Popi Papandreou
Greece
Collision 'Underwater'
A court file that was sent to the Greek Parliament yesterday evening, June 18, appears to have opened Pandora's box. Reportedly, the file states that PASOK’s leader, Evangelos Venizelos, and former PASOK Finance Minister, Giorgos Papaconstantinou, are criminally liable for...
Europe
Süddeutsche Zeitung: Congratulations to Greek Prosecutors
The German magazine Spiegel is advertising its new issue which is expected to include a revealing reportage on the armament programs in Greece. The title is indicative of the content “Everything on Greece’s briberies.”
At the same time, Süddeutsche Zeitung...
Crime
Kontominas Out On 5M Euro Bail
Greece 's Alpha TV owner Dimitris Kontominas, one of 25 people arrested in a probe into 500 million euros in bad loans at the failed state-owned Hellenic Postbank was released from custody on Jan. 15 on five million euros...
Crime
Prosecutor Wants Kontominas Detained
A Greek prosecutor on Jan. 14 asked that Alpha TV channel and Interamerican insurance firm owner Dimitris Kontominas, implicated in a growing scandal involving bad loans at the failed state-owned Hellenic Postbank be kept in custody until his trial.
Twenty-five...
Greece
Tax Evasion Charges for Former Greek Minister and his Wife
Yannos Papantoniou, the former Minister of Finances and National Defence and his wife Stavroula Kourakou, are accused of tax evasion. They will face charges for allegedly evading 3 million Euros in taxes between 2000 and 2010.
According to the Lagarde...