Law

The EU judicial cooperation unit Eurojust bust an organized crime group that committed fraud on a large scale in Belgium and the Netherlands. 

It operated in Belgium, the Netherlands, Romania and Bulgaria and drained the social security systems in Belgium and the Netherlands. 

Hasim Kilic, the head of Turkey's Constitutional Court, criticized the government on Friday over its meddling into judiciary affairs.

Kilic claimed the cabinet was committing "a corruption of conscience", as Hurriyet Daily News quoted it as saying.

The trial of three former Bosnian Serb fighters was told that at least one of them admitted killing people at a primary school where Bosniaks were detained in Kalinovik in 1992.

Georgi Harizanov, former Chair of the Board of Directors of Bulgaria's state-owned Irrigation Systems, was brutally beaten in front of his home in Sofia late in Thursday.

The incident happened at around 10 pm in the Krasna Polyana residential district, according to reports of the Bulgarian National Radio (BNR).

Some 50 illegally built structures in the Plovdiv district of Stolipinovo are to be demolished by 5 pm on Friday .

The operation for the removal of the illegal structures is taking place under the supervision of gendarmerie and police officers, according to reports of the Bulgarian National Radio (BNR).

A former detainee said he was repeatedly beaten in captivity by Nedzad Hodzic, one of two Bosniak ex-servicemen accused of wartime crimes on Mount Igman.

Kosovo takes action against illegal construction

Authorities arrest officials suspected of corruption, draft new laws and destroy illegal structures.

Kosovo authorities are destroying illegally built structures. [Laura Hasani/SETimes]

Holders of law degrees issued from universities in European Union member states henceforth have the right to practice law in Greece without getting their certificates recognized by Greek authorities as had been the case.

Nikos Michaloliakos, leader of the neofascist Golden Dawn party who has been in custody pending trial for setting up a criminal organization since late September, is to remain in Korydallos Prison for another six months, according to a decision by the Athens Council of Appeals Court Judges that was made public on Thursday.