Anti-terrorism legislation

The Islamic State-inspired radical responsible for a supermarket knife rampage in New Zealand was watched for five years and jailed for three before authorities exhausted all avenues to keep him detained, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern revealed on Sept. 4.

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The 32-year-old Sri Lankan was only freed in July and had been under police surveillance since.

Turkey and the European Union held a counter-terrorism meeting on Nov. 28 in Ankara, seeking further cooperation to prevent and counter violent extremism, terrorism financing and links between organized crime and terrorism and to reinforce cooperation in the field of justice and law enforcement cooperation.

Authorities at Athens University and Athens Law School did not call in the police Friday when some 200 anarchists staged a sit-in at the latter institution. The anarchists took over the Law School in the morning.

Some were carrying wooden clubs and fire extinguishers, according to witnesses. The students and lecturers who were in the building were forced out.

Bulgaria starts an overhaul of its anti-terrorist legislation, reports the Sega daily.

On Wednesday the government set up a working group which will analyse the existing legislation and to formulate proposals for legislative amendments and administrative and organisational measures.