"What in the World?" - Week of Dec 10-16, 2017

The European Commission announced that it will sue Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic for not doing THIS:

Finding that existing laws violate provisions against discrimination, Austria’s Constitutional Court ruled that THIS will be legal, beginning in 2019:

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, former president of THIS nation, is charged with treason as a federal judge calls for her arrest over allegations that she was involved in a plot to hide evidence implicating senior Iranian officials in the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in her nation’s capital. The attack left 85 people dead, making it the largest in the nation’s history.

In an effort to mend long-damaged relations, Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan travelled to Greece on a state visit; the last time a Turkish president visited Greece was in THIS year:

As punishment for “systemic manipulation” of anti-doping regulations, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has barred Russia from competing in the 2018 winter games. Athletes who can prove that they are drug-free will still be able to participate, under all but THIS condition:

Despite a law passed by Congress in 1995 requiring that the U.S. Embassy in Israel be moved to Jerusalem, no president has complied, until now. The move would make the U.S. Embassy the only foreign embassy (consulates not included) in Jerusalem. Since 2006, all 86 of the foreign embassies in Israel have been located in THIS city:

France is mourning the loss of THIS singer, known as “the French Elvis.”

Which of the following traditions did UNESCO select for world heritage status?