Prosecution

BELGRADE - Serbian Prosecutor for War Crimes Vladimir Vukcevic and Bosnia-Herzegovina's Chief Prosecutor Goran Salihovic agreed in Sarajevo on Thursday to exchange liaison officers who would be appointed to the other prosecutor's office as representatives of their institutions.

The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has veiled incentives for judicial officers in the run up to a key election at Turkey’s top judicial body, prompting the main opposition party’s leader to label the incentives as a “political bribe.”

The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has veiled incentives for judicial officers in the run up to a key election at Turkey’s top judicial body, prompting the main opposition party’s leader to label the incentives as a “political bribe.”

Our justice system is undergoing a major crisis at the moment with internal tensions, pressures, lynchings and ever-groveling credibility, all of them decomposing justice as if aqua fortis has been spilled over it.

The ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) is stepping up its bid to break the alleged dominance of followers of U.S.-based Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen in the judiciary, who it claims are acting as a “parallel state.”

BELGRADE - The War Crimes Prosecutor's Office and the Association of Families of Kidnapped and Missing Persons in Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) requested on Friday that the special court for war crimes committed in the territory of KiM should be set up as soon as possible so that the offenders could finally be identified and convicted.

High-ranking suspects are prosecuted, says prosecutor

BELGRADE -- War Crimes Prosecutor Vladimir Vukčević has denied allegations of EU and OSCE representatives that Serbia is not prosecuting high-ranking war crimes suspects.

Members of Turkey’s top judiciary body, the Supreme Board of Judges and Prosecutors (HSYK), will change with an election in October when the current members’ term in office expires.

The Supreme Election Board (YSK) has decided on the timetable of the elections, which will officially be announced in the Official Gazette on Aug. 26.

Sofia Court of Appeals has dismissed Gergo Gergov, mayor of the Bulgarian town of Vidin.

The move was demanded by the Prosecutor's Office to avoid a risk of "putting pressure" on witnesses, according to the Bulgarian National Radio.

Prosecutors indicted Gergov after he was arrested in an investigation carried out by the State Agency for National Security (DANS).

Eleven soccer officials were on Wednesday given until September 15 before they have to face prosecutor Aristidis Koreas, who is investigating allegations that the draws to decide which match officials were appointed to referee games in Greece’s Super League were fixed.