Law

The head of the Larissa Appeals Court Prosecutors' office, Stamatis Daskalopoulos, on Monday officially requested that the Larissa Appeals Justices' Council convene in full to decide on the appointment of an appellate-level examining magistrate to investigate the Tempe rail crash, due to the seriousness of the case.

Family members of two people who died in the rail collision in Tempe testified before the investigating Larissa prosecutor on Monday.

Earlier, the stationmaster who relieved the 59-year-old who has been charged with negligent manslaughter for his role in the disaster also testified on the causes of the accident.

At last, the government and the tax authorities are trying to cut the red tape concerning property transactions, by immediately implementing a new digital system that notaries can use to obtain the necessary supporting documents, which currently exceed 17.

BELGRADE - Serbian PM Ana Brnabic said on Tuesday she expected amendments to the Foreigners Act to enter parliamentary procedure in March.

Speaking to reporters at a ceremony at the Aviation Academy, Brnabic said the amended act would unify working and residence permits in a simplified, fully electronic procedure.

That will enable easier and quicker employment, she added.

The government has withdrawn a bill aimed at enacting Prime Minister Robert Golob's much criticised promise for judges and prosecutors to receive a monthly bonus of €600 gross.

Prosecutors linked Alec Baldwin to an expansive list of alleged failures in firearms safety as they filed a felony involuntary manslaughter charge on Jan. 31 against the actor in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer on a New Mexico movie set.

Recent reports regarding corruption in the Hellenic Police (ELAS) naturally raise concern among the public. 

It is not yet possible to separate fact from fiction and whether allegations are genuine or driven by clashes between rival groups inside the force. 

District Court - Stara Zagora decided to extradite a young Bulgarian who worked in a call center to Germany. He was requested with a European arrest warrant after four other colleagues of his were detained and extradited, reported the court's press center.

The European Commission today called on Bulgaria and 13 other EU countries to reduce air pollution. The others affected are Denmark, Ireland, Spain, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania and Sweden.

After appearing before an Athens prosecutor, a 47-year-old woman who is accused of killing her 50-year-old husband has been remanded in pre-trial custody.

The man, an accountant, was discovered hanged in his house on Monday in the Moschato neighborhood of southwest Athens.