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Both top opposition leaders, center-right New Democracy’s (ND) president Vangelis Meimarakis and centrist Potami party leader Stavros Theodorakis warned this week against snap elections in the country.
Crisis-plagued Greece last held elections in January, with leftist SYRIZA taking power in a coalition with the rightist-populist Independent Greeks’ (AN.EL) party.

Turkey's Supreme Court of Appeals has set the date for the first appeals hearing in the Ergenekon coup plot case, months after the Chief Prosecutor's Office asked for a reversal of the rulings in the case from a methodological perspective.

The Philippines said on July 16 it would re-open a former US naval base that was closed more than 20 years ago, stationing its own military hardware at the facility that faces the flashpoint South China Sea.

Attorney General with the Prosecution Service of the Supreme Court of Justice and Cassation Tiberiu Nitu believes setting up a judiciary police department at the Romanian Police made up by specialist judiciary police officers and agents to tackle exclusively criminal investigations in pending court cases is opportune.

An arrest warrant has been issued for retired Brigadier General Zeki Es, who has yet to surrender despite receiving a jail sentence of six years eight months for his alleged role in a mine blast in Turkey's eastern province of Hakkari that killed seven soldiers in 2009. The sentence was approved by the Military Supreme Court of Appeals 12 months ago.

The Criminal Court in Skopje has rejected the arguments by the defence for the opposition Social Democrat leader, Zoran Zaev, and has ruled that he should face trial in a case in which the chief witness is his main political opponent, Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski.

Arben Frroku is believed to have fled Albania following the Serious Crimes Court's first instance ruling on April 3rd, which found him not guilty of the murder of a policeman.

Genc Gjokutaj, his lawyer, said that the court had been under political pressure and he would appeal to the Supreme Court.

Greece?s courts will be closed from Tuesday until July 8, according to instructions issued on Monday by Justice Minister Nikos Paraskevopoulos.

Turkey's Supreme Court of Appeals has stated in a key ruling that fidelity among married partners would not be sought and be made the subject of a divorce after a divorce case has been filed.

The Supreme Court ruled on June 26 that the U.S. Constitution provides same-sex couples the right to marry in a historic triumph for the American gay rights movement.

The court ruled 5-4 that the Constitution's guarantees of due process and equal protection under the law mean that states cannot ban same-sex marriages. With the ruling, gay marriage will become legal in all 50 states.