Law

Former Croatian Serb fighter Gojko Eror, accused of war crimes over the disappearance of 17 people from a village near Vukovar, has been extradited from Malta to Croatia face trial.

An Egyptian court has sentenced to death 529 supporters of ousted President Mohammed Morsi.

The news was first communicated by defendants' lawyers, France 24 has reported. Lawyers earlier complained they were given no chance to present their case.

The ruling can be appealed.

BELGRADE, OSLO - Serbia's State Secretary for the Interior Vladimir Bozovic has said in Oslo that UNMIK and EULEX should be more committed to solving the problems of the Kosovo Serbs, as well as battling organized crime and corruption.

He visited Norway March 21-22 and met with State Secretary for Foreign Affairs Bard Glad.

Deputy Chief Prosecutor Asya Petrova has informed that the prosecuting authority is not seeking a reinvestigation of a high-profile organized crime case codenamed 'The Killers.'

In a Sunday interview for Nova TV, Petrova explained that the prosecuting authority had lodged a protest against the acquittals stipulated in the ruling of the Varna Appellate Court.

Supreme Court prosecutor Efterpi Koutzamani has ordered an investigation into whether a solicitor’s office had knowledge of or helped a recent uprising by prisoners at Domokos jail in central Greece.

There are allegations that lawyers were aware that there was going to be a protest against plans to build a maximum-security facility in Domokos.

A 31-year-old man was arrested in Thessaloniki on Saturday on suspicion of nine attempted rapes in the city.

The suspect is alleged to have followed women into their apartment buildings and then assaulted them.

He is believed to have carried out the attacks between November 2013 and this month.

BELGRADE - A EULEX team of judges at the Kosovska Mitrovica court of first instance has requested that Oliver Ivanovic's lawyers provide proof of being registered with the Kosovo Bar Association.

Photo from a March 2013 protest by bondholders.

The Council of State, the country’s highest administrative court, on Friday rejected an appeal by Greek bondholders seeking compensation for having to accept a severe haircut on the value of their investments in the debt restructuring that took place in March 2012.

Narcotics officers at Athens International Airport on Friday arrested a 39-year-old Nigerian national after discovering an ingenious cache of drugs.

According to a police report, the 39-year-old, who had arrived at the Greek capital via Cairo, had concealed 1.74 kilogram of cocaine inside the metallic tubes that comprised the handle of his rolling suitcase.

A close associate of independent MP Nikos Nikolopoulos is facing corruption charges after being arrested in Athens late on Thursday.

The man, whose name was not made public, allegedly posed as a high-ranking state official and took money from foreign migrants on the promise of supplying them with a residence permit.