A probe into a multi-million euro contract for a police headquarters building in Montenegro has begun.

In a closed-door trial on Monday, a Baku court convicted investigative journalist Khadija Ismayilova of libel and fined her 2,500 Azerbaijani manat (about US$ 2,417), according to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL).

Vladimira Yaneva, president of the Sofia City Court, has resigned in the wake of an alleged illegal wiretapping scandal. She will keep her job as a judge.

International groups are asking Stavros Lambrinidis, the European Union’s representative for human rights, to challenge Azerbaijani authorities this week over the jailing of a number of political activists and journalists.

Viktor Yanukovych, the disgraced former president of Ukraine, says he will return to Ukraine if the opportunity arises.

British and American agencies have harvested encryption codes that allowed them to access the voice calls and messages of millions of mobile phone users around the world, The Intercept revealed Thursday.

The head of the Sofia City Court (SCC) has been suspended for her alleged involvement in a wiretapping operation that lasted nearly a year.

Bosnian police made six arrests overnight Tuesday through Wednesday, raiding six locations in an investigation into the illegal travel of Bosnia and Herzegovina citizens to Islamic State (IS) territories in Syria.

A Russian appeals court has released activist Alexei Navalny from house arrest, while upholding his suspended three-and-a-half-year prison sentence.

In a two-month operation spanning 47 countries, Interpol and Europol have seized thousands of tons of fake food and drinks.