Criminology

Four police officers charged with causing fatal bodily harm in connection with the death of LGBTQ activist in September were released ahead of their trial, after completing their testimonies before an investigative magistrate on Wednesday.

The Environment Ministry presented a draft law on Thursday that could serve as a first step toward the legalization of illegal constructions in forest areas.

The draft concerns "residential clusters," or groups of at least 50 illegal constructions spanning an area of 2.5 hectares.

Turkey's Court of Cassation has ruled that a woman who stabbed her boyfriend to death amid a sexual assault "used the right to self-defense," concluding a key case with a landmark verdict that let the defendant walk free without any jail sentence. 

A criminal gang of four Georgian citizens has terrorized an Istanbul neighborhood by tracking down and assaulting victims with drilling bits.

Greek police detained on Monday a second suspect in connection to the death of an LGBTQ activist who was beaten last Friday in central Athens after he allegedly tried to rob a jewelry store.

Initial reports say the 55-year-old man is a store owner in the area where the incident took place last week.

A forensic report on a 33-year-old LGBTQ activist and performer who died last Friday after being beaten for allegedly trying to rob a jewelry store in central Athens was inconclusive as to the precise cause of death.

A 10-year-old child died in Kyustendil after a ridiculous accident last night. The boy was found in an elevator in Block 3A of the West neighborhood in the city, pressed by his bicycle.

Forensic investigators and researchers awaited access Sept. 3 to the National Museum of Rio de Janeiro, gutted in a fire, to find out how the blaze began and what remains of the 20 million artifacts that made the museum one of the most important in Latin America.

The badly decomposed remains of a man were recovered on Sunday from the eastern coast of the island of Evia.

The coast guard retrieved the body from a steep, rocky shore after being alerted to its presence.

The remains have been transferred to the department of forensic medicine and toxicology at the University of Athens, where an autopsy will be conducted.

A 13-year-old boy that had gone missing in the coastal town of Mati since Monday's deadly blaze was identified among the victims, according to an announcement by the Smile of the Child (Hamogelo tou Paidiou) charity on Saturday.