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Turkey’s top court has dismissed two separate appeals from the main opposition party concerning the contested local election result in the capital Ankara, citing lack of jurisdiction.

The trial of more than 60 people, including 16 Golden Dawn MPs, accused of being part of a criminal organization is due to begin by early November, sources have told Kathimerini.

A court of first instance in Athens has ruled illegal a strike by the civil servants’ union ADEDY over the evaluation process in the public sector.

The government has launched an appeal against the action, and future strikes for the same reason, last week.

However, the court decided that its verdict would not apply until an appeal by the union has been heard.

Founding chairman of the Conservative Party (PC) Dan Voiculescu on Friday showed up at the Supreme Court of Justice, where judges were to consider a request filed by him for a switch in the jurisdiction over the privatisation of the Food Research Institute (ICA) from the Bucharest Court of Appeal to another court.

Golden Dawn MP Nikos Michos is to be placed under house arrest until a higher judicial body decides on his fate.

On Wednesday Michos appeared before magistrates probing the neofascist party's alleged criminal activities to answer charges of illegal weapons possession and drug possession.

Turkey’s Constitutional Court has rejected Fenerbahçe chairman Aziz Yıldırım’s individual appeal on a “rights violation.” The decision was released in the Official Gazette July 2, making the ruling official.

Nineteen Energa and Hellas Power executives were expected to stand trial in connection to a case of money laundering, embezzlement and breach of faith on the part of the two private electricity providers, after the Supreme Court rejected an appeal by the defendants.

Ivanović to remain in jail for two more months

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA -- Civic Initiative SDP leader Oliver Ivanović will remain in prison for another two months, it has been reported on Friday.

His lawyer Nebojša Vlajić said that the decision to extend the detention was made by EULEX pre-trial judge of the Municipal Court in Kosovska Mitrovica.

The procedure for the election of a Chair of the Sofia Appellate Court collapsed after the sole candidate, Veselin Pengezov, failed to summon enough votes.

The Supreme Judicial Council (VSS) did not back the nomination of Pengezov for a second term in office.

Pengezov is being investigated for abuse of EU funds under the "Administrative Capacity" operational program.

The Sofia Appellate Court refused to alleviate the remand measure of house arrest of Oktay Enimehmedov, the man who attacked the honorary lifetime Chairman of DPS Ahmed Dogan.

On January 19, 2013, Enimehmedov pointed a gun at Ahmed Dogan while he was delivering his resignation speech at a party conference.