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The Supreme Court of the Netherlands rules that same-sex marriage is legal in Aruba and Curaçao.
2024-07-12

The Scottish Parliament passes the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill by 86–39 votes, amending the Gender Recognition Act 2004 of the Parliament of the United Kingdom to simplify the legal gender change process in Scotland. The bill now awaits royal assent.
2022-12-22

Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland's First Minister, announces during a parliamentary debate session that an independence referendum bill will be tabled in the Scottish Parliament. The bill sets the date for the break-up vote at October 19, 2023. Sturgeon will try to bypass Prime Minister Boris Johnson's unlikely permission to conduct the referendum by referring the bill to the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
2022-06-28

Scotland begins a mandatory hotel quarantine for all international arrivals, requiring them to self-isolate for 10 days in one of six government-designated hotels.
2021-02-15

Scotland's Parliament approves a bill devolving authority for social care payments. The bill arranges staggered introduction with complete devolution by 2021 and formation of a new agency to administer it.
2018-04-25

The High Court in Glasgow jails corrupt juror Catherine Leahy for six years in the first case of its kind in Scotland.
2018-04-19

Britain's Royal Air Force (RAF) escorts an Egyptair Boeing 777 bound for New York to Glasgow Prestwick Airport in Scotland following an onboard incident.
2013-06-15

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signs New York State's Marriage Equality Law, legalizing same-sex marriage in New York, and making New York the largest U.S. state to approve such legislation since California reversed its legalization in 2008.
2011-06-25

Vaughn R. Walker, the Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California, rules in "Perry v. Schwarzenegger" that California Proposition 8 banning same-sex marriage in California is unconstitutional.
2010-08-4

The Irish Aviation Authority closes Donegal Airport, cancels at least two flights and announces the closure of all airspace in Ireland on Monday due to Icelandic volcanic ash, while British Airports, including some in Scotland, may also be affected due to continued eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull volcano.
2010-05-3