Misconduct

The police are now able to remove an abuser from the home they share with the victim, and prohibit them from approaching and communicating with the victim.

This measure is contained in Serbia's new Law on Prevention of Domestic Violence, that takes effect on Friday.

A prosecutor in Veria, northern Greece, has issued criminal charges against five suspected members of a racket that has been stealing and reselling trucks for years.

Romanian activists have announced they will take to the streets with their children on Saturday and Sunday in response to government threats to fine them for allegedly putting their youngsters in danger by bringing them to previous demonstrations.

We hear of sexual abuse, rapes and violence against women every day. Enough. 

We hear of male violence every day. Yes, this is the name of it: Male violence. 

The former chairwoman of the Central Election Commission in Romania has admitted to anti-corruption prosecutors that she accepted a bribe to the amount of EUR 275,000, reported BTA.

Ana Maria Petru, who occupied the post for 31 years, pointed out that most of the money was given to her by a firm which had several contracts with the election commission.

Outgoing Justice Minister Ekaterina Zaharieva has said a workgroup will come up with a plan on how to implement recommendations contained in the European Commission report on Bulgaria's judiciary and anti-corruption measures.

According to UN’s data, the average murder rate in El Salvador is 10 murders per day. This makes the country one of the world’s most violent ones.

What is unbelievable though, is that on Wednesday there was no murdered recorded by the police, something that even they can not explain!

Greece has a poor track record in fighting corruption in party financing, bribery and trading in influence, according to new report by the Council of Europe's Group of States against Corruption (GRECO), which said it saw no improvement since its last report in June, 2015.

Plagiarism in Croatia's academic community is not being dealt with and punished because fellow academics "turn a blind eye" to their colleague's misdeeds and damage the image of the community as a whole, Tomislav Pletenac, a professor of ethnology and cultural anthropology at Zagreb's Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences told BIRN.

A record-high BGN 18.5 M in property has been confiscated on behalf of the state after it was discovered that the assets have been acquired illegally. Another BGN 13 M in property have to be ruled on by the court. Thus, the total amount will reach BGN 20 M in assets confiscated with sentences that have entered into force.