Justice and law enforcement
Foreign advisers to monitor distribution of EU funds in Bulgaria
25/08/2008
SOFIA, Bulgaria -- Foreign experts will advise key institutions on the distribution of EU funds, Deputy Prime Minister Meglena Plugchieva announced o...
Kosovo to present new plan for integration of Serb policemen
25/08/2008
PRISTINA, Kosovo -- The interior ministry and the Kosovo Police Service (KPS) are preparing a plan for the return of Serb policemen to the jobs they...
Belgrade police arrest pair suspected of beheading young man
25/08/2008
BELGRADE, Serbia -- Police arrested two people Sunday (August 24th) suspected of the brutal murder of 24-year-old Smail Taric, whose head was found o...
Croatian police seize 70kg of marijuana
25/08/2008
ZAGREB, Croatia -- Police announced on Saturday (August 23rd) the arrests of ten people suspected of smuggling a huge amount of marijuana from Monten...
Serbia's Seselj wants two months to decide on defence at The Hague
25/08/2008
THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Vojislav Seselj wants two months to decide how to conduct his defence at The Hague war crimes tribunal, his legal adviser,...
Hague tribunal may need months to announce verdict in Milutinovic trial
25/08/2008
THE HAGUE, The Netherlands -- The trial of former Serbian President Milan Milutinovic and five co-defendants at The Hague war crimes tribunal is due...
Activists in Turkey arrested during protest over nuclear power plant
24/08/2008
ANKARA, Turkey -- More than 30 activists were arrested on Saturday (August 23rd) during a protest against government plans to build a nuclear power p...
Two arrested in Greece for allegedly starting forest fires
24/08/2008
ATHENS, Greece -- Police announced on Sunday (August 24th) the arrests of two men suspected of starting forest fires in central Greece. One, an Alban...
Bulgarian police seize four tonnes of cannabis
24/08/2008
SOFIA, Bulgaria -- More than four tonnes of marijuana were seized in a series of operations last week, police in the south-west town of Blagoevgrad a...
UK judge to preside over Karadzic's pre-trial process
24/08/2008
THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- Ian Bonomy of the United Kingdom will conduct the pre-trial process against former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic. Bo...
Bulgarian farmers block roads to protest delayed state subsidies
22/08/2008
SOFIA, Bulgaria -- Hundreds of farmers blocked one of the main roads in the country Thursday (August 21st) to protest the delayed payment of state su...
Serbia halts privatisation of ex-Yugoslav states' disputed assets
22/08/2008
BELGRADE, Serbia -- The Privatisation Agency announced on Thursday (August 21st) that it is suspending the privatisation of disputed assets belonging...
Hague tribunal changes judges in Karadzic trial
22/08/2008
The HAGUE, The Netherlands -- Judge Patrick Robinson of Jamaica and his panel will now oversee the preparatory phase of the trial against former Bosn...
Zannier says UNMIK will not completely leave Kosovo, denies advocating separate Serb police
21/08/2008
"We will retain offices in Pec, Gracanica and Strpce, and obviously we will be present in Mitrovica," UNMIK chief Lamberto Zannier said in Pristina on Wednesday.
Greek police arrest suspected organiser of dramatic 2006 prison escape
21/08/2008
ATHENS, Greece -- Police arrested a man Tuesday (August 19th) suspected of masterminding the escape of two prisoners from the most guarded prison in...
