Greece

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis welcomed six female Afghan judges and legislators who who fled Afghanistan after the Taliban took over in August, to his office on Friday. The women met with Greek President Katerina Sakellaropoulou last week. The women, three...

A nearly-blind contestant moved the audience and the judges from the television reality show MasterChef on Wednesday not only with his cooking skills but also his determination to prove that his disability can turn into an advantage in the...

Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis announced in a televised message on Wednesday evening that his ruling New Democracy party will propose Ekaterini Sakellaropoulou as a candidate for the position of President of the Republic. PM Mitsotakis announced the candidate following...

Greek PM Alexis Tsipras announced to his cabinet on Friday afternoon that his government will go ahead with its decision to appoint Greece's new top judges, despite calls from experts and the opposition to wait until the new government...

A leading member of the Greek anarchist group Rubicon (Rouvikonas) was arrested late Friday after a raid against a law office in Athens. Footage posted on social media show the group smashing equipment at the law agency's office that also...

Greek judge Linos Alexandros Sicilianos was elected as President of the European Court of Human Rights on Monday. According to a press release issued by the court on Monday afternoon, Sicilianos will take office on May 5, 2019. Sicilianos will succeed the...

Greek police are on alert following a bomb scare in the early hours of Tuesday in the Athenian district of Vyronas. A man called two news outlets at 4:00 am local time, saying that a bomb would explode in 20...

Sgt. Dimitris Kouklatzis and Lt. Angelos Mitretodis will stay in a Turkish prison after a court in Edirne (Adrianopolis) turned down a fifth request that the Greek soldiers be released from pre-trial custody. Tuesday’s decision followed a defense team bid...

Greek judges have quashed the controversial conviction of two people jailed in 2016 for serious terrorism offences. Five appeals judges ruled that the pair -- identified only by their first names Irianna and Pericles -- should be cleared. They were to be...

Sgt. Dimitris Kouklatzis and Lt. Angelos Mitretodis will stay in a Turkish prison after a court in Edirne (Adrianopolis) turned down a fourth request that the Greek soldiers be released from pre-trial custody. Tuesday's decision followed a defense team bid to have...

The President of the Hellenic Council of State, Greece's highest court, Nikolaos Sakellariou has unexpectedly resigned following what he called unacceptable leaks of the court's deliberations to the media. In an unscheduled news conference, Sakellariou, who is Greece's top judge, said...

In a state governed by the rule of law, every person and especially those in a position to make decisions - whether a politician or a judge - has to be subject to controls of his or her income...

The separation of the judiciary from the legislature and executive powers is not a privilege accorded to judges but a constitutional guarantee so that they can administer justice impartially and unperturbed, President of the Republic Prokopis Pavlopoulos said on...

The Union of Judges and Prosecutors, in a harsh announcement issued on Sunday, accused the government of "systematically attempting the complete subjugation and manipulation of justice, so that it operates not as an independent power but as a government...

Senior members of the Greek judiciary have strongly criticized the government for undermining rule of law. The prestigious Association of Judges and Prosecutors of Greece accused ministers of "dangerous logic" when viewing the judiciary as merely creating "institutional barriers." In a...