aware zone. A flight authorization is not required. Always respect rules and limitations posed for the OPEN Category, particularly Articles 4 and 22 of EU 2019/947. Please re – adjust the polygon of the selected flight area in order to maintain VLOS at all times. AVOID overflying non- involved persons.

I confronted them with These information and they stopped responding. Was it just Bad luck with a dumb employee?

Since i cant Read greek could anybody check the law for me please? Am i in the wrong?

Best regards

So, I was thinking about something recently. I bought Minecraft back in 2011 from Mojang, everything good. Then Microsoft bought Minecraft, changed it and took away my access to the game unless I agreed to their terms of use. They also removed the possibility to use the original version, and demanded I make a Microsoft account to use the product. None of this was in my original purchase contract that I made back in 2011. The game I originally bought has been taken away.

I'm not sure if there was an original EULA or ToS back in 2011, but are digital products purchased not considered property in any normal sense? If that were true, then in theory, I could buy up the licenses for all the world's digital games, make changes to them that removes access to the buyer, and demand that everyone agree to my terms. Could anyone challenge this legally under current EU law? Could I challenge Microsoft?

Im not refering to consolidated text. But a way to find out the date when a certain regulation was amended. Consolidated texts are not always up to date, which is why I am asking. Thanks!

A company in Jordan is offering to supply Belarusian wood to an EU-based company. The EU company wouldn’t bring the wood into the EU — instead, they’d purchase it (on paper or via direct shipment) and sell it directly to clients in Saudi Arabia, UAE, or India.

The shipment would go directly from Belarus (or via Jordan) to those end destinations, never physically entering the EU.

Would this still violate EU sanctions, even if the goods never touch EU soil? Is this considered circumvention?

Anyone with legal or compliance experience in trade/sanctions — would appreciate your thoughts.

How do I move to the US from Europe with a law degree

I’m a born and raised Belgian. When I was 17 I unfortunately took a career path that pretty much (though I hope not) pinned me down here for the rest of my life, because I chose law. Ever since graduation I’ve wanted to leave but I don’t know where to start in looking for a job abroad. I have an advanced masters degree in European IP and IT law and I am not clinging to a strictly legal job. Im open to stuff like contracts management, paralegal, consultancy or something. Or even completely unrelated stuff. Can anyone share their insights or tips on making my way into the US job market ? Or is it hopeless?

I’ve been reading up on EU climate policy lately and keep running into stories about seemly most EU governments or parties starting to push back - often using language like “ordinary people vs elites.” I’m curious if that’s something everyone else is seeing too? Like, does it feel like climate policies are becoming even more politically divisive where you are (compared to, say, 5 years ago)

I’m working on a project related to this, but mostly just trying to get a better feel for how people see it in different countries. If you have thoughts, I'd love to hear them.

(And if you’re up for it, I also made a short experimental survey about this, but no pressure - more curious about people's perspectives: https://uva.fra1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0p3tYmxDSgSrV4y )