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Bulgaria's Supreme Court of Cassation (VKS) has revoked the acquittal on the embezzlement case against the former head of the Registry Agency, Violeta Nikolova.

VKS is returning the case for retrial to the Sofia Appellate Court, according to reports of Sega daily.

German conservative politician Hans Michelbach commented today on the statements Greek Justice Minister Nikos Paraskevopoulos made yesterday on the issue of WWII reparations that Greece demands from Germany.

Chairman of Bulgaria's Supreme Court of Cassation (VKS) Lozan Panov announced that one of the deputy chairs of Sofia City Court (SGS) - judge Ivo Dachev resigned on Wednesday.

Although both Panov and Justice Minister Hristo Ivanov have demanded the immediate resignation of SGS's management en bloc, this has not happened to date, Darik radio reports.

The European Parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs unanimously decided to strip New Democracy MEP Theodoros Zagorakis of his parliamentary immunity, following a request forwarded by the Deputy Public Prosecutor at the Supreme Court of Greece on 19 December 2014 and announced in plenary on January 28, 2015.

Prime Minister Victor Ponta says his deputy Liviu Dragnea did not act alone and breached no law in the 2012 referendum to discharge the then President Traian Basescu.

Photo credit: (c) Silviu MATEI / AGERPRES PHOTO

Justice Minister Nikos Paraskevopoulos has said he is ready to sign an older court ruling that will enable the foreclosure of German assets in Greece in order to compensate the relatives of victims of Nazi crimes during the Second World War.

Greece's Supreme Court ruled in favor of Distomo survivors in 2000, but the decision has not been enforced.

Prime Minister Victor Ponta arrived on Wednesday morning at the High Court of Cassation and Justice (Romania's Supreme Court), where he was subpoenaed as a witness in the case of the 2012 referendum for the discharge of the then President Traian Basescu.

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A direct “Warning shot” has been fired against Germany by the government, while speaking in Parliament on the matter of compensations for WWII Nazi brutality on Greece and the Greeks between 1941 and 1944.

Justice Minister Nikos Paraskevopoulos stated he is willing to sign the Supreme Court’s decision to confiscate German state real estate in Greece.

Romania's Supreme Court on Monday said it had reopened a case on the miners' uprising of June 13-15, 1990, and had annulled previous rulings not to prosecute anyone in this case.

Three people suspected of involvement in the murder of a Tajik opposition leader in Istanbul, who had warned Turkish authorities of a possible assassination and asked to be given a security detail, were detained on March 9 by local anti-terror police, security officials have said.