Justice system

In an interview with tovima.com, Justice Minister Giorgos Floridis talks about the issues that have plagued the the justice system for decades in Greece, touches on the proposed revisions to the penal code and expresses his optimism that long delays plaguing the country’s court system will soon be a thing of the past. What is the biggest […]

The lawyers’ associations in Greece are opposed to portions of a forthcoming draft bill envisioning revisions in the penal and civil law codes

Shares of Greece-based jewelry and accessory maker and retailer Folli Follie (FF) will be stricken from trading on the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE) as of Dec. 29, due to an ongoing five-year criminal case that has its founder and former top executives – notably members of the Koutsolioutsos family – in the dock on felony […]

 Another 10 Croatian nationals, all young men believed to be Dinamo Zagreb “ultras”, were released on Monday from pretrial remand, slightly more than four months after a deadly hooligan rampage outside the AEK Athens football pitch in northwest Athens’ Nea Philadelphia district. One local man, 29-year-old Michalis Katsouris, was stabbed to death outside the OPAP […]

A convoy of vehicles carrying Dinamo Zagreb “ultras” crossed half of Greece to end up directly outside AEK Athens’ home field

The draft legislation comes in response to heated debate in the east Mediterranean country over rising crime rates, lenient sentencing and a wholly inefficient parole system