Charalambos Athanasiou

The Supreme Court prosecutor has rejected anarchist Nikos Romanos’ request for the annulment of the Judicial Council's decision regarding the prisoner’s right to educational furlough. The Greek prosecutor decided that there is no reason to set aside the Council of Piraeus...

The meeting between Greek Prime Minister and the father of hunger striker Nikos Romanos at Maximos Mansion earlier today bore no results. "My son will continue the hunger strike," said Giorgos Romanos coming out of the meeting. The father of...

Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras will meet on Monday with the parents of convicted bank robber Nikos Romanos who is on hunger strike over the court's denial to grant him educational prison leave. The 21-year-old man is hospitalized at Gennimatas...

Twenty-one-year-old Greek anarchist Nikos Romanos continues his hunger strike for the 26th consecutive day, in demand of an educational leave from prison in order to attend his studies at the Business Department of the Technical Education Institute of Athens, where...

Justice Minister Charalambos Athanasiou announced that there is nothing he can do to grant Nikos Romanos an educational leave from prison and that the only option is for the inmate to complete a distance learning degree from behind bars....

The educational leave inmate Nikos Romanos had requested was rejected again today and he continues his hunger strike for the 24th consecutive day at Gennimatas Hospital in Athens. On Tuesday night, thousands of Romanos's supporters rioted in Athens, Greece , causing property...

In a massive ongoing operation for three days now, Greek Police are trying to locate and arrest the man who opened fire at a nightclub in Piraeus, Greece , on Saturday, injuring more than 10 people. The gunman has been identified...

A new correctional code that will soon be put to the vote in the Greek parliament, will allow prisoners to have conjugal visits from their wives or partners. Greek Justice Minister Charalambos Athanasiou listened to MPs’ suggestions regarding the topic and...

Greek Justice Minister Charalambos Athanasiou has sent an official request for additional information from Christine Lagarde regarding the nature of the death threats she claimed to have received in her recent interview with the Financial Times. In a wide-ranging interview, the International Monetary...

Government spokesperson Sofia Voultepsi confirmed earlier today that talks between the Greek delegation, headed by Finance Minister Gikas Hardouvelis, and the Troika representatives in Paris are being held in a “positive climate.” “The Greek side has stressed the need for...