Crime
A first time director, who began his career as a stuntman, making a crime film in the Czech Republic. It doesn’t exactly scream ‘box office smash’ does it? But crime thriller Kajínek has become the country’s most successful film, shattering all previous records within its first two weeks.
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Howard Spiegler fights for art justice, helping the victims of the Nazis and other criminals recover their art and antiquities. While often compared to Indiana Jones, this real-life crusader takes on his adversaries in the courtroom and prefers to tout case files rather than a bullwhip.
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Poland may find itself fielding multiple extradition requests for the suspected Mossad spy it arrested earlier this month. The man at the centre of the brewing legal wrangle is believed to be connected to the assassination of a top Hamas operative in a Dubai hotel this January.
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Tourists in Italy this summer may be in for an unpleasant surprise if they buy knock-off goods from street vendors. One Austrian visitor to the resort of Jesolo hit the headlines recently after she thought she'd snagged a fashion bargain, but was then stung with a whopping €1,000 fine.
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Despite the fall of Communism and the subsequent break-up of the Soviet Union 20 years ago, human rights activists and journalists working in Russia say they still face harassment on a daily basis. They also claim that the authorities do little to tacle it.
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Demonstrations took place throughout Europe yesterday in protest at the Israeli raid of an aid ship headed for the occupied Gaza Strip. Protesters from London to Sarajevo called for their governments to condemn and take action against Israel, after at least ten activists were killed.
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Trying alleged Somali pirates has caused all sorts of jurisdictional headaches for prosecutors around the world. Today, however, the Netherlands became the first European country to try suspected pirates. The five are accused of attacking a cargo ship from the Dutch Antilles.
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