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Golden Dawn's Police Escorts to be Withdrawn

After the decision of the headquarters of the Hellenic Police (ELAS) and Nikos Dendias’ recommendation, the security guards who used to protect Golden Dawn MP's are being removed. According to the announcement, "The police escorts who were entrusted with protecting...

Unpaid: 1.1 Million Greek Workers

Greece's crushing economic crisis, which has created a record 27.6 percent unemployment rate apparently has so many workers scared of losing their jobs that they are working without being paid for months. The shocking data came from IKA's Labor Inspectorate...

Stamati Says She Is Innocent

Vicky Stamati, the wife of former Greek defence minister Akis Tsochatzopoulos who is on trial for money laundering and corruption charges, told a three-member panel of the Athens Court of Appeal that she is innocent, had no part of...

Greek Justice Responds to Publication About Rapes in Malia

Greek Justice responded to the provocative publication of the British newspaper Daily Mirror, which presented the touristic region Malia as “a hellhole of rapes of British women,” based on reported incidents. The development of criminal cases shows that in many...

Koutzamani First Female Supreme Court Prosecutor

Efterpi Koutzamani has been appointed Greek Supreme Court Public Prosecutor after the resignation of Ioannis Tentes and will be the first woman to hold the post, which has a three-year term. “I am honored to have been selected for the...

Cypriot Granny Gets Law Degree at 72!

It took a while but Christothea Pelekanou, 72, realized her life-long dream of life to get her law degree. Now she will continue to post graduate studies at the University of Nicosia which she considers her second home in...

Illicit Antiquities Dealers to Face Trial

Fifty three people will face trial at the Criminal Court of Thessaloniki on the charges of participating in the illicit trade of antiquities in Northern and Central Greece with connections abroad. The illegal network was uncovered in March 2012 after...

Court Orders Payment in Acid Attack

A Greek court has ruled that the acid attack on a Bulgarian cleaning woman who had complained about working conditions was partly attributable to negligence by her company. The court ordered for Kuneva to receive 250,000 euros ($321,763) in...

Two Cops, Lawyer Charged With Trafficking

Two policemen and a lawyer were arrested on charges of participating in a human trafficking network in Greece, among 10 people apprehended, police said. The operation took place in nightclubs in Larissa, the capital and biggest city of the Thessaly...

Small Bondholders Assail Haircut's OK

More than 100 small bondholders gathered on the morning of June 26 outside the Council of State and threatened to lynch every judge they saw. What infuriated the small bondholders was information that the haircut of their bonds was upheld...