Two 14-year-old students who attacked a 13-year-old boy and stabbed him to death after a social media argument are guilty of murder, a court in Reading, southern England, said.more
"You mustn't leave hatred unanswered," Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg said today during the first of the celebrations scheduled for that day to mark the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks in Oslo and Utoya, killing 77 people in total.more
The ban on approaching the victim of violence, and not only the place of her residence, the ban on entering certain places and the ban on communication with the victim - these are the three basic assumptions of the new anti-violence regulations presented yesterday by the Polish Ministry of Justice.more
Tony Holohan and Ronan Glynn have been subjected to “menacing and threatening” phone calls , which are now under garda investigation, the Sunday Independent can reveal.more
He was beaten to the ground and kicked in the head and was one of a group of five Dutch visitors - another of whom was left unconscious - who were attacked by a gang of thirteen, also Dutch. Aged between 18 and 20, they had been ejected from a Playa de Palma club and then went on a violent rampage, attacking people at random.more
The number of hate crimes committed for racist and religious reasons reached a record high in England and Wales in 2020, the UK Home Office said today.more
After months of numerous accusations of inaction, the European Commission decided to initiate proceedings against Poland and Hungary for discriminating against people of different sexual orientation. In the case of Poland, it was accused of failing to fulfill obligations related to equality and protection of fundamental rights, which are binding in all EU countries.more
Peter R. De Vries, a well-known Dutch investigative journalist who was shot after leaving the RTL4 television studio in Amsterdam, has died, the family of the deceased said. De Vries died in hospital from his injuries. He was 64 years old.more
The British should be just as vigilant against "less visible" threats from countries like China, Russia and Iran as against terrorism, and their actions may result in fatalities, warned the head of British MI5 counterintelligence, Ken McCallum.more
All offenses committed in connection with the conflict in Northern Ireland will be time-barred pending the 1998 Good Friday Agreement ending, the British government announced.more
“The days and nights blur together. I can barely sleep at night but when I do, I experience nightmares. I feel like I’m being stripped of my identity, that my personality is being broken down. It’s psychological torture.”more
Dutch TV RTL4 canceled RTL Boulevard yesterday on the grounds of “a serious threat from organized crime.” The editorial building on Leidseplain in Amsterdam was evacuated and investigative journalist Peter R. de Vries was shot dead on Tuesday after he left the studio.more
Met Police officer Wayne Couzens has pleaded guilty to the murder of the marketing executive Sarah Everard. The firearms officer snatched her as she walked home from a friend's house in Clapham on 3 March, driving her away in a car he had hired.more
Declan Lancaster, who admitted causing the blaze which resulted in the death of Patryk Mortimer, who lived in the Manor House premises in Easington Lane, will have to serve a minimum of five years before he can apply for parole.more
A Polish and a Dutch national arrested over the shooting of Dutch crime reporter Peter R. de Vries, who is fighting for his life in an Amsterdam hospital, appeared in court on Friday.more
