Supreme Court

A Supreme Court judicial council ruled on Thursday that former Finance Minister Giorgos Papaconstantinou should stand trial for allegedly tampering with an official document and breach of faith.

The felony charges relate to the so-called Lagarde list of Greek depositors at the Geneva branch of HSBC. The decision was reached by 4 votes to 1.

As Nikos Romanos started a thirst strike Wednesday, Greek Justice Minister Haralambos Athanasiou submitted an amendment in Parliament aimed at breaking the deadlock over the 21-year-old jailed anarchist and robber.

Romanos has been on hunger strike since November 10 over authorities' refusal to grand him an educational leave to attend classes at a Greek technical college (TEI).

Greek anarchist and convicted robber Nikos Romanos has ended a hunger strike after parties agreed on an amendment that will allow him to attend on-campus classes while wearing an electronic bracelet, Kathimerini understands.

Greek police on Monday morning destroyed a bomb by controlled explosion outside a bank in northern Athens, following a warning call to a newspaper. There was no damage or injuries.

Police said the site in the suburb of Halandri was evacuated and cordoned off, and the bomb, which had been placed inside a package, was destroyed at 7.30 a.m.

A Supreme Court prosecutor on Tuesday rejected an appeal by Nikos Romanos for a court ruling rejecting his appeal for study furlough from prison to be revoked, prompting the convicted bank robber and anarchist to threaten to compound his hunger strike, now in its 30th day, with a refusal to drink water.

Corruption must be tackled "by whole of society"

BELGRADE -- The whole of society needs to be involved in the fight against corruption, but the government must take responsibility, a conference held in Belgrade has heard.

The gathering was held on International Anti-Corruption Day, December 9.

BELGRADE - The whole of society needs to be involved in the fight against corruption, but the government is the one that has to take responsibility, participants in a conference on the fight against corruption in Serbia, held in Belgrade on International Anti-Corruption Day, December 9.

The Supreme Court in Tuesday rejected an appeal by the defense of convicted bank robber Nikos Romanos to overturn a decision by a lower court refusing a petition for education furlough.

Romanos's lawyer, Frangiskos Ragousis, filed an appeal with the country's highest court to overturn a ruling by the Piraeus Judicial Council, which is responsible for issues such as prison leave.

A Supreme Court of Appeals prosecutor's office has issued a notification that the seven-year, nine-month jail sentence for Ahmet Şahbaz - the policeman who shot and killed a protester during last year's Gezi protests - was "insufficient."

The head of the judges’ union has dismissed as “modest tips” the extra 150 euros per month that justices will receive over the next 36 months as part of a reinstatement of the wages they lost over the last two years.