Former police

Former Police frontman Sting is heading to Greece this summer for what are sure to be two unforgettable nights at the Herodes Atticus Odeon (Dionysiou Aeropagitou) at the foot of the Acropolis in Athens as part of the Athens Epidaurus Festival (aefestival.gr).

Ljubljana – Former head of the Ljubljana Police Administration Boštjan Glavič denied he had been under political pressure on the job as he was interviewed on Friday by the parliamentary commission investigating suspicion of political interference in police. He also discussed developments after the 25 June protest and removal of the Yellow Jackets.

Ljubljana – Former police commissioners Andrej Jurič in Anton Travner, National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) director Petra Grah Lazar and her predecessor Andrej Lamberger denied political interference in the work of the police and police staffing as they were heard before a parliamentary inquiry into political interference in the police on Friday.

Former police co-minister Bozo Prelevic has assessed that the proposed changes to the Law on the BIA could enable for "infinite abuses."

He stressed this was a reason for "all the warning lights to light up."

Former police co-minister Bozo Prelevic has assessed that the proposed changes to the Law on the BIA could enable for "infinite abuses."

He stressed this was a reason for "all the warning lights to light up."

Former police chief Milenko Zelenbaba, a Serbian citizen, was charged with committing war crimes against Croat villagers near the southern town of Knin in 1992.

Bulgaria's outgoing Interior Minister Rumyana Bachvarova has said as many as 3000 police officers will be appointed by the end of the year as part of government plans to crack down on petty crime.

Former police and military officers' ranks will be used to recruit the staff, she has told the Bulgarian National Television.

Two Turkish police officers, including the former chief of police, have been arrested in Istanbul following their extradition from Bucharest on suspicion of illegally bugging the Turkish prime minister's office in 2014.
      

Two Turkish police officers, including the former chief of police, have been detained in Istanbul following their extradition from Bucharest on suspicion of illegally bugging the Turkish prime minister's office in 2014.
      

Former police chief Hanefi Avcı has censured the Fethullah Gülen movement and the government in an interview with daily Hürriyet following his release from prison.

Avcı was sentenced to 15 years in jail for a book he wrote and was released June 20 after three years and eight months in prison, after a ruling by the Chief Prosecutor’s Office of the Supreme Court of Appeals.