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Student survivors of South Korea's ferry disaster, testifying for the first time Monday in the murder trial of the captain and crew, recalled being repeatedly told to stay put as the ship was sinking.
      

A Hague-based court of arbitration ruled Monday that former majority shareholders of once-thriving oil concern Yukos should be awarded USD 50 B of damages.

According to the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, Moscow is to pay nearly half of the sum claimed by former owners, the Financial Times reported.

BELGRADE - The Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) voiced a request for leader of the Citizens Initiative 'Freedom, Democracy, Justice' Oliver Ivanovic from northern KiM to be immediately released from detention since the indictment against him has not been raised although six months have passed since his arrest.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - Six months expired on Sunday since the arrest of Oliver Ivanovic as one of the political leaders of Kosovo-Metohija Serbs, and the indictment against him has not been raised yet.

A local court has ruled in favor of the 24 children, detained last year for attending Gezi Park protests in the Aegean province of İzmir, claiming that they had the “right” to protest according to Turkey’s demonstrations law and the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR).

BELGRADE - Drivers will be able to make an agreement to admit to an offence from the Road Traffic Safety Law only in official police headquarters, in the talks with traffic police chiefs authorised to file a request to launch offence proceedings, the Interior Ministry (MUP) released on Friday.

Twenty police officers have been sent to prison after being arrested as part of Turkey’s “parallel state” probe.

A total of 26% of Bulgarians would vote for the opposition center-right GERB party if elections took place today, the latest poll of Exacta Research shows.

After a year-long trial in a case codenamed “Phalanx”, the former head of Macedonia’s Cultural Heritage Protection Office has been found guilty of aiding a criminal ring to excavate and sell off valuable archaeological artifacts.

Ćuruvija case indictment returned for further probe

BELGRADE -- The Special Court returned for additional investigation the indictment against former members of the State Security (DB), accused of murdering Slavko Ćuruvija.