Albania Albania's ex-top prosecutor arrested in Italy on corruption charges Adriatik Llalla was found guilty of hiding money involved in illegally owned properties. 13/12/2021
Czech Republic Czech prosecutors ask parliament to lift immunity for PM Andrej Babiš The populist billionaire is facing allegations of fraud involving nearly €2 million of European Union subsidies. 10/11/2021
Germany German judiciary worker accused of leaking information to conspiracist A former employee at Berlin's public prosecutor's office allegedly told Attila Hildmann that an arrest warrant had been issued for him, allowing the conspiracist to flee the country. 01/11/2021
Albania Former Albania minister charged over deadly 2008 munitions explosion Fatmir Mediu has been charged with abuse of power over the blast at a munitions disposal factory in 2008 that killed 26 people. 28/10/2021
Austria Austria leader allegedly used public cash for positive media coverage Prosecutors confirmed earlier they are investigating Austria's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and nine others in a bribery probe. 06/10/2021
Slovenia EU chief prosecutor accuses Slovenia of justice interference Slovenia was the sole EU member state that failed to name two prosecutors to join the European Public Prosecutor's Office. 01/10/2021
Austria Austrian prosecutors charge first suspect over Vienna terror attack Austrian officials have charged a 25-year-old Chechen man with terrorist offenses, linked to the Vienna attack in November. 20/08/2021
Germany German political scientist arrested on suspicion of spying for China A German man who ran a think tank has been arrested on suspicion of being an informant for Chinese intelligence for several years. 06/07/2021
United Kingdom N Ireland: Charges dropped against British soldiers over 1972 killings Prosecutors decided there was little chance of convictions in two cases where unarmed civilians were killed by the army during Northern Ireland's sectarian conflict. 02/07/2021
Italy Three arrested in Italy cable car crash as new details emerge Police in northern Italy have made three arrests in the cable car crash that killed 14 people after investigators revealed the brake was deliberated deactivated to keep the funicular working. 24/05/2021
Albania New bid to put Albania's ex-defence minister on trial over 2008 blast 26 people were killed when a munitions disposal factory exploded near the capital Tirana in 2008. 07/05/2021
Egypt Train driver's negligence caused deadly Egypt crash, prosecutors say Prosecutors allege the driver and his assistant were not in the train's cabin when it collided with another passenger train in Egypt last month. 12/04/2021
Egypt Eight people arrested in Egypt over deadly train crash At least 18 people died after two trains collided on Friday in the southern province of Sohag. 29/03/2021
Belarus Belarus protests: More than 400 convicted, hundreds more still in jail Belarusian prosecutors say that at least 400 people have been convicted for participating in opposition demonstrations against President Lukashenko. But what about all the others that were arrested? 17/03/2021
Sweden Sweden charges man for selling information to Russia Sweden's Security Service says that Russia is "one of the main intelligence threats" against the country. 22/02/2021
Turkey Turkey probes Dutch MP Geert Wilders over 'insulting' Erdogan tweets Turkish prosecutors have launched an investigation into remarks by Dutch far-right lawmaker Geert Wilders, who called President Recep Tayyip Erdogan a "terrorist". 16/02/2021
Germany German prosecutors charge woman with planning far-right attack Prosecutors allege that the woman started planning bomb attack last year and was held xenophobic and extreme-right views. 28/01/2021
Sweden No evidence mother imprisoned son for three decades, says prosecutor The woman was arrested on Monday on suspicion of "unlawful deprivation of liberty" and "causing grievous bodily harm". 03/12/2020
world news Giulio Regeni: Egypt slams Italy's push for trial over student's death Italian prosecutors have been calling on Egypt to help Italy prosecute five intelligence and police officials implicated in the killing of the Cambridge PhD student in 2016. 30/11/2020
Sweden Sweden receives request to re-investigate 1994 MS Estonia sinking Swedish prosecutors have received a request to reopen an investigation into the sinking of the MS Estonia ferry that killed 852 people in 1994. It comes after new information appeared in a Discovery Network documentary in September. 24/11/2020
Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia detains Serb ex-policeman over wartime killing of 51 civilians The suspect is accused of involvement in the killing of 44 Bosniak and Croat civilians, who were held prisoner at the Omarska camp in northwestern Bosnia. 17/11/2020
Bosnia and Herzegovina Two suspects detained over wartime killing of 78 civilians in Bosnia Authorities in Bosnia have detained two people suspected of taking part in the killing of at least 78 civilians during the 1992-95 war, according to the prosecutor's office. 27/10/2020
France French teacher's beheading 'directly linked' to social media campaign The teacher had shown caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad in class during a lesson on freedom of speech October 5. 21/10/2020
France French man given suspended sentence for online Molotov Cocktail video During the trial, he explained that his post was purely informative and that he did not want to call for violence against the police. 02/10/2020
Spain Prosecutors seek 41-year jail term for Barcelona terror attack suspect Mohamed Houli Chemlal is accused of membership of a terrorist organisation and possession of explosives, among other charges. 24/07/2020
USA Maxwell denied bail on Epstein-related sex abuse charges Ghislaine Maxwell pled not guilty to charges she aided Jeffrey Epstein in recruiting young girls for him to sexually abuse. 14/07/2020
