Appeals Court

Macedonia's former interior minister, Gordana Jankuloska, was jailed for six years on Monday in a first-instance verdict for "misuse of office", for her involvement in the illegal purchase of a luxury Mercedes in 2012 that the former prime minister, Nikola Gruevski, had used secretly.

Pristina Basic Court on Tuesday convicted seven people of organising and participating in terrorist groups and unauthorised possession of weapons.

Artan Kadriu was sentenced to four years in prison; Besim Shabani, Egzon Latifi and Bekim Halili to three years each, and Adil Bushi and Jetmir Bushi to two years and four months each.

Following repeated delays, a court in Tirana on Thursday threw out a defamation case against BIRN Albania, brought by Appeals Court judge Gjin Gjoni and his businesswoman wife over BIRN's reporting on the judge's wealth.

Serbia's richest man, Miroslav Miskovic, claims in his forthcoming memoir 'I, Tycoon' that Tomislav Nikolic, who at the time was the country's president and leader of the ruling Serbian Progressive Party, called him to say that he wouldn't be arrested, Nedeljnik weekly newspaper reported on Thursday.

The Appeals Court in Pristina on Monday ordered the release of three opposition Vetevendosje party activists, including an MP, who were convicted of throwing a grenade at the parliament building in 2016 and given substantial jail terms.

The court overturned the original verdicts and returned the case to the Basic Court of Pristina for retrial.

Oliver Ivanovic, an ethnic Serb political leader in northern Kosovo, has been shot dead in front of his office in the Serb-dominated northern part of the divided city of Mitrovica.

Ivanovic's lawyer, Nebojsa Vlajic, told RFE/RL that Ivanovic died as a result of the shooting on the morning of January 16.

A powerful predawn explosion damaged a court complex in central Athens on Friday, with the Association of Greek Judges and Prosecutors calling it an "assault against democracy."

The Appeals Court in the Greek capital Athens has been shaken by a powerful bomb explosion last night, BBC reports referring to the Greek media.

The explosion has shocked the inhabitants of the Greek capital, as the rumble has been heard at a very long distance.

The Oregon Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday that a southern Oregon couple must quiet their incessantly barking dogs by sending them to the vet to have their voices surgically squelched.

A prosecutor said on Monday (31 July) that the former head of Greece’s statistical office was found guilty as he did not consult fellow board members about the much-discussed revised 2009 deficit figures. The prosecutor also said he was an employee of the IMF at the same time.