16-year-old Roma boy Kostas Fragoulis, shot in the head by a police officer on December 5, died on Tuesday morning Ippokratio General Hospital in Thessaloniki announced. For nine days, the teenager who was also a father of a baby, was struggling for life, intubated in the ICU. However, from the …
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Medea of Patras: Prosecutors bring additional murder charges for two daughters’ deaths
Prosecutors brought additional murder charges against Roula Pispirigou on Monday for the deaths of her two younger daughters, 3.5-year-old Malena and 6-month-old Iris. Authorities point out at a modus operandi. Malena, Iris and first born Georgina, 9, died in a period of two and a half years under mysterious circumstances. …
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Charges against 20 people spreading pandemic fake news, urging to disobedience
A public prosecutor in Athens has pressed charges against 20 people spreading fake news about the Covid-19 pandemic on internet and social media as well as inciting others to disobedience regarding protection measures. The Cuber-crime Division of the Greek police has submitted to the prosecutor two file cases on Friday, …
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Caroline Crouch murder: Prosecutor seeks highest punishment for husband
“He had no scruple about his act although she was the mother of his child,” the prosecutor dealing with the murder of Caroline Crouch noted, among others, in his trial recommendation for 33-year-old husband Babis Anagnostopoulos. In his 21-page long recommendation to the Judicial Council, prosecutor Giorgos Noulis, proposed to …
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Caroline’s husband charged for two felonies, two misdemeanor crimes
The husband of 20-year-old Caroline Crouch was charged on Friday for two felonies and two misdemeanor crimes, including the killing of the family dog, on Friday. According to prosecuting authorities the murder of his wife was “committed in a calm frame of mind.” Pilot Babis Anagnostopoulos, 33, also faces a …
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#MeToo: Well-known comedian charged with rape and attempted rape
Prosecutor authorities pressed three felony charges against well-known Greek comedian Petros Filippidis on Wednesday. The 57-year-old actor is being accused with one rape and two to attempted cases of rapes. Filippidis denies the charges. The accusations came by three actresses. Investigation against the actor began with the assistance of the …
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Greek Parliament charged ex SYRIZA minister over Novartis probe
Greek Parliament voted late on Wednesday to charge former SYRIZA Alternate Justice Minister Dimitris Papangelopoulos over allegations that he sought to incriminate political opponents in the purported Novartis pharmaceutical bribery scandal. 117 MPs from ruling New Democracy and opposition KINAL/PASOK voted to bring charges against Papangelopoulos that include breach of …
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Charges against ex ND MP for sex with minors dropped due to “statute of limitations”
The criminal prosecution against former New Democracy lawmaker Nikos Georgiadis for repeatedly paying minors for sex has been dropped due to the statute of limitations, in accordance with the new penal code. The prosecutor at the three-member court of appeals in Athens argued that she was obliged to accept the …
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Novartis scandal: Felony charges ordered against ex Health Minister
Greece’s top corruption prosecutor ordered bribery charges against Movement for Change (KINAL) MP and former Health Minister, Andreas Loverdos. The charges part of the ongoing investigation into the alleged bribery scandal involving Swiss drugmaker Novartis. The felony charge follows a request submitted by the public prosecutor in August for Parliament …
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Competition watchdog raids Greece’s four systemic banks for the extra charges
Teams of the Greek Competition Committee have raids the headquarters of the four Greek systemic banks (National, Piraeus, Alpha and Eurobank), media report on Thursday. According to state broadcaster ERT TV, the offices of the Greek Banks Association have been raided as well. The raids reportedly aim to find evidence …
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Greek banks withdraw part of the extra charges for customer services
One after the other, the four Greek systemic banks announced the withdrawal of part of the extra charges for customer services that used to be free of charge. The National Bank, the Piraeus Bank, the Alpha Bank and the Eurobank declared that they will not charge a fee for the …
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Greeks pay €100m/month to banks as “commission and fees” for services
Greeks pay more than 100 million euros per month to the banks in form of fees and commissions the lenders institutes charge for all possible kinds of services. According to published data of the four systemic banks (National, Piraeus, Eurobank and Alpha Bank) in the first half of the year, …
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Greek banks may review their new extra charges policies for transactions
Greek bankers have committed themselves to review their extra charges policies on a series of transactions following a meeting with Prime Minister, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, on Thursday. Citing government sources, media report that the prime minister told bankers that the government cannot accept extra charges on digital and other bank transactions, …
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All Greek banks to implement extra charges for services free until now
Greek banks will impose charges on services that used to be free of charge until now. The charges on virtually all their services and customers’ transactions are an effort to offset their losses from interest rates taking, which have been in constant decline over the last few years, media report. …
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Economic prosecutor asks charges against 115 for loans of ND and PASOK
The economic prosecutors in Athens have pressed felony charges against 115 people, party officials and bank executives, for the loans conservative New Democracy and socialist PASOK received during 2005-2011. The non-performing loans amount over 400 million euros for both parties and were handed out without sufficient collateral, the prosecutors have …
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Prosecutor files charges against officials for deadly Mandra flash floods of 2017
The Athens Prosecutor’s Office filed four charges of misdemeanor against nine individuals – including Attica Governor Rena Dourou and mayors of regional towns – for the deadly flash flood in Mandra, western Attica, sixteen months ago in November 2017, which claimed the lives of 25 people. According to the prosecutor’s …
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20 charged for the wildfire in Mati that claimed 100 lives in July 2018
Greek authorities have charged 20 people with negligence in connection with the country’s deadliest wildfire in decades, which killed 100 and devastated the seaside town of Mati near Athens last year. Court officials say the suspects include the greater Athens regional authority chief, Rena Dourou, the mayors of Mati and …
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Businessman Lavrentiadis faces new criminal charges over debt to public supplier
Once-influential Greek businessman Lavrentis Lavrentiadis faces new criminal charges after an Athens prosecutor accused him of committing fraud to the detriment of the state. Along with another 11 individuals, Lavrentiadis is being accused by an Athens prosecutor in connection with alleged damages against the Public Gas Corporation (DEPA) amounting to …
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Lesvos prosecutor files against 30 NGO members facilitating migrants trafficking
Greek authorities have struck a blow to a NGO suspected to have been involved in facilitating the illegal arrivals of refugees and migrants to the islands of Lesvos and Samos. The NGO was mainly operating on the island of Lesvos and the hot spot of Moria. Investigation that has lasted …
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Ryanair will no longer allow small hand luggage free of charge
Cheap airline Ryanair will no longer let passengers take a small suitcase on its planes for free. Reason for the new policy is to avoid delays at the airport gates, Ryanair claims. The planned charges of around 6 euros for a 10kg suitcase to be introduced in November. The airline …
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