July 30, 2024
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Greece’s Supreme Court ruled that there was no connection between spyware Predator or other similar software and State services, including the national intelligence service (EYP), the special anti-terrorist unit (DAEAEV) and the Greek police (ELAS) in general. Τhe ruling followed an investigation conducted by the Supreme Court into the wiretapping …
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June 27, 2024
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
One police officer was injured and a patrol car went on fire outside the residence of the President of the Supreme Court when a group of unknown individuals hurled petrol bombs in the early morning hours of Thursday. The police officer suffered injuries on his face and hands and was …
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April 30, 2024
Greece, Politics
Supreme Court Prosecutor asked the head of the Athens Appeals Court Prosecutors’ Office to examine the possibility of an appeal against a Misdemeanor Court ruling on the Mati fire. In its ruling on Monday, the court had acquitted 15 of those facing charges for the devastating fire in July 2018, …
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April 24, 2024
Greece, Politics
Greece’s Supreme Court, Arios Pagos, ruled on Wednesday afternoon that the far-right party, Spartiates – the Spartans – cannot participate in the upcoming European elections on June 9, 2024. Although the reasoning has not published yet, Mega TV reported that the Supreme Court suggested that the former No 2 of …
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February 16, 2024
Greece, Politics
The plenary of Greece’s Supreme Court issued a statement slamming a resolution adopted last week by the European Parliament regarding press freedom and the threat to the rule of law in Greece. The Supreme Court statement spoke of “a direct interference in the work of the Greek judicial authorities, regarding …
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September 13, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Greece’s Supreme Court Prosecutor has ordered an investigation into the floods in Central Greece and demands in-depth probes in potential mismanagement of thousands of euros in funding for anti-flooding works in the area. The investigation extends just 3 years backwards, after medicane Ianos hit the area in 2020. The prosecutor …
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May 8, 2023
FEATURED, Tourism, Travel
Greece’s Supreme Court has sent a memo to prosecutors across the country informing them that “the law does not recognize private beaches.” “The law does not recognize ‘private’ beaches!” the Supreme Court memo stressed, adding that any attempt to block public access – which is protected by the Greek Constitution …
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April 26, 2023
Greece, Politics
In an interview at the Delphi Economic Forum,the chief prosecutor of Greece’s Supreme Court, Isidoros Dogiakos,said on the wiretapping scandal, that had he knew the Independent Anti-Corruption Commission (ADAE) was checking biggest telecommunications company in the country, the OTE, he would had prevented it. “The opinion of the prosecutor of …
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April 10, 2023
Greece, Politics
The vice-president of the Supreme Court resigned on Monday in legal dispute with the conservative Mitsotakis government over the ban on far-right party ahead of the upcoming general elections on May 21. Vice president Christos Tzanerikos was going to preside over the A1 Section of the courts that will judge …
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February 10, 2023
Economy, FEATURED
The Greek Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that servicers based in Greece have the right to participate in court actions and carry residential auctions under their brand name and not as representatives of funds. The decision was issued in an unprecedented speed for Greece’s justice, in just two weeks after …
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January 10, 2023
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
The prosecutor of the Supreme Court Isidoros Dogiakos, threatens the members of the independent Authority for Communication Security and Privacy (ADAE) with prison sentences if they continue the checks on mobile phone providers for the surveillance. Independent Authority for Communication Security and Privacy (ADAE) no longer has the authority to …
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October 26, 2022
animals, FEATURED
The prosecutor of Greece’s supreme Court intervened after a First Instance court in Halkida acquitted a 30-year-old man who kicked a cat into the sea in last May. Prosecutor Isidoros Dogiakos intervened to examine the correctness of the court on the island of Evia. The court’s reasoning for the acquittal …
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September 2, 2022
Greece, Politics
The Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece (KIS) has reacted to the appointment of Supreme Court Judge Marianthi Pagouteli as Vice President of Greece’s Supreme Court, accusing her of anti-Semitic conduct. “The Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece expresses the strong resentment of the Greek Jewry for the …
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July 27, 2022
Politics, Refugees
Two Greek NGOs tabled a complaint on Tuesday with the Supreme Court of Greece calling for the rescue of 50 Syrian migrants, including 3 pregnant women and 12 children, from an islet on the Evros River, in Greece’s borders with Turkey. The Greek Council for Refugees and HumanRights360 said the …
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June 24, 2022
FEATURED, Social, Society
A shocking decision in the USA has Christian-Talibans in Greece to come out of their holes and claim a stop to abortions, a legal right women in Greece in 1979. Within minutes after the US Supreme Court decision became known several accounts on social media hailed the decision and started …
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June 2, 2022
Economy, FEATURED
A First Instance Court in Athens partially accepted on Thursday the issuance of a temporary order that prohibits power companies to proceed with consumers’ power outage in case of not payment of the adjustment clause. The temporary order was requested by Greece’s consumers organizations INKA and EKPOIZO. The Multi-Member Court …
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April 15, 2022
Society, Very Mix
The Disciplinary Plenum of Greece’s Supreme Court fired one judge and one public prosecutor for “inadequacy” in performing their duties, due to massive delays in issuing court rulings. The Plenum also temporarily suspended the presiding judge of a first-instance court for six months for unjustified absences from her post. Since …
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November 4, 2021
FEATURED, Social, Society
The chief prosecutor of Greece’s Supreme Court has launched a campaign to crack down on domestic abuse following a recent spike in heinous crimes against women and children in the country.. For the first time ever, the highest prosecution authority, indirectly but clearly raises the issue of standardization of the …
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October 19, 2021
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Greece’s Supreme Court prosecutor has opened the window for the possibility to reverse the decision for the conditional release from prison of the convicted Golden Dawn member Giorgos Patelis. One day after the release decision by the Court of Appeal in Athens, the chief prosecutor of the Supreme Court Vassilis …
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September 22, 2020
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
The Supreme Court prosecutor in Greece has decided to take action against mask-deniers and issued a circular on Tuesday seeking the immediate arrest of people who refuse to wear a face mask in violation of public health safety rules or encourage other people to do so. Chief prosecutor Vassilis Pliotas …
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