Prosecution

Public prosecutors in the German city of Stuttgart are investigating whether staff at auto parts supplier Robert Bosch GmbH was involved in the rigging of emissions tests by Volkswagen (VW), the prosecutor's office said on Dec. 16.

An indictment of the investigation into negligence of public officials in the killing of prominent Armenian-Turkish journalistHrant Dink in Istanbul has been approved by the court.

A case filed within the investigation into negligence of public officials in the killing of prominent Armenian-Turkish journalistHrant Dink in Istanbul has been inserted into the major case into Dink's murder.

Only reforms coordinated with the Chief Prosecutor can be carried out in Bulgaria, former Justice Minister Hristo Ivanov has said.

Ivanov, who on Wednesday stepped down after Parliament approved an amended version of his reform proposals, commented in an interview with private NOVA TV station on Thursday on the motives that had prompted him to step down.

Around a hundred people took to the streets of central Sofia to demonstrate over Parliament's decision to approve an amended version of judicial reform proposals submitted by former Justice Minister Hristo Ivanov.

A total of 26 former police officers may face trial as the indictment in the nine-year-long investigation into negligence by public officials in the assassination of prominent Armenian-Turkish journalistHrant Dink has been approved by an Istanbul prosecutor's office, daily Hürriyet has reported.

Bulgaria's Justice Minister Hristo Ivanov has resigned shortly after parliament approved an amendment to the Constitution concerning reform of the judiciary on Wednesday./p>

"I can say with great relief that I shall no longer exercise the powers of Justice Minister," Ivanov told parliament, according to BGNES./p>

Here is the press release of the Belgian federal prosecutor:

Kosovo's Special Prosecution Office on Monday issued an indictment against for Xhemshit Krasniqi for war crimes allegedly committed in Kukes in Albania.

Lawyers of the victim have reacted against the authorities' decision to return the indictment involving suspected public servants in the January 2007 murder of prominent Turkish-Armenian journalistHrant Dink to the prosecutor in charge of the investigation. The return means that cases will likely not be opened against the suspects.