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Athens Court Gives Green Light to Marinopoulos' Merger Plan

An Athens Court of First Instance has issued a decision approving a merger plan for Marinopoulos SA. The decision gives a green light to the takeover of Marinopoulos by Sklavenitis Group. February 14 is the final date for completing the...

Judge Suspends Proceedings on Tuesday for Trial of Golden Dawn Due to Scuffles, Rising Tension

Tuesday morning saw more disruptions of the trial into alleged criminal activities of the far-right political party Golden Dawn, as scuffles and tension between supporters and anti-fascists broke out inside and outside of the Athens Court, according to sources....

Defendant Attacks Secretary with Knife in Athens Court

On Friday morning, around 11 a.m., a defendant attacked a secretary with a knife in Athens Court on Evelpidon street. The perpetrator is a man of Iraqi origin. He was accused for involvement in a drug case and after his apology...

Anonymous Attacked Parliament Data

From the first moment the Greek government announced the shutdown of ERT, the loosely associated network of hacktivists, Anonymous, warned that Greece is now their target. On June 13, they hacked into the Athens Court website. It seems though that they...

Athens Court Finds Defendants Guilty in Helios Air Crash

A Greek court sentenced four employees of Helios Airways, a defunct Cyprus budget carrier, on Friday for their part in a 2005 plane crash in which 121 people died after being deprived of oxygen. The Athens court verdict came despite...

Focus Libel Trial Postponed Until December 15

An Athens court decided Friday to postpone the libel trial of German magazine Focus until December 15. The defense lawyers of the 13 accused German journalists for the obscene Venus cover had asked for the removal of the three judges...