Brussels, 27/02/2009 (Agence Europe) - European justice and home affairs ministers adopted, on Thursday 26 February, a draft framework decision fostering application of the principle of mutual recognition in respect of decisions rendered in absentia. The proposal aims to establish common rules for the recognition and implementation of court rulings in a member state other than that where the person concerned by the ruling resides (see EUROPE 9648 - trials in absentia). The Council also...