Trial

A suspect of raping a dog was acquitted of all charges Dec. 30 in a trial that drew much attention after its judge abased the animal who was the victim of the violence, calling her "a mongrel," prompting a social media campaign.

New indictments for war crimes announced

BELGRADE -- Serbian Deputy War Crimes Prosecutor Bruno Vekarić announced indictments against over 40 war crime suspects in the next few months.

They concern Istok, Štrpce, and Srebrenica cases.

An Istanbul court upheld June 5 a previous verdict sentencing a police officer to four years in prison for “involuntary manslaughter” in the fatal shooting of Nigerian refugee Festus Okey.