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Crime
Greek Supreme Court Orders Investigation of Racist Incidents Involving Refugees
An investigation was ordered by Greece’s Supreme Court Prosecutor Xeni Demetriou on Thursday to investigate an attack on refugees which took place recently in Attica and a situation which took place on Samos.
The Samos incident involving refugees and migrants was not physical,...
Greece
Greek Bishop Amvrosios Found Guilty of Homophobia and Hatred
Amvrosios, the Greek-Orthodox bishop of Kalavryta, was found guilty of abuse of ecclesiastical office and incitement to hatred by a court in Aigio on Monday.
The northern Peloponnese bishop had advised people to spit on gays in 2015, saying ''do not...
Crime
Gold-Smuggling Suspects Begin Testimony
The sixty-three men arrested on charges of illegally smuggling gold out of the country will present their testimony to the examining magistrate beginning on Friday in Athens.
The process is expected to continue through to Sunday, with the extremely large number...
Crime
Cleaner's Conviction to 10-Year Imprisonment Over Forged Diploma Sparks Controversy
A 53-year-old woman was convicted to 15 years of imprisonment for forging an Elementary School diploma in order to get a job in the public sector as a cleaner back in 1996.
The sentence was reduced to 10 years after...
Greece
Four Police Injured in Athens Court After Fight With Anarchists (video)
Four police officers belonging to the Hellenic Police's motorcycle-mounted ''DIAS'' force were injured on Monday morning in an Athens court, following a fight with a group of anarchists.
The officers were in court to testify as witnesses for the prosecution...
Greece
Meet The Family That Has To Pay €500 Each Time Their Children Make Noise
Children are quite noisy sometimes, aren't they?
Even though everyone excepts this as a fact, a complaint about noisy children actually led a family in the Greek capital of Athens to court, after a neighbor sued them, complaining about the...
Crime
Greece's Ex-Minister Papantoniou to Testify on Money Laundering
Greece's former Economy and Finance Minister, Yiannos Papantoniou, and his wife Stavroula Kourakou were given an extension to prepare their testimony on charges of money laundering by a court in Athens on Thursday.
Both appeared at the investigator’s office with their solicitor,...
Economy
Greek Economy Minister: Out-of-Court Settlement to Help Boost the Greek Economy
The legislation on the out-of-court settlement of business debts voted in parliament on Friday, a comprehensive institutional framework is put in place to enable viable companies to settle their debts, at the same time as all their creditors, be...
Crime
Historic Newspaper 'TA NEA' Returns to Kiosks on Tuesday Following Court Ruling
Historic "TA NEA" newspaper will be published again on Tuesday after a First Instance court suspended a previous temporary court injunction which froze all assets of the troubled DOL media group.
After receiving a green light from the banks, the...
Greece
Criminal Appeals Court Rejects Tsohatzopoulos Request for Release From Jail
A five-member Criminal Appeals Court on Wednesday again rejected a request filed by jailed former Greek minister Akis Tsohatzopoulos for his release from prison. This is the fourth time that a petition requesting Tsohatzopoulos' release and a suspension of...