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Former Greek Government Minister Giannos Papantoniou to be Released From Prison

Former prominent Greek politician and government minister Giannos Papantoniou is set to be released from prison after spending seventeen months incarcerated there. Papantoniou was found guilty of money laundering, a charge that he continues to deny. The Judicial Council of the...

Supreme Court Upholds Ruling for Suspended Prison Sentence and Fines for Former Finance Minister

The Supreme Court upheld on Tuesday a four-year suspended prison sentence and a fine of 10,000 euros imposed on former finance minister Giannos Papantoniou and his wife, Stavroula Kourakou, for submitting an inaccurate wealth declaration for 2009. Each of them...

Prosecutor Requests Summoning Former Greek PM Simitis and Other Senior Officials in Tsochatzopoulos' Appeal

The Greek prosecutor handling former Defense Minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos' appeal has requested to summon the members of the Government Council of Foreign Affairs and Defense (KYSEA) during his tenure. The prosecutor requested that the court summons former Prime Minister Costas Simitis, former...

Former Greek Minister Convicted to Four-Year Suspended Imprisonment

Former Greek Finance Minister between 1996 and 2001, National Defense Minister between 2001 and 2004, and PASOK member Giannos Papantoniou, as well as his spouse, Stavroula Kourakou, were given a four-year suspended imprisonment by a Misdemeanors Court on Tuesday...