Greece
Environment
Greek Judges Send Prosecutors Case on Syrian Chemical Weapons in Med
The Greek government is accused of criminal negligence in failing to protect the environment during the disposal of Syria's chemical weapons stockpile, according to a citizen group's complaint forwarded by Greece's Supreme Court to Athens prosecutors
The General Prosecutor of...
Economy
Greek High Courts Wants Names of Corrupt Politicians
Greece’s Supreme Court said it wants to know if the country’s Financial Crimes Squad (SDOE) has a list 30 of politicians, including former ministers, current lawmakers, local authority officials and general secretaries at ministries, who it is reportedly investigating...
Economy
Greece’s Tax Evasion Prosecutors Quit, Blame Political Interference
ATHENS – As Greece continues to bury its workers, pensioners and poor with waves of taxes to keep the country from going bankrupt, the two prosecutors in charge of going after tax cheats costing the country more than $60...
Greece
Proposal for Inquiry on Ex-Minister Papangelopoulos Submitted to Parliament
Speaker of the House Constantinos Tasoulas announced on Thursday morning that thirty MPs from the governing New Democracy (ND) Party had submitted a proposal to initiate procedures for a special Parliamentary investigative committee against the former Deputy Minister of...
Greece
Fresh Accusations Emerge Against Ex-Minister Papangelopoulos in Novartis Case
Greece's former corruption prosecutor Eleni Raikou accused former deputy Justice Minister Dimitris Papangelopoulos on Monday of intervening in her work while she was a prosecutor.
Back in 2017, Raikou was the first-ever official to accuse Papangelopoulos of trying to interfere in...
Greece
Who Is Who in the New Greek Government
After the January 25 national election, the Greece's new Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras rushed to form the country's cabinet as soon as possible in order to start working on the reforms he promised during the pre-election campaign. The new...
Crime
Accused Killer of Fyssas Jailed
The apology of the perpetrator of the murder of Pavlos Fyssas in Keratsini was completed. It was decided that the 45-year-old Giorgos Roupakias shall be remanded into custody, so he was led to Korydallos Prison.
The murdered of Pavlos Fyssas stayed...