Supreme Court

On Wednesday the administrative plenary of the Supreme Court voted against a proposal by the court’s President Vasiliki Thanou to extend the retirement age for judges and prosecutors beyond the current limit of 67. The question they were called to vote on...

The separation of powers is enshrined in the Greek Constitution and court decisions are binding for the government, the prime minister’s office said in a press release on Friday, responding to Thursday’s ruling of the Supreme Court which turned...

The ruling of the Criminal Department of the Supreme Court on the eight Turkish officers who came to Greece by helicopter after the attempted coup d' etat on July 15 was postponed to Thursday, January 26. Three separate panels of...

Supreme Court prosecutor Nikos Pantelis on Friday suggested that the remaining four Turkish army officers who sought asylum in Greece should not be extradited to Turkey. The four Turkish military men are part of a group of eight who fled...

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...

On Tuesday, Justice Minister Stavros Kontonis rejected claims by a citizens initiative that the government is trying to sway the Supreme Court to rule in favor of the extradition of the eight Turkish officers who entered Greece after the failed coup...

Sometime next week Greece's Supreme Court will hand down a decision in the case of the Turkish military officers seeking asylum after landing their aircraft in Greece following the failed military coup attempt in Turkey in July 2016. The eight officers...

During the immediate aftermath of the failed military coup in Turkey in July of this year, eight Turkish military officers landed their helicopter in Alexandroupoli. Now it is up to the Supreme Court of Greece to decide if the military...

Greek Prosecutor Ioannis Koutras said on Friday that there was no evidence to implicate Andreas Georgiou, the former International Monetary Fund (IMF) economist that later headed the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT). Finding no proof that the official had tampered...

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras on Thursday met with Greece's presidents of supreme courts and assured them that there will be no pay cuts to the judicial body. The meeting was attended by Vassiliki Thanou (Supreme Court President), Androniki Theotokatou (President...