A prosecutor in Athens ordered the detention and the temporary hospitalization in a psychiatric hospital of the 47-year-old man who stabbed his 14-year-old dog who to death in Kypseli two days ago. Dog Ira was sick with cancer and had other health issues too due to her age. Prosecutor and …
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Albanian court releases MEP Fredi Beleri from prison
A court in Tirana decided on Monday to release elected MEP Fredi Beleri from prison, accepting the relevant request by his defense. Beleri, who has been elected an MEP on the New Democracy ballot, has served two-thirds of his prison sentence, due to end at the beginning of October. The …
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Mykonos rape case: Suspects’ release criticized
A court decision to release without restrictions three suspects of a rape case on the island of Mykonos has triggered sharp criticism and a joint statement of Greece’s Supreme Court and the Chief Prosecutor’s office. The suspects, all Pakistani nationals, are at risk to leave the country. The three men …
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Convict leader of neo-nazi Golden Dawn, Michaloliakos, on early prison release
Nikos Michaloliakos, the leader of neo-nazi Golden Dawn, convicted for establishment of a criminal organization, will be released from prison with a special degree, a decision of the judicial council of Lamia, central Greece. According to media reports on Thursday, the prosecutor rejects the release on grounds that the convicted …
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Independent MP who punched a lawmaker released after testifying to magistrate
Independent MP Konstantinos Floros, formerly of the opposition Spartiates party, was released after testifying before an examining magistrate on Thursday. He was accused that he had physically assaulted a fellow MP, Elliniki Lysi deputy Vasilis Grammenos, in the colonnade surrounding the Parliament a day earlier. Both the examining magistrate and …
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Convicted child abuser back in custody after early prison release
A former children’s basketball coach who was convicted in 2013 to 401 years in prison for sexually abusing 36 minors but was released earlier this year after having served just 12 years, has been taken back into custody. Nikos Seiragakis, 59, was arrested in the Athens suburb of Nea Ionia …
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Kaili released from prison: House arrest with e-tracking bracelet
Greek MEP and former Vice President of the European Parliament Eva Kaili was released from prison on Wednesday by order of Belgian prosecutor Michel Claise following a detention of over four months, said her Belgian lawyer Sven Mary. Kaili will be placed under house arrest, wearing an electronic tracking bracelet. …
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Abuser of minors sentenced to 401 years in prison, released after 12.5
A basketball coach on the island of Crete was sentenced to 401 years in prison for 36 cases of lewdness against minors. However, he was released on parole on Tuesday after serving a total of 12.5 years behind bars. A decision that triggered outrage among the victims and their families, …
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Belgian justice to decide on Kaili’s release on Mar 3
Belgian judicial authorities will announce later this week whether Greek MEP and former European Parliament vice president Eva Kaili should be released from pre-trial detention with an electronic bracelet, her lawyer has said on Tuesday. Speaking after an appeal hearing in Brussels, Michalis Dimitrakopoulos said he expected the decision to …
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Police officer who shot Roma boy released from custody
The 34-year-old police officer accused of the fatal shooting of 16-year-old roma boy Kostas Fragoulis beginning of the month has been released from custody on condition that he will not leave the country. The decision of the officer’s release was announced on Monday by the Judicial council in Thessaloniki. The …
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Convicted Golden Dawn member Patelis back to jail after Supreme Court decision
Convicted Golden Dawn member Giorgos Patelis will return to prison after Greece’s top court, the Supreme Court, agreed to reverse the decision of his early release. A request to reverse the ruling issued by a five-member appeals court had been made by Deputy Supreme Court Prosecutor Haralambos Moysidis. Patelis, 41, …
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“Migrants must be released from detention,” says CoE Human Rights Commissioner
Dunja Mijatovic, the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights, is demanding that the national governments of the European Union release migrants from detention and back into the general population as a coronavirus (COVID-19) prevention measure. In a statement last week, Mijatovic said that EC member states should “review the …
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Varoufakis recordings: Eurogroup dirty laundry to be released March 10
“You can hear Schaeuble’s voice saying that the profits from Greek bonds he wanted for the German budget,” Yanis Varoufakis revealed in an interview ahead of the controversial release of his secret recordings from the Eurogroup sessions in the first half of 2015. “Don’t you want to hear Schaeuble speaking …
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EuroLeaks: Varoufakis to release Eurogroup recordings end of February
Yanis Varoufakis has announced to release his recordings of the Eurogroup sessions in the first half of 2015 at the end of February. His decision comes after the Greek Parliament Speaker refused to receive them when the ex finance minister handed them over to him during a plenary debate on …
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Grigoropoulos: Korkoneas’ prison release triggers series of reactions
The prison gate opened for Epaminondas Korkoneas at noon Tuesday, just hours after the Appeals Court upheld his conviction for the killing of 15-year-old teenager boy Alexis Grigoropoulos in Exarchia district of Athens on 6. December 2018. The Court confirmed that Korkoneas had committed a premeditated murder, however, it overturned …
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13 Greek NGOs call for immediate release of Carola Rackete
Thirteen Greek humanitarian organization support the German captain Carola Rackete currently in Italian custody and call on the European institutions, the political forces, the state and judicial authorities in Italy to protect her rights as well as the rights of people she saved. Furthermore, they call for the immediate release …
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German FinMin Scholz to block €970mn for Greece at Eurogroup
German finance minister Olaf Scholz (SPD) plans to block the release of 970 million euros for Greece at the Eurogroup meeting in Brussels on Monday. According to an internal memo of the German Finance Ministry obtained by daily Handelsblatt, the Eurogroup should postpone its decision [for the money release] at …
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Energa Scandal: Ex executive released from prison on health grounds
The former executive of Energa power company sentenced for embezzlement scam has been released from prison for health reasons. 39-year-old Aris Floros has been reportedly diagnosed with with a disability rate of over 67 percent due to epileptic seizures and other psychiatric problems. The criminal code allows the release of …
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Two Greek soldiers in Turkish custody are to be set free in the next hours
The two Greek soldiers, Mitretodis and Kouklatzis, in Turkish custody since March 1st are to be set free in the next hours. According to preliminary information, the unexpected move has surprised also the soldiers’ lawyers who were supposed to submit one more release request. Τhe news was first reported by …
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Turkish court rejects 6. release request for two Greek soldiers
A Turkish court has ruled to keep in custody the two Greek soldiers who were detained in Turkey on March 1st. It is the sixth release request the soldiers’ lawyers have submitted. So far no charges have been pressed, the Greek soldiers remain in high security prison in Edirne, North-Western …
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