Violent crime

The 32-year-old man from Bangladesh accused of the murder of 27-year-old Anastazja Rubinska on the island of Kos last week has been given until Tuesday to prepare his defense.

He was appointed a new lawyer on Friday following the resignation of his court-appointed defense counsel.

A man has been handed a life sentence and 13 additional years' imprisonment for the murder of a 41-year-old natural gas company employee in a northeastern Athens suburb in October 2021.

Greek authorities on Tuesday feared that the murder of a man in a village of Xanthi, northern Greece, could spark a vendetta between two families, after two houses belonging to the alleged perpetrator and his brother were set on fire on Monday night.

The fire service said the fires in the two houses were caused by arson but no suspects have been detained.

An appeals court in the northern port city of Thessaloniki on Monday upheld a prior prison sentence of 15 years and eight months handed to a 40-year-old man who shot his neighbor dead after the victim complained about loud music.

The municipal councilor in Velingrad, Ekaterina Kaferinova, was killed last night in her home. The police are expected to give official information about her murder.

The report was made shortly before 9:00 p.m. on Sunday. The suspect is a man who himself reported the murder to 112. At the moment, there is no evidence that the victim received threats.

Being hosted on TV Prva, Prime Minister Brnabic said that she received notification of the planned assassination on Friday, January 14, under the label urgent.
"It is quite clear and unambiguous that the assassination of Vui is planned, even with the time when the murder was planned - in February this year," she said.

Danish police said on Twitter that a 17-year-old Bulgarian citizen had died in a shootout in a Copenhagen district.

According to police, the boy was accidentally killed in a showdown between Kurdish gangs.

His family in Bulgaria was informed about the tragic incident.

The young Bulgarian arrived in the Scandinavian country earlier this year, Nova TV reported.

Dragan Jakovljevic and Drazen Milovanovic died on October 5, 2004 in that facility under as yet unexplained circumstances.
Military investigation claimed that it was a case of murder and suicide, while an independent state commission assessed that they were killed by a third person.

A showy murder in Sofia. A man was shot dead this morning at Gerena Stadium. According to unconfirmed information, the victim was a 40-year-old man, and the murder happened while he was going to the gym.

Police believe the murder had to do with gang-related feuds