Greece

The Greek Ministry of Justice, Transparency and Human Rights denied Saturday reports suggesting that the terrorist of ''November 17'' group Dimitris Koufontinas was granted another 6-day furlough. Earlier on Saturday, many Greek media outlets reported that Dimitris Koufontinas, a 61-year-old senior...

The hacking group “Anonymous” has attacked for the second time within weeks the official website of the Greek Ministry of Justice by posting a long message addressing both the Greek government and the Greek people. The cyber attack was launched...

The Greek Justice Ministry posted the draft bill that extends civil partnership agreements to same-sex couples but doesn’t allow adoption for pubic consultation. In a statement accompanying the bill, the Ministry said the new law aims to include homosexual couples and correcting...

The Greek Justice ministry called on the hunger strikers who are serving sentences for terrorism-related crimes to stop their protest and asked their doctors to respect their choice not to eat but to intervene immediately in an emergency. "Doctors in...

The new tax law that will be presented in early September will lift some of the injustices of the Medium-Term Fiscal Strategy, told FinMin Evangelos Venizelos to concerned MPs, a day before the adoption of the program. The minister...

A parcel bomb sent to Greece's Justice Ministry was detonated by bomb squad experts in a controlled explosion at 1:35 p.m. on Wednesday. Police said that the parcel had arrived by courier from the Athens district of Nea Ionia...

The Greek Foreign Ministry issued a statement on Friday afternoon, responding to recent Turkish threats that its drilling vessels will conduct further operations inside the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of the Republic of Cyprus. ''Turkey's intention to conduct new drilling...

In yet another jab at Greece and its judicial system, Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman Hami Aksoy on Friday, characterized eight Turkish soldiers as traitors and Greece as a place that harbors them. The Turkish soldiers fled to Greece on an...

Greece on Saturday said a planned Holocaust museum in Thessaloniki, scene of thousands of Nazi deportations during WWII, would be part of efforts to "redress historical injustices against the Greek Jewish community". In a statement to mark Holocaust Memorial Day,...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece issued a statement in response to what it views as unfounded and uncorroborated claims made by journalist Kerin Hope concerning fears for the rule of law in the country stemming from a court...

The European Court of Justice's ruling on the Heracles General Cement Company (AGET Iraklis) case does not bear out gloomy predictions that measures restricting group dismissals must be abolished, while largely vindicating the government's positions, Greece's labor ministry said...

German authorities were in possession of information on the identity and fingerprints of the Afghan national accused of the rape and murder of a 19-year-old girl in Germany before November 2015, the Greek Justice and Citizen's Protection Ministries said...

A secret Greek foreign ministry document regarding the attack of anarchist group Rubicon against the Turkish embassy in Athens was posted on anarchist website indymedia. On July 26 members of the anarchist group Rubicon threw red and black paint at...

Greece's foreign ministry on Sunday issued an announcement that criticized references made by Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama and Foreign Minister Dimir Bushati regarding a "Cham issue" that Greece considers firmly closed. "Albania needs to realize that its European course...

Former Greek Defense Ministry official Antonis Kantas, who has admitted to accepting bribes while serving as deputy head of the Ministry's armed forces procurements department, is to be released from custody because the 18-month maximum period for holding a...