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Strawberry farm shooting verdict draws ire
There was an outcry on Wednesday after the owner of a strawberry farm in the Peloponnese, where 28 migrant workers were shot last year, was cleared of any wrongdoing along with one of his foremen. A court in Patra convicted two other foremen of aggravated assault and illegal use of firearms.
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War Veterans Condemn EU’s Kosovo Crimes Report
The War Veterans Association on Wednesday condemned the EU Special Investigative Task Force report into alleged crimes committed after the 1999 conflict, calling it “illogical, ridiculous and tendentious”.
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Macedonia Jails Albanian Terrorism Trial Protesters
The Skopje criminal court on Wednesday convicted the protesters of “participating in a crowd that was involved in criminal activity” and vandalising and throwing missiles at the court building during the unrest earlier this month.
They were ordered to pay a total of about 26,000 thousand euro for the damage to the criminal court building.
Two of four suspects in Nea Manolada strawberry farm shooting convicted
Only two of the four men on trial for shooting and injuring 28 migrant workers at a strawberry farm in Nea Manolada last year were convicted by a court in Patra on Wednesday.
The court cleared two men of all charges, found one guilty of causing bodily harm and another being an accessory to the crime.
Eleven police officers arrested in wiretapping probe
Eleven police officers were arrested early July 30 as part of an investigation into the alleged illegal wiretapping of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ErdoÄan and his inner circle.
The 11 arrested officers, which include former Istanbul police intelligence chief Yurt Atayün, were all charged with âsharing secret information and documents belonging to the state.â
Top administrative court suspends enviromental approval regulations
Turkeyâs top administrative court Council of State has suspended several articles of the Environmental Impact Assessment (ÃED)
Top administrative court suspends disputed eco approval regulations
Turkeyâs top administrative court Council of State has suspended several articles of the Environmental Impact Assessment (ÃED)
Student survivors testify in Korea ferry trial
Student survivors of South Korea's ferry disaster, testifying for the first time Monday in the murder trial of the captain and crew, recalled being repeatedly told to stay put as the ship was sinking.
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Russia Forced to Pay USD 50 B to Former Yukos Owners
A Hague-based court of arbitration ruled Monday that former majority shareholders of once-thriving oil concern Yukos should be awarded USD 50 B of damages.
According to the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, Moscow is to pay nearly half of the sum claimed by former owners, the Financial Times reported.
Office for KiM calls for Ivanovic's release
BELGRADE - The Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) voiced a request for leader of the Citizens Initiative 'Freedom, Democracy, Justice' Oliver Ivanovic from northern KiM to be immediately released from detention since the indictment against him has not been raised although six months have passed since his arrest.
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