Europe News European Parliament starts process to waive immunity of two more MEPs Marc Tarabella and Andrea Cozzolino are both members of the Socialists & Democrats Group. 16/01/2023
USA Biden 'cooperating fully' with probe into discovery of secret files Republicans, who now control Congress, have vowed to investigate the matter thoroughly. 13/01/2023
Sport French prosecutors raid 2023 Rugby World Cup committee headquarters A preliminary investigation has been launched into possible corruption and favouritism. 09/11/2022
Europe News German suspect in McCann case charged with 5 unrelated sexual offences The five other charges range from rape to sexual abuse of children. 11/10/2022
Ukraine Putin 'ordered' Bucha war crimes and 'honoured' soldiers — prosecutor Ukraine's Prosecutor General tells Euronews that it's "time to punish" those at the top of Moscow's regime and investigators want "a verdict in a Ukrainian court". 26/04/2022
Europe News EU fraud agency accuses Marine Le Pen of misusing public funds French presidential hopeful Marine Le Pen has been accused of misusing public funds by the EU. 18/04/2022
Czech Republic Czech parliament lifts immunity of former PM Andrej Babiš for fraud The former prime minister is accused of using €2 million in EU subsidies on his own businesses. He denied the allegations. 03/03/2022
Spain Spanish prosecutors shelve fraud probes into former king Juan Carlos I The "King Emiret" could not be convicted due to the statute of limitations, prosecutors said. 02/03/2022
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