Crime

Nearly one fifth of Bulgarians have been in the car with a driver who has consumed alcohol. 37% have witnessed how their relative or acquaintance gets behind the wheel after using alcohol or drugs. 275,000 Bulgarians admit that they drove while intoxicated. This is indicated by the data from a survey by the sociological agency "Trend".

Recent reports regarding corruption in the Hellenic Police (ELAS) naturally raise concern among the public. 

It is not yet possible to separate fact from fiction and whether allegations are genuine or driven by clashes between rival groups inside the force. 

An African American man who died after he was brutally beaten by police in the southern US city of Memphis will be laid to rest Wednesday, as the shockwaves from his death keep pulsating across the country.

An appeals court in the northern port city of Thessaloniki on Monday upheld a prior prison sentence of 15 years and eight months handed to a 40-year-old man who shot his neighbor dead after the victim complained about loud music.

The Slovenian intelligence and security agency SOVA has apprehended and detained two foreign citizens who are accused of spying for Russia. They worked undercover, posing as South American businessmen, media reports say.

The US Treasury Department's top sanctions official on a trip to Turkey and the Middle East next week will warn countries and businesses that they could lose US market access if they do business with entities subject to US curbs as Washington cracks down on Russian attempts to evade sanctions imposed over its war in Ukraine.

An employee who attacked a doctor with a knife in the Istanbul Training and Research Hospital has been sentenced to 11 years in prison, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca has announced.

A 28-year-old man has been arrested for the murder of his father. The report of a man with multiple stab wounds found in "Studentski Grad" was received around 17:30 on Thursday.

The teams that arrived at the scene found the death of a 60-year-old man.

The victim and the suspect of the murder are Serbian citizens, with the status of permanent residents in Bulgaria.

Banks are ambivalent over the provision submitted to Parliament in a Development Ministry draft law about their liability regarding fraud in online transactions (phishing).

This was announced on Thursday by the chief state prosecutor in Karlsruhe.
"Arthur E. was arrested on Sunday in Munich after his return from the USA on the charge of participation in high treason," announced the Chief State Prosecutor's Office.