Greece
Greece
Michalis Liapis' Adventure
Michalis Liapis, the former Minister of transport returned to Athens after his holidays in the exotic location of Malaysia. Liapis arrived on Friday afternoon, although his return was originally scheduled for January 9.
The authorities of Eleftherios Venizelos airport have...
Greece
Liapis Cottage in Greece Built With Community Funds
The arrest of the Greek former minister Michalis Liapis that took place after he was caught driving a luxurious car with fake plates was just the first of many scandals in which Liapis is involved.
According to an article published...
Crime
Liapis Gets Suspended Term For Fake Plates
Former Greek transport minister Michalis Liapis, arrested earlier this month in Greece on charges of driving his luxury car with false license plates, no license, no registration and no insurance, was given a suspended four-year jail sentence on Dec....
Crime
Liapis Pays Road Tax, Trial Delayed
Former Transport Minister Michalis Liapis, who was charged with driving an uninsured luxury cars with phony license plates so he could avoid paying a 1,320 euros ($1,814) road tax came up with the money, a fine of 780 euros...
Greece
Get Your Greek Arrest Scorecard Right Here!
Ho-hum, another day in Greece, another arrest. A hundred here and a hundred there and pretty soon you're talking real numbers. A quick calculation shows that at this rate, the government will have arrested every person in the country...
Crime
Prosecutor Orders Probe of EU Funds
Following reports that two Greek ex-ministers wrongly used European Union subsidies to build or renovate vacation homes, a nationwide probe has begun into how the monies were being used.
Financial prosecutor Panayiotis Athanasiou has ordered a counterpart in the region...
Crime
Golden Dawn Deputy Used Fake Plates
Only a couple of days after a former transport minister, Michalis Liapis - who got booted from the New Democracy Conservatives for it - was charged with driving a luxury car with false license plates to avoid paying a...
Greece
Greek Prime Minister: No Special Treatment to MPs Breaking the Law
Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras was outraged by the Michalis Liapis incident. Liapis, the former New Democracy MP as well as the former Minister of Transport, was arrested for driving an uninsured car with fake plates and without driving license. Maximos Mansion’s...
Greece
Greek Former Minister of Transport Arrested for Driving Without License
Michalis Liapis, former New Democracy MP as well as former Minister of Transport and nephew of Constantine Karamanlis, was arrested today, in Loutsa. The traffic police stopped him when he violated a stop sign. It was later found that...
Crime
SDOE Eyes 36 Pols For Money Crimes
Greece's financial crimes squad SDOE is reportedly looking at a raft of top-ranking politicians in Greece for possible unlawful enrichment, but the leak of the 36 names has set Greek officials on a hunt to find who did it....
Greece
Facing Graft Probe, Greek Parliament President May Quit
Greek Parliament President Vangelis Meimarakis, who suspended himself during a reported probe into the bank accounts of 36 politicians that allegedly found huge sums in their bank accounts for which they couldn’t account, is feeling the heat and said...
Economy
Greek Parliament Head Steps Aside In Corruption Probe
Greek Parliament President Evangelos Meimarakis, handpicked for the position by Prime Minister and New Democracy Conservative leader Antonis Samaras, said he will suspend himself from his duties during a reported investigation into alleged corruption by the country's financial crimes...
Economy
Former Greek Railways Officials Charged With Embezzlement
ATHENS – Thirteen former executives of Greece’s money-bleeding Hellenic Railways (OSE,) one of the companies the coalition government led by New Democracy Prime Minister Antonis Samaras is trying to sell off, have been charged with stealing state funds and...