UN Court

Golden Dawn trial adjourned until May 12

The trial of Golden Dawn?s leadership and members, which resumed on Thursday morning in Athens, was adjourned until May 12.

The court's president Maria Lepenioti announced that the trial would resume in the same special courtroom in maximum-security Korydallos Prison and that a decision regarding a change of venue lied with the government.

Turkish Energy Ministry refuses to send int'l report about Akkuyu power plant to court

The Turkish Energy Ministry has refused a court?s request to see the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report on the Akkuyu nuclear power plant project in the country?s southern province of Mersin, citing state secret security as the reason. 

Evidence in Turkey's landmark coup case was fake, court says in detailed ruling

A Turkish court has stated in its detail ruling for the ?Balyoz? (Sledgehammer) coup plot case that all the main evidence was fake.

The Anatolian 4th High Criminal Court had acquitted all 236 suspects on March 31, after the prosecutor argued that digital data in the files submitted as evidence in the case was ?fake? and did not constitute evidence.

CCR rules Senate decision in Sova case unconstitutional

The Constitutional Court of Romania (CCR) ruled on Wednesday that the Senate's decision on the outcome of the vote cast on the request of the anticorruption authority seeking approval for Senator Dan Sova's remand and pre-trial arrest is unconstitutional.

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Probe into Panathinaikos basketball chief's threats against Olympiakos player

A prosecutor investigating sports-related issues has launched an investigation against Panathinaikos basketball club owner Dimitris Giannakopoulos after he was accused of directing threats at Olympiakos captain Vassilis Spanoulis following a league game between the two teams on Saturday.

Gov't will abide by any court ruling on pension cuts, says general secretary

If the Council of State rules that cuts to basic and supplementary pensions made in August 2012 were unconstitutional, the current coalition will abide by the decision even though this could mean having to find another 1.5 billion euros a year to pay retirees, General Secretary for Social Security Giorgos Romanias said on Saturday.

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