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European crime ring behind 60 killings is dismantled, police say
International cooperation triggered by a spate of gangland murders in Greece has helped to dismantle a crime ring accused of more than 60 killings across Europe over the past decade, police said on Friday.
Dozens arrested for flouting measures to limit new coronavirus
The Hellenic Police (ELAS) has arrested dozens of people for violating measures introduced by the government in a bid to curb the spread of the coronavirus, apprehending a total of 127 people across the country since last Thursday.
KKE walks out of Novartis case investigating committee
The Greek Communist Party (KKE) walked out of Parliament's preliminary investigative committee probing the handling of the Novartis bribery case on Monday and allegations of political interference by the previous administration.
One of two protected Novartis witnesses to testify Monday
One of the two protected witnesses who have been summoned to testify by the parliamentary committee conducting a preliminary inquiry into the handling of the Novartis bribery case by the previous administration appeared at the Greek Police's headquarters (GADA) on Friday evening.
According to information, the witness will testify on Monday afternoon.
Bench warrants issued in line with legal procedure, prosecutor says
The bench warrants ordering two witnesses to appear before a special parliamentary committee looking into the merit of claims of political interference in the Novartis bribery case were issued in line with legal principle, Supreme Court deputy prosecutor Panagiotis Brakoumatsos said in a letter to the committee on Thursday.
Bench warrants issued for two Novartis witnesses
Two bench warrants have been issued ordering two witnesses to appear before a special parliamentary committee looking into the merit of claims of political interference in the Novartis bribery case.
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Bench warrant against protected witness said to be in line with legal principle
The special parliamentary committee inquiring into the merit of claims of political interference in the Novartis bribery case is entitled to issue a bench warrant against a protected witness that failed to present himself on Tuesday afternoon at a hearing scheduled at the Athens police headquarters, sources inside the prosecutor's office told Kathimerini on Wednesday.
Police searches for protected witness who failed to show up for parliamentary committee hearing
The head of the parliamentary committee investigating the case of former cabinet minister Dimitris Papangelopoulos has asked for the forced presence of the hitherto protected witness known by the name Maximos Sarafis as he failed to present himself on Tuesday afternoon at the hearing scheduled at the Athens police headquarters.
Police detain 6 after overnight clashes
Athens police say they have detained six persons after they were attacked with rocks and firebombs in central Athens early Sunday.
The incident took place around 3:30 a.m. when police investigated a report of young people damaging city property near Akadimias St.
A group of young people got out of the Athens University's Law School and attacked the police.
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Prosecutor in Koukaki case says evidence points to misdemeanors
Commenting a day after a government minister called for tough charges against anarchists evicted from squats in Koukaki over the weekend, the head of the Athens prosecutor's office, Evangelos Ioannidis, said that the evidence submitted to judicial officials by police justified misdemeanor charges, not felonies.