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Some of the most politically sensitive cases being handled by Albania's special anti-graft prosecution have failed to move beyond the 'preliminary investigation' phase.

The head of the Larissa Appeals Court Prosecutors' office, Stamatis Daskalopoulos, on Monday officially requested that the Larissa Appeals Justices' Council convene in full to decide on the appointment of an appellate-level examining magistrate to investigate the Tempe rail crash, due to the seriousness of the case.

The government has withdrawn a bill aimed at enacting Prime Minister Robert Golob's much criticised promise for judges and prosecutors to receive a monthly bonus of €600 gross.

"There is no political focus in investigating Nexo's work." This was announced by the prosecutor general Ivan Geshev before the meeting of the parliamentary committee on legal issues.

He specified that the investigation was initiated in September and actions are planned for December.

"An investigation is underway against an organized criminal group with global international criminal activity that has affected the interests of citizens of various countries. Transactions made through the NEXO cryptobank over a 5-year period amounted to $94 billion.

According to The Washington Post federal prosecutors gathered enough evidence “months ago” to charge Hunter Biden with multiple crimes

Prosecutors have pledged to identity and charge all those responsible for Saturday's violent attacks on people attending a banned EuroPride celebration

Police, prosecutors, courts and social services in North Macedonia are still failing to recognise the various ways in which gender-based violence can occur, often leaving victims with nowhere to turn.

North Macedonia's chief state prosecutor, Ljubomir Joveski, has suspended the head of the Organised Crime Prosecution, Vilma Ruskovska, over a suspicion that she has made a "major professional mistake" while recently probing the premises of the Financial Police for alleged crimes.

Film director Paul Haggis was detained on June 19 for investigation of allegations that he sexually assaulted a woman in southern Italy, Italian news media said, quoting local prosecutors.

The Canadian-born, Oscar-winning Haggis, 69, has been in Italy for a film festival that begins today in Ostuni, a tourist town in Puglia, the region that forms the "heel" of the Italian peninsula.