Criminal law

The Hague Tribunal sentenced wartime general Zdravko Tolimir to life imprisonment for the genocide of Bosniaks from Srebrenica, but acquitted him on appeal of committing genocide in Zepa.

Chief prosecutor of the National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) Laura Codruta Kovesi said Wednesday that former President Traian Basescu is neither a suspect, nor a defendant in any case built by DNA.

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At a plenary session on Tuesday, Parliament decided, 292 to one, that in order to approve the criminal investigation, remanding or pre-trial detention of MPs the majority vote of the MPs attending the vote session will be enough.

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Any changes to Bulgaria's Code of Civil Procedure that would enable prosecutors to intervene in commercial deals are extremely dangerous, according to the country's Chief Prosecutor Sotir Tsatsarov.

BELGRADE - The Department for War Crimes of the High Court in Belgrade acquitted Monday former member of the Tenja Territorial Defense Force Zarko Cubrilo of the murder of 11 Croat civilians in Tenja, eastern Croatia, in the summer of 1991.

The prosecution has the right to appeal this decision to the Appellate Court in Belgrade.

Medieval torture devices on display at Belgrade Fortress

BELGRADE -- The Public Enterprise Belgrade Fortress and its partners from Poland are preparing "a unique exhibition of medieval torture devices," Tanjug is reporting.

The exhibition is planned for mid-April.

BELGRADE - Public Enterprise Belgrade Fortress and its partners from Poland are preparing a unique exhibition of medieval torture devices for mid-April.

More than 60 instruments and descriptions of torture methods which served to punish offenders in medieval history will be exhibited at the Belgrade Fortress, in the casemates of the Military Museum.

Bulgaria's Specialised Anti-Corruption Unit, which will tackle corruption among high level officials, entered into operation on Monday.

The specialised unit will be under the direct authority of Chief Prosecutor Sotir Tsatsarov, daily Dnevnik reports.

Experts and victims’ groups believe that the Hague Tribunal’s final verdict on ex-officer Zdravko Tolimir will be vital for determining exactly where and why genocide was committed in July 1995.

BELGRADE - The Serbian government adopted late Wednesday a bill on the protection of the right to trial within a reasonable time.

Implementation of this law will improve judicial protection, prevent lengthy court process and inefficiency of participants in court proceedings, the government's media relations office released.