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The criminal prosecution against the 11 Spartan MPs confirms their exclusion from the European elections - The reasoning of the 1st Chamber of the Supreme Court

Greece's Supreme Court banned on Wednesday the far-right Spartiates (Spartans) party from running in this year's elections for the European Parliament, the Athens News Agency reported.

A legal source confirmed the report to Reuters. Court decisions in Greece are not immediately announced.

The court ruled that the party did not fulfil the set requirements to contest the vote.

Greece's Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that the far-right party Spartiates (Spartans) will be excluded from the upcoming European parliament elections. 

The Supreme court unveiled the final roster of parties that are set to compete on June 9 and deemed that the far-right party could not participate.

After months of legal proceedings, the trial of troubled jewelry maker Folli Follie has entered its final stretch, as the defendants' pleas have been completed and a date has been set for the prosecutor's recommendation. 

The defendants are charged with falsifying balance sheets and financial offenses and forming a criminal organization. 

A Supreme Court prosecutor has ordered a probe into possible disciplinary liabilities on the part of a prosecutor in Larissa, who, in the context of the investigation of the 2023 Tempe railway collision, shelved complaints against political figures, instead of forwarding them to Parliament.

The Council of State came into conflict with the Supreme Court last January on the contentious issue & the disagreement was referred for final judgment to the Supreme Special Court

Elon Musk met with Argentine President Javier Milei on Friday at a Tesla plant in Austin, Texas, posting a picture of the pair happily giving thumbs-up signs.

Under the photo was written "Libertad", which is Spanish for "Freedom."

Milei shared on X, formerly Twitter, a picture of him and Musk shaking hands in a conference room, with a message saying long live freedom.

Supreme Court Prosecutor Georgia Adelini on Wednesday rejected accusations that there is an ongoing effort to cover up presumptive misdealings by guilty parties in the official investigation into the deadly train crash at Tempe last year. 

"There is absolutely no judicial cover-up in the case of the Tempe accident," Adelini said at the 9th Economic Forum of Delphi. 

U.K. Foreign Secretary David Cameron met Donald Trump on Monday, British officials said, ahead of talks with senior members of President Joe Biden's administration on the wars in Gaza and Ukraine.

The Supreme Court is expected to rule by the end of May on the eligibility of political parties contesting the June 9 European Parliament elections, including the far-right Spartiates (Spartans), who are being prosecuted for voter fraud.

The far-right party is accused of deceiving the electorate as to its real leadership.