Korydallos prison

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras inaugurated on Monday, the independent therapeutic community KETHEA-Prometheus for detained drug users. "It is a window of hope," Tsipras underlined. He stressed that this therapeutic community constitutes a new approach to the prison policy, which...

The Golden Dawn trial was adjourned yet again and is set to resume on Monday, June 22, at a specially designed courtroom at Attica’s high-security Korydallos Prison due to defendants' objections. The presiding judge accepted the objections of the defense lawyers who called for...

In a sensational new turn in the case, police on Saturday reported that the suspect killed during a counter-terrorism operation at Nea Aghialos in Volos was none other than the pilot of the helicopter in which notorious criminal Vassilis...

Convicted November 17 terrorist Christodoulos Xeros on Friday was given additional time to prepare his defense on his breakout plan and alleged help to members of Conspiracy of the Cells of Fire anarchist group escape. Xeros requested more time to...

The Golden Dawn trial in Greece was adjourned for Friday as some of the defendants have asked for the lifting of restrictive conditions placed upon them. Golden Dawn leader Nikos Michaloliakos asked for the lifting of his house arrest. The same request...

Minister of Justice Nikos Paraskevopoulos announced on Monday that the Golden Dawn trial will move to a new venue that will be especially built and will be ready in September. In a meeting between Paraskevopoulos, state prosecutors, defense attorneys and...

The Golden Dawn trial in Korydallos Prison was postponed again for May 12 with municipal authorities repeating their request for the trial to move elsewhere. Minor clashes between protesters and police took place earlier in the morning in the...

The United States and Turkey have expressed their concern regarding the scenarios that want former "November 17" member and convicted terrorist Savvas Xeros released due to health reasons. On Friday, the leftist-led Greek government has passed a new law according to which...

The historic and unprecedented trial of party leader Nikos Michaloliakos and the leadership of his extreme-right Golden Dawn party - the first time since World War II that a Parliamentary party in Greece or on a global level is charged...

The upcoming trial of Greece's extreme right Golden Dawn party, scheduled for April 20, has caused the firm reaction of citizens and business owners in the district of Korydallos, Athens, where Greece's largest prison is located. The Nazi-inspired party members' and supporters'...