Greece

The Areos Pagos, Greece's supreme court, requested a copy of the court ruling on the case of teenager Alexandros Grigoropoulos on Friday. The fifteen-year-old demonstrator was murdered in Exarchia in December, 2008 by police officer Epaminondas Korkoneas. The murder sparked...

The Greek Supreme Court (Areios Pagos) on Thursday overturned a ruling blocking convicted November 17 terrorist Dimitris Koufontinas from receiving another furlough from jail. A section of the Supreme Court said that even prisoners sentenced to multiple life sentences have...

An investigation was ordered by Greece’s Supreme Court Prosecutor Xeni Demetriou on Thursday to investigate an attack on refugees which took place recently in Attica and a situation which took place on Samos. The Samos incident involving refugees and migrants was not physical,...

Greece's supreme court cleared the way on Wednesday for the extradition to the United States of a Russian man, also wanted in Moscow, suspected of having laundered billions of dollars in the digital currency bitcoin. A final decision on where...

Greece's Supreme Court will decide on Dec. 13 whether to extradite a Russian to the United States where authorities want to put him on trial for laundering $4 billion via a bitcoin platform. Alexander Vinnik, who says he is a...

Greece's Supreme Court on Thursday ruled against the extradition to Turkey of the eight army officers who sought political asylum after the failed coup attempt in the neighboring country on July 15. The eight men landed at the Alexandroupolis airport...

The Supreme Court Criminal Division prosecutor suggested to reject the request of Turkish authorities to extradite two Turkish military officers who sought asylum in Greece after the failed coup attempt in Turkey last July. Six more military men who fled...

Supreme Court prosecutor Xeni Dimitriou on Thursday ordered the reopening of the case file of Artemis Sorras after recent incidents caused by his followers. The reappearance of Artemis Sorras and his followers in Greek public life and his new claims...

The prosecutor of The Court of Cassation, the supreme court of Greece for civil and criminal law, has asked for the implementation of the procedure of flagrante delicto against Greek farmers who continue to protest and block the nation’s...

The vice prosecutor of Areios Pagos, one of Greece's Supreme Courts, supported on Tuesday the extradition of a Syrian citizen to the United States to stand trial there, the citizen is currently being held in Greece. The Syrian is being accused...

The Greek Supreme Court's prosecution on Tuesday denied the petitions of four German nationals asking for the withdrawal of an indictment ordering them to stand trial for a Siemens kickbacks case. The petition was filed by Roland Koch, Reinhard Herbert Siekaczek,...

Greece 's Supreme Court upheld the 16.5% interest rate charged by banks for credit card debt as legal in a case before the A1 civil section of the court. The case was brought up by a consumer for a card...

Greece ’s Supreme Court indicted 14 individuals earlier today over the Vatopedi Monastery land swap scandal that became public in August 2008. The court struck down a Supreme Court deputy prosecutor's reversal of the indictments, requested by three of...

Greece's Supreme Court Friday ruled in favour the cleaners suspended from the Ministry of Finance, which had appealed a previous ruling to reinstate the janitorial staff, who are continuing their sit-in outside the building while their former employer refuses to give them their jobs back for...

The on-duty Greek Supreme Court judge dismissed late on Friday the case brought by the Greek Finance Ministry concerning the immediate implementation of a First Instance Court’s decision on the reinstatement of the fired cleaners working in various buildings...