Justice Ministry

Former Environment Minister Erdoğan Bayraktar, who resigned from his position after the Dec. 17 graft probe, allegedly manipulated newspaper ads to “nurture” the pro-government media, according to a summary of proceedings sent to the Justice Ministry, daily Cumhuriyet reported May 28.

BELGRADE - Serbian Justice Minister Nikola Selakovic and special advisor to the government of Serbia Franco Frattini conferred Tuesday on the results achieved by the Justice Ministry so far and on preparations for the start of negotiations on Chapter 23, relating to judiciary and fundamental rights, the Ministry stated in a release.

The trade union of the prison guards in Bulgaria is ready to announce a general strike of its members, its leader Ivan Petrov told the bTV national channel. 

“We are seeking solutions to the problems of those working in the prisons and are preparing a petition for changing the work shifts from 24-hour to 12-hour,” Petrov said. 

After three former Kosovo Liberation Army guerrillas accused of war crimes during the 1990s conflict went on the run, the Justice Ministry has blamed EULEX for allowing their escape.

"Direction of future regulatory changes unclear"

BELGRADE -- Transparency Serbia welcomed on Monday the introduction of the fight against corruption among priorities of the new Serbian government.

BELGRADE – Serbian MPs met on Saturday to continue a debate on the bill on ministries and draft amendments to the Law on Government.

The MPs put forward 60 amendments to the bill on ministries and two amendments to the draft amendments to the Law on Government.

The Justice Ministry’s general secretary for crime-fighting policies, Marinos Skandamis, on Thursday asked a prosecutor to launch an investigation into the death of an Albanian inmate at Aghios Stefanos Prison near Patra, western Greece, during a brawl.

The Justice Ministry has ordered an investigation into how an inmate at Korydallos Prison was found dead in the jail’s psychiatric word on Sunday. It is believed that the 40-year-old committed suicide by hanging himself with his shoe laces.

A prosecutor Tuesday brought criminal charges against nine prison employees, including the warden of Nigrita jail in northern Greece where the body of a 42-year-old Albanian inmate was found in his cell, covered in bruises, last week.