House arrest

A homeless man has been sentenced to house arrest for using and selling drugs in Istanbul's Kadıköy district, Doğan News Agency reported.

Barış Alkan, 31, is not allowed to step outside the boundaries of a confined public area near a city bus station in the Söğütlüçeşme neighborhood because it is listed as his address in court records. 

Kosovo Serb political party leader Oliver Ivanovic, who is awaiting retrial for alleged war crimes, was released from detention but placed under house arrest for two months.

Chief appeals prosecutor Antonis Liogas on Monday ordered a preliminary investigation into the disappearance from the police's radar of a woman under house arrest who had been fitted with an electronic ankle bracelet as she was considered a flight risk.

More than half of Bulgarians generally approve the idea of volunte?r patrols of citizens detaining migrants who have crossed into the country, an Alpha Research poll shows.

The poll, ordered by private broadcaster NOVA TV, reveals that a total of 54.8% of respondents agree citizen's arrest should be used to deter migrants.

The international panel of judges of the Basic Court in Kosovska Mitrovica has decided to release Oliver Ivanovic from prison pending the outcome of his trial.

Ivanovic, who has been imprisoned for 20 months, will now be placed under house arrest.

A man has been sentenced to electronically-monitored home arrest for allegedly defaming President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an following a prosecutor?s objection to his release after he was detained over the same charge.

The Belgrade High Court replaced detention by house arrest with an electronic bracelet for Tabloid magazine editor Milan Mladenovic.

The 52-year-old is suspected of having used social networks to voice threats against Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic and certain ministers.

Phil Rudd, the Australian-born former drummer of rock band AC/DC, was released on bail after he was charged in a New Zealand court on July 20 for consuming alcohol in breach of the conditions of his home detention, court officials said. 

An Athens-based court on Wednesday rejected a sixth appeal by Viki Stamati, the wife of jailed former Defense Minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos, to have her prison sentence for money laundering commuted to house arrest, prompting Stamati to demand that the five-judge panel be replaced.

November 17 convict Savvas Xeros has signaled his intention not to wear the security bracelet required by a new Greek law for convicts with disabilities to be granted early release and house arrest.