Romania

Killer released from jail early suspected of setting alight girl, 17

The 17-year-old was doused in petrol and set alight at her home in south-west Romania last Saturday, say prosecutors.

19/06/2020

Sweden

Swedish PM Olof Palme's unsolved murder case dropped

Olof Palme was shot dead on 28 February 1986. The charismatic leader of the Social-Democratic party and his wife Lisbeth Palme had just left a cinema in downtown Stockholm.

10/06/2020

United Kingdom

Lyra Mckee: Police appeal for more information one year after murder

Journalist Lyra McKee, 29, was shot dead while observing rioting in the Creggan estate, Londonderry on April 18, 2019.

17/04/2020

Turkey

Euroviews. Nearly 30 years after my father’s murder, investigative journalists are still under threat ǀ View

Following my father's murder, assassinations would take place throughout 1993.It would be referred to as the year of the "unnamed coup" in some circles. However, we would never have a chance to find out who staged that alleged coup or who committed that crime.

04/02/2020

France

France commemorates Charlie Hebdo attack victims, five years on

France commemorated on Tuesday the cartoonists who were massacred by two gunmen at the Charlie Hebdo satirical magazine in Paris five years ago.

08/01/2020

Japan

Japan executes Chinese national after 16 year death row stint

Wei wei was in prison for the murder of a family in 2003.

26/12/2019

Russia

Russia to expel two German diplomats over Berlin murder investigation

Tensions have risen between the two countries since a Russian-Georgian man was murdered in Berlin in August.

12/12/2019

Germany

Germany expels two Russian diplomats

Germany expelled two Russian diplomats from the embassy in Berlin over the murder of a former Chechen insurgent in August.

04/12/2019

Malta

Malta's PM announces plan to step down in 2020

Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, engulfed in crisis over the probe into a murdered journalist, announced on Sunday he planned to step down, saying he would ask his ruling Labour Party to start choosing a new leader for the country next month.

01/12/2019

Malta

Watch: Protest in Malta after journalist murder scandal deepens

The demonstration comes after three government officials resigned on Tuesday amid a probe into the killing of investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.

26/11/2019

United Kingdom

Man found guilty of killing heavily pregnant ex-wife with crossbow

Police revealed that Sana's ex-husband had bought two crossbows months prior to the attack and carried out surveillance on her house.

22/11/2019

Malta

Daphne Caruana Galizia: Detained Maltese businessman released on bail

A prominent businessman arrested over the murder of Malta journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was released on bail on Thursday evening.

19/11/2019

France

Frenchman suspected to have killed his family arrested in Glasgow

Xavier Dupont de Ligonnès, a Frenchman who is suspected to have killed his entire family in 2011 and has been on the run since, was arrested in Glasgow on Friday, AFP reported, citing police sources.

11/10/2019

Austria

Five murdered in Austrian ski town of Kitzbuehel - police

Five murdered in Austrian ski town of Kitzbuehel - police

06/10/2019

Malta

Malta urged to drop libel cases against murdered journalist

Commissioner Dunja Mijatovic says that the litigation is an attempt to intimidate Galizia's family.

20/09/2019

Germany

Syrian man given 9.5-year jail term over deadly stabbing in Chemnitz

Syrian man given 9.5-year jail term over deadly stabbing in Chemnitz

22/08/2019

Romania

Romania minister sacked over 'deeply wrong' comments on kidnapped teen

Romania's education minister, Ecaterina Andronescu, has been sacked over "deeply wrong" comments she made about a kidnapping case.

03/08/2019

Romania

'Arrogance and disdain': Uncle of kidnapped teenager slams authorities

The uncle of a kidnapped Romania teenager has slammed the people who heard her desperate telephone calls for help.

01/08/2019

Romania

Romania's interior minister quits over kidnapped teenagers scandal

Romania’s interior minister has quit as the fallout from the kidnapping of two teenage girls intensifies.

30/07/2019

Italy

Watch again: Italian policeman mourned in US murder suspect probe

Italian police investigate picture of blindfolded US murder suspect as hundreds gathered to mourn the policeman allegedly murdered by two American teenagers .

28/07/2019