Public law

Mother accused of murdering her children remanded again

A second temporary detention warrant was issued by a court on Thursday against a 34-year-old woman for the deaths of her two younger children, Malena and Iris.

Roula Pispirigou, from the western port city of Patra, is accused of killing her three daughters in 2019 and 2021.

The 34-year-old is already in temporary custody for the death of her first-born, Georgina.

Ministry receives two bids in new call for delegated prosecutors

Ljubljana – The Justice Ministry confirmed it had received two applications for the two posts of Slovenia’s European delegated prosecutors in the second nomination procedure. Matej Oštir and Tanja Frank Eler, the candidates that had been rejected in the first call, have already said they have applied.

Justice Ministry state secretary steps down

Ljubljana – Anže Erbežnik, a state secretary at the Justice Ministry, has stepped down after less than a month on the job, the ministry confirmed for the STA.

Erbežnik was named to the post on 22 June, a week after Marjan Dikaučič was appointed minister following the resignation of Lilijana Kozlovič over the government’s refusal to appoint two European delegated prosecutors.

One country in Europe faces lockdown and introducing curfews

Indoor discos will not work, the working hours of stores are limited, as well as the number of customers, and curfew is introduced.
Catalonia, the epicenter of the fifth wave of the pandemic, is preparing to ask the regional judiciary for the green light to introduce curfew in the most affected cities, including Barcelona, Catalan media report.

Peak in Covid-19 Infections Makes Spain Turning back to Restrictions

Closing of discos indoors, restrictions on working hours or the number of customers and even the return of curfew: facing a sudden explosive increase in the number of new cases of COVID-19, various regions of Spain are gradually returning anti-cancer measures, BTA reported, citing AFP .

Pages