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Seven of the eight men arrested recently in the case of the pimping and rape of a 12-year-old girl in Athens have been remanded in pre-trial detention after testifying before an investigating magistrate.

One of the men, a 20-year-old son of another suspect in the case, was released on health grounds, but must report to his local police station once a month.

The continued pretrial detention of ethnic Greek mayor-elect Fredi Beleri by the Albanian authorities is not consistent with the rule of law, the Greek Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Thursday.

A Court of Appeal in Tirana extended the pretrial detention of the ethnic Greek mayor-elect of Himare who was arrested over an alleged election crime, state-run broadcaster ERT reported on Thursday.

Fredi Beleri was detained just two days before local elections that were held in southern Albania on May 14 over alleged voter bribery but still won the mayoral race. 

The Sofia District Prosecutor's Office brought to criminal responsibility a 27-year-old citizen of Ukraine, who illegally assisted foreigners to cross into Bulgaria.

The police in Pernik detained a 41-year-old man from Pernik, suspected of having caused the death of his wife.

Around 4:30 a.m. on April 29, a report was received that a 43-year-old woman was found dead in an apartment on Yu. Gagarin Street. Police officers responded immediately and pre-trial proceedings were initiated.

The Sofia District Prosecutor's Office will prosecute a Ukrainian and two Syrians for being traffickers.

The three were detained in an apartment in the residential complex "Zapaden Park" in the city of Sofia. In order to obtain for themselves a property benefit, the accused V.K., K.D. and M.M. assisted 40 Syrian citizens to stay in Bulgaria illegally.

A Romanian court has ordered controversial influencer Andrew Tate and his brother to be moved from prison to house arrest while they are investigated for alleged human trafficking and rape. Tate, 36, and his brother Tristan, 34, were arrested at the end of December and have since been remanded in custody, which was extended again last week.

The Foreign Ministry has summoned the Russian ambassador after the indictment against two alleged Russian spies who were apprehended in Slovenia in December last year became final and the pair were remanded in custody.

A Syrian citizen, with the status of a foreigner temporarily residing in Bulgaria, was detained near Shumen. In the car of 27-year-old H.D. 7 migrants who entered the Bulgarian territory illegally were found.

Jailed Greek MEP Eva Kaili has appealed to the highest court of cassation in Belgium in a fresh attempt to secure release from pre-trial detention.

"We went to the supreme court, because in this way we manage to go from two months to one month in order to have the right to apply for a release from prison," her lawyer, Michalis Dimitrakopoulos, said in a written statement.