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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