Failure of the prosecutors
The case of Puff Diddy: Rapper avoids life imprisonment
American rapper Sean Combs was acquitted of sex trafficking and racketeering charges, thus avoiding a life sentence. A jury found him guilty of prostitution offenses
Chronicle
Uroš Blažić was sentenced to 20 years for mass murder near Mladenovac
The massacre that shook Serbia in 2023 received a legally binding epilogue - the Court of Appeal in Belgrade confirmed the sentence of 20 years in prison for Uroš Blažić, as well as for his father Radiša Blažić. Defense appeals were rejected as unfounded
Alcohol and cars
The producer of TV Pink was sentenced to two years and ten months in prison in the first instance
Last year, Nina Kovačević hit a little girl with her car in a state of severe intoxication
Verdict on French actor
Gerard Depardieu convicted of sexual assault
A Paris court found the famous French actor Gerard Depardieu guilty of sexual assaults on two women, which took place on a film set in 2021. He was sentenced to 18 months of suspended imprisonment
The tragedy in Ribnikar
"Ribnikar": The court ordered compensation for the victims' families
The High Court in Belgrade passed a verdict on financial compensation to the families of children and guards killed in May 2023 at the "Vladislav Ribnikar" Elementary School.
Analyze
Detention of Dodik: Has Bosnia and Herzegovina rung its bell?
Bosnia and Herzegovina is at a sort of crossroads of survival. Will he become a deceased or a colonel
Republika Srpska
"No one knows who will arrest Dodik"
Milorad Dodik was sentenced to one year in prison and banned from holding office for six years. How will this verdict affect the already unstable Bosnia and Herzegovina
BiH
Milorad Dodik was sentenced - one year in prison and six years of ban on political activity
The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina found the President of the Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik, guilty and sentenced him to one year in prison and a six-year ban on political activity. It is a first-instance verdict for which there is a possibility of appeal
BiH
The Prosecutor's Office requests imprisonment and a ban on functions: Sentencing of Dodik
Today, the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina will pronounce the first-instance verdict against the President of the Republic of Srpska, Milorad Dodik, and the acting director of the "Official Herald", Miloš Lukić. The defendants are charged with disobeying Christian Schmidt's decisions, and the Prosecutor's Office is seeking prison sentences and a ban on public office.
SAD
Sentencing of Trump 10 days before inauguration
The court in New York will sentence Donald Trump, the newly elected president of the USA, on January 10
Pressure on the media
NUNS: The verdict against "Vremen" pushes journalists into self-censorship
The Independent Association of Journalists of Serbia believes that the verdict against "Vremen" represents serious pressure on journalists and the media and pushes them into self-censorship, according to the NUNS announcement.
Magistrates Court
Activists arrested after anti-lithium protests were released from prison
The lawyer's appeal was accepted against the verdict in which activist Ivan Bjelic was sentenced to 40 days in prison, and Nikola Ristic and Jevgeni Dimitrijević were sentenced to 30 days in prison each, for disturbing public order and peace.
Chronicle
Inspector Stolić was convicted for cooperating with Belivuk's group
The defendant, former inspector Božidar Stolić, was found guilty of the prolonged criminal offense of abuse of office
A sex affair
Postponed sentencing of Trump in case of payment to porn actress for September 18
Donald Trump will be formally announced as the Republican Party's presidential nominee, although it is not yet known what kind of sentence he will face after being found guilty of paying Stormy Daniels
Justice
The first verdict for the murder of Oliver Ivanovic in Pristina, nothing happens in Belgrade
The basic court in Pristina convicted four Serbs for aiding in the murder of Oliver Ivanovic. In Serbia, however, nothing is happening in that case
Plea agreement
A man who threatened Zagorka Dolovac with death was sentenced to nine months of house arrest
In the Third Basic Public Prosecutor's Office in Belgrade, the arrested S.Ž. (45) for endangering the safety of the republican public prosecutor Zagorka Dolovac
High Court in Belgrade
A member of the Yugoslav Army was sentenced to 20 years in prison for war crimes in Kosovo
Toplica Miladinović was convicted that, as the commander of the 177th brigade, he ordered the emigration of Albanian civilians with the aim of expulsion and that he knew about murders and robberies during the emigration
The scandal that horrified Serbia
Pitch black
The Serbian judiciary told the citizens of Serbia: no one is guilty of the murder of Slavko Ćuruvija! As if it said that he was not actually killed, but that he was "just", as the people say, "eaten by the darkness". Even today, in Serbia, through the statements of high state officials and brutal regime media campaigns, journalists are declared traitors and enemies, even people who are dangerous to the personal safety of the president and his family.
Protest over the verdict for the murder of Ćuruvija
Veran Matić: It is important not to give up
Journalist associations, media associations and trade unions held a protest in front of the Court of Appeal due to the acquittal of those accused of the murder of journalist and editor Slavko Ćuruvija.
Society
Aida Ćorović was finally convicted: I am ready to go to prison
"I did not target the building, it is known exactly what I targeted. This government and this judiciary can only be ashamed, and I can go to prison with my head held high," Aida Ćorović told "Vreme"
The World
Protecting LGBTQ rights in India, but without same-sex communities
Chief Justice DI Chandrahud called queerness a "natural phenomenon" and ordered the government to ensure that "the queer community is not discriminated against because of their gender identity or sexual orientation."
Chronicle
The murder of Jelena Marjanović: The husband has the right to await the final verdict in freedom
"This decision has nothing to do with the first-instance verdict," lawyer Marko Pantić tells "Vreme" and adds that detention is not and must not be a substitute for serving a sentence.
The World
A New York judge found Donald Trump liable for fraud
The attorney general sought $250 million in damages, a five-year ban on the Trumps from being officers of New York companies and their company from engaging in business transactions
Abortion
Great Britain: Jail for taking the abortion pill too late
A 44-year-old woman was sentenced to over two years in prison because she took the abortion pill after the legal deadline. The law on the basis of which she was sentenced dates from 1861
The World
UK: Convicted after mother reported him for terrorism
Matthew King, 19, will serve a discretionary life sentence which means he will be eligible for parole after six years
Missing babies: In the wake of the court verdict
Euros cannot compensate for a stolen child
"Annoyed by the amount of evidence, the judge sent me for a DNA analysis at the Faculty of Biology", says the interviewee of "Vremena", whose baby disappeared in 2015. DNA material from paraffin molds of baby remains. And here the result was devastating for the country - there is no DNA overlap in any of the nine parameters. The expert officially wrote, signed. Therefore, my biological motherhood is excluded”