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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March 12, 2020
CORONAVIRUS, Greece
Violating the measures imposed by Greece’s health authorities to contain the spread of coronavirus should be treated as a crime and prosecuted, the Supreme Court said on Thursday. Punishment reaches up to life imprisonment if violating the measures causes death. In a memo sent to prosecution offices, the Supreme Court …
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September 7, 2019
Greece
The Supreme Constitutional Court in Italy has ruled that a Greek survivor from Distomo massacre can claim German reparations from the Italian Railways Company to which Germany is the main shareholder. The unprecedented decision comes into effect after the court dismissed the appeal of the German Railway Company that the …
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July 1, 2019
Greece, Politics
Greece’s Supreme Court, Arios Pagos, ordered former PASOK Defense Minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos back to prison in order to serve the rest of a 19-year long sentence kickbacks and money laundering. On Monday, the Supreme Court ordered 79-year-old Tsochatzopoulos back to Korydallos prison upholding a previous ruling by a court earlier …
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May 23, 2019
Greece
Greece’s Supreme Court has dismissed decision of the court in Volos that had denied the seventh furlough for Dimitris Koufontinas, the convict of terror organization “17. November.” The penal section of the Court accepted the chief prosecutor’s appeal asking the dismissal of the Volos court decision. The reasoning of the …
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May 18, 2019
Greece
Greece’s top prosecutor ordered late Friday the review of the decision denying 17. November convict Dimitris Kourontinas a furlough. The move by Supreme Court prosecutor Xeni Dimitriou comes with Koufontinas on hunger-strike since beginning of May and hospitalized in intensive care since Friday. Dimitriou’s reasoning for the appeal is that …
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November 13, 2018
Very Mix
Special teams of anti-terror squads of Greek Police have defused an explosive device left outside the home of Supreme Court deputy prosecutor Isidoros Dogiakos in Vyronas suburb of Athens early Tuesday morning. The bomb was hidden in the trunk of a motorcycle parked outside the prosecutor’s home. Police rushed to …
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July 19, 2017
Greece
Supreme Court Prosecutor Xeni Dimitriou on Wednesday ordered the reopening of a case against the former head of Greece’s statistical service, Andreas Georgiou. Dimitriou’s decision follows the ruling of Council of Appeals Court judges who ruled for a second time that he should not face charges. This is the second …
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January 26, 2017
Turkey-GR
Turkey is furious at the Greek Supreme Court ruling that blocked the extradition of the 8 Turkish officers. Within minutes, prosecutors in Istanbul issued arrest warrants against the eight, while the Turkish Foreign Ministry warned Greece of “impact of the decision on the bilateral ties” and accused Athens of “supporting …
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January 26, 2017
Turkey-GR
Greece’s Supreme Court rejected the extradition of 8 Turkish officers. The court ruled after a request by Turkey that claimed they were involved in the failed coup of July 2016. In six cases the judges decided unanimously, in two according to majority. Two votes were apparently in favor of the …
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January 23, 2017
Turkey-GR
Greece’s Supreme Court postponed for Thursday, January 26th the final decision on whether the eight Turkish officers should be extradited to Turkey or not. The government in Ankara had requested the extradition of the servicemen claiming they had active participation in he failed coup of July 2016. The decision was …
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December 8, 2016
Turkey-GR
A Greek court ruled on Thursday that the last two Turkish officers should not be extradited to Turkey. The Appeals Council accepted the suggestion of the prosecutor. Furthermore the court decided to lift the detention order for these two officers. For the remaining six Turkish officers, the Appeal Council had …
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December 6, 2016
Turkey-GR
A legal overthrow for six out of eight Turkish soldiers, alleged coup plotters, who fled to Greece one day after the attempted coup in July 15th 2016. A Greek court has agreed on Tuesday to the extradition of three of Turkish servicemen from a group of eight who fled to …
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