Haralambos Athanassiou
Greece
Greek Justice Minister Presents Bill on Stricter Combating of Corruption
Greek Justice Minister Haralambos Athanassiou on Monday released for consultation, a bill on combating corruption and protecting "public interest" witnesses.
The controversial bill will impose stricter regulations combating corruption in Greece and introduces amendments to a series of Penal Code...
Greece
Parliament to Vote on Release of Inmates with Serious Health Problems
A rider sponsored by Justice Minister Haralambos Athanassiou will be voted in Greek Parliament on Wednesday, allowing the release of inmates serving prison sentences of less than 10 years who suffer from multiple sclerosis, hemiplegia, paraplegia, have undergone heart...
Greece
Greek Advisor's Nazi Sympathies Rile Jews
The Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece is demanding the firing of historian Yiannis Kotoulas from his role as Interior Ministry adviser following reports about the academic’s texts offering an uncritical view of Nazism.
“What the ministerial adviser supports...