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A large drug lab in Bulgaria's southeastern city of Sliven has been busted.

According to reports of local police, as cited by the Bulgarian National Radio (BNR), the drug lab is believed to have been functioning for six months in a privately owned house.

Investigation launched against PIO suspects

BELGRADE -- The Organized Crime Prosecution launched an investigation against seven individuals suspected of abusing official position to illegally grant others pensions.

The first prosecution witness at the trial of Nikola Maric, accused of the detention, persecution and killing of Bosniaks in the Prozor area, said that the defendant repeatedly assaulted him.

Two unnamed former Bosnian fighters suspected of committing war crimes during the early 1990s conflict, including the torture and murder of civilians, were arrested in the Netherlands.

EU praises new procurement law in BiH

In an effort to end corruption in purchasing of goods from outside sources, the BiH parliament adopted a new law.

Parliament adopted the law on April 30th. [parliament.ba]

A Thessaloniki court on Thursday rejected an appeal by Turkish authorities for the extradition of Mehmet Yayla, an alleged member of the outlawed leftist Revolutionary People’s Liberation Party/Front (DHKP-C) who was arrested in the northern port in January on an Interpol warrant.

The head of the National Union of Judges and Prosecutors, Vassiliki Thanou-Christofilou, on Thursday rebuked claims by Golden Dawn spokesman Ilias Kasidiaris that Justice Minister Haralambos Athanasiou and judges aim to turn the trial of MPs of the ultra-right party into “a television spectacle.”

A Greek and a Bulgarian national who are believed to be behind the fatal beating of a woman in Kantza, northern Attica, earlier this month, have been arrested, police said on Thursday.

Officers of the the Financial Crimes Squad (SDOE) confiscated more than 9 million cigarettes at the western port of Patra on Thursday following a raid on containers that are believed to have been smuggled into the country from Indonesia.

BELGRADE - The Serbian government adopted at Thursday's session eight bills in the judiciary sphere, which will be forwarded to the parliament for an urgent debate.

The government adopted the bill on enforcement of criminal sanctions and the bill on enforcement of alternative sanctions, it was stated after the government's session.