The legal battle surrounding the Ark of the World charity organization is entering a critical phase after an Athens court prosecutor on Monday requested the conviction of its founder, Father Antonios Papanikolaou, for five charges related to physical abuse at the organization’s facilities.
A well-known trap artist from Thessaloniki has been sentenced to two years in prison, suspended for three years, after ordering 500 grams of cannabis during the Covid-19 lockdown.
A Greek child charity said on Monday it had received a report last July involving a 13-year-old girl from the island of Lesvos who told the police on Monday she had been raped by two men.
The legal battle surrounding the Ark of the World charity organization is entering a critical phase after an Athens court prosecutor on Monday requested the conviction of its founder, Father Antonios Papanikolaou, for five charges related to physical abuse at the organization’s facilities.
Israeli mining magnate Beny Steinmetz has been freed from custody in Greece but banned from travelling outside the country as he awaits a court ruling on a Romanian-issued arrest warrant, police and legal sources said Monday.
Israeli mining magnate Beny Steinmetz was detained at Athens International Airport on Sunday under a warrant issued by Romanian authorities. He faces prosecution in Romania for, among other charges, involvement in a criminal organization.
In a high-stakes court session, Greece’s Council of State reviewed arguments on Friday regarding the constitutionality of building height and zoning bonuses under the New Building Regulation.
France’s highest court has brought an end to the $1.4 billion legal battle over the resolution of FBME Bank.
In a significant development that could impact various stakeholders, the Council of State is expected to announce its ruling on building height bonuses provided by Greece’s New Building Regulation before Christmas.
The 70-year-old deputy mayor of Xylokastro-Evrostini, in the Peloponnese, the main suspect for arson in a deadly fire that occurred in late September, has been given 48 hours to testify.
A lawsuit taken by Grigoris Dimitriadis, the former head of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ secretariat, regarding the country’s wiretapping scandal has been thrown out of court.
A Thessaloniki criminal court has acquitted 17 former patients and their relatives on charges of paying a bribe to a cardiologist.
A deputy mayor has been charged with a felony for his alleged role in a devastating wildfire in Xylokastro in southern Greece on September 29 that claimed two lives and scorched 7,100 hectares of forest.
The Council of State is set to rule on whether key provisions in the new Building Code concerning building heights are legal and constitutional. The hearing is scheduled for Friday.
The Supreme Court of Greece has ruled that the settlement of the island of Hydra, a protected historical site, cannot undergo building expansions.
A 24-hour strike announced for Thursday by the rail workers’ union was ruled illegal by a court on Wednesday.
