House arrest

Order points to rising US-Greek tensions

 Xeros, Maziotis put on list as Athens tries to ease concerns over prison bill

Tensions between Greece and the US grew Tuesday after Washington placed two convicted Greek guerrillas on a terrorism blacklist amid concerns that a third could soon be transferred from prison to house arrest under the conditions of a new prison law.

Govt tables amendment that may get convicted terrorist out of prison

The leftist Greek government has tabled an amendment in Parliament that could allow convicted "November 17" assassin Savvas Xiros to swap his prison cell for home confinement and an ankle monitor.

The amendment, tabled by the relevant justice minister, allows convicts serving a ? life sentence and with a percentage of disability above 80 percent to serve their sentence at home.

Bulgaria Plans To Use Electronic Tagging of Offenders Under House Arrest

Bulgaria's judicial authorities plan to introduce electronic tagging of criminal offenders put under house arrest, a prison system official said on Tuesday.

Currently, the electronic monitoring devices are used to track the movement of convicts sentenced to prison terms and released on probation, Valentina Karaganova, head of the project, told Nova TV station on Tuesday.

Court extends house arrest for lawyers Korenica and Vasic

BELGRADE - Judge of the EULEX Special Court in Kosovska Mitrovica Paulo Teixeira extended the house arrest for lawyers Dejan Vasic and Faruk Korenica because of the risk of them exerting influence on witnesses in the ongoing proceedings.

Lawyer Vasic told Tanjug on Friday that he will appeal the decision on extension of house arrest.

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