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Turkey?s Supreme Court of Appeals has decided former Education Minister Hüseyin Çelik and three bureaucrats to pay compensation to a former provincial education head of the Giresun province on grounds of not applying a court order, which had ruled for the latter?s return of duty. 

Turkey?s Supreme Court of Appeals has decided former Education Minister Hüseyin Çelik and three bureaucrats to pay compensation to a former provincial education head of the Giresun province on grounds of not applying a court order, which had ruled for the latter?s return of duty. 

The Sofia Appellate Court has revoked the 4-year prison sentence of former Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov over blocking the deployment of special surveillance equipment against Orlin Todorov, former head of Veliko Tarnovo's regional anti-mafia unit, and two other people.

Who’s who: Vassiliki Thanou

Greek Supreme Court president Vassiliki Thanou is the first female prime minister of Greece, serving as a caretaker premier for what will be roughly a month in office.

She was sworn in on Thursday.

The outgoing government of Turkey has initiated a major overhaul in military judiciary, with a decree also signed by President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an, changing the posts of 70 military judges and prosecutors.

Pakistan's Supreme Court Aug. 5 approved controversial new military courts set up to hear terror cases, rejecting an attempt to have them ruled illegal.

Lawmakers approved a change to the constitution in January to establish the military courts, as part of a crackdown on militancy following a Taliban massacre at a school which left more than 150 people - mostly children - dead.

Greece?s courts will be closed from Tuesday until July 8, according to instructions issued on Monday by Justice Minister Nikos Paraskevopoulos.

The Constitutional Court has ruled to limit the Turkish president?s authority over trials of high-level commanders in the Supreme Court. 

According to the top court?s latest ruling, the Council of State will give the final decision on the suspension from the profession of commanders tried by the Supreme Court, rather than the president. 

The Belgrade Lawyers Association has rejected the request of Nata Mesarovic, former president of the Supreme Court of Cassation and the High Judicial Council, to enter the register of lawyers.

Bulgaria's Supreme Court of Cassation (VKS) has revoked the acquittal on the embezzlement case against the former head of the Registry Agency, Violeta Nikolova.

VKS is returning the case for retrial to the Sofia Appellate Court, according to reports of Sega daily.