Criminal procedure

The trial into the murder of the Turkish-Armenian journalist Hrant Dink has taken a significant turn after the court in Istanbul overseeing the case announced that it will focus on the “criminal organization” allegations against suspects, a move that lawyers representing the victim’s family had demanded since the start of the retrial.

The Prosecutor's Office said on Monday that it would complain about the state court's decision not to remand the suspects in the so-called ‘Gibraltar' case in custody.

"The prosecutor will also demand a temporary measure - the sequestration of all the suspects' property, their movable and immovable property and the freezing of their accounts during the [legal] process," it said.

The European Court of Human Rights has fined Turkey 11,200 euros for failing to provide adequate legal assistance while Önder Çarkçı was in custody, violating his right to a fair trial

Romania's chamber of deputies on Monday gave its approval for prosecutors to open a criminal investigation into Valerian Vreme, a parliamentarian suspected of money laundering, abuse of office and bribery in relation to software licences for schools.

The lawyer of Golden Dawn spokesman Ilias Kasidiaris, currently in pretrial detention over charges of illegal weapons possession, has quit after judges rejected his appeal for the release of his client.

The Supreme Court is to review the decision by judges in Patra to acquit two of the four men charged over the shooting of 28 migrant workers at a strawberry farm in Nea Manolada last year.

BELGRADE - Drivers will be able to make an agreement to admit to an offence from the Road Traffic Safety Law only in official police headquarters, in the talks with traffic police chiefs authorised to file a request to launch offence proceedings, the Interior Ministry (MUP) released on Friday.

The spokesman for neofascist Golden Dawn, Ilias Kasidiaris, was remanded in pretrial custody on Thursday after testifying before magistrates leading a criminal probe into the party, paving the way for the trial of GD lawmakers and members in November after a 10-month investigation.

A bomb threat interrupted Golden Dawn MP Eleni Zaroulia's testimony before an Athens court on Thursday.

Zaroulia, who is the wife of the neo-Nazi party's detained leader Nikos Michaloliakos, was facing magistrates on charges of joining and directing a criminal organization.

She was expected to deny the charges.

BELGRADE - The criminal pre-trial chamber of the High Court in Belgrade released from custody on Thursday three persons suspected of spreading false information on social networks about the number of persons killed in the floods that hit Serbia last week.