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Convicted Former Minister Tsochatzopoulos to Return to Prison

Former Defense Minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos will have to return to jail, according to a court decision published on Monday. The former Minister of consecutive PASOK governments, who was granted early release from prison in 2017, will have to return as...

Riots Erupt Among Inmates at Athens' Korydallos Prison

Widespread brawling among inmates erupted on Tuesday morning in Athens' Korydallos Prison. According to the first information available, the fights, which have also been termed as riots, began in two wings of the prison, the B and E sections. Media reports suggest...

The Greek Jail that Became a Library

The authorities on the island of Crete recently found an innovative way to reuse the former jail for the city of Chania, in order to make it useful for society once again. The Cretans managed to convert their disused prison...

Athens Felonies Court Reduces Sentence of Anarchist Nikos Romanos

The five-Member Felonies Appeal Court in Athens decided on Monday afternoon to reduce the sentence of convicted Greek anarchist Nikos Romanos from 18 to 14 years. Romanos, a close friend of the late Alexandros Grigoropoulos, the fifteen-year old teenager who was...

Inmate at Greece's Trikala Prison Dies from Head Injury

An unfortunate incident took place in Central Greece's Trikala prison on Friday, when an inmate tragically died after a fight he had with a fellow prisoner. According to the state-run AMNA news agency, by the time police authorities found the 60-year...

Greek Ministry of Justice Refutes Reports on Terrorist Koufontinas' New Furlough

The Greek Ministry of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights denied Saturday reports suggesting that the terrorist of ''November 17'' group Dimitris Koufontinas was granted another 6-day furlough. Earlier on Saturday, many Greek media outlets reported that Dimitris Koufontinas, a 61-year-old senior...

Manhunt Underway For Two Korydallos Prison Escapees

Two prisoners from Athens' Korydallos high-security prison of broke out in the early hours of Wednesday, forcing the Greek capital's police authorities to launch an extensive manhunt to locate and arrest the inmates, who are Albanian nationals. The two Albanians were...

Gold-Smuggling Suspects to be Released From Jail

The eight suspects who had been arrested and held on charges of illegally smuggling gold out of the country are set to be released, most likely as soon as Wednesday evening, according to a decision by the Council of...

Former Gold Smuggling Suspects to be Released from Jail

Eight of the suspects who had been arrested and held on charges of illegally smuggling gold out of Greece will be released from jail, their lawyers claimed on Tuesday. The lead prosecutor handling the case decided to release the men...

Turkish Cartoonist, 69, Jailed for Erdogan ‘Insult’

A Turkish court has jailed an elderly cartoonist for apparently insulting the country's ruler, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, with his drawings. Nuri Kurtcebe, whose work appears in the Kemalist newspaper Aydinlik, was sentenced to 14 months in prison, according to his...