Dimitris Koufodinas
Self-styled anarchists go on rampage in downtown Athens
A group of about 30 self-styled anarchists wielding clubs smashed shop windows at more than a dozen stores in downtown Athens late on Thursday.
According to reports, the vandals had been gathered at the campus of Athens Law School before heading out on their rampage on Voukourestiou and Valaoritou streets.
Prison council to rule on jailed terrorist's furlough
A prison council will convene at the courthouse of Volos on Thursday to decide on whether to reverse a decision not to grant a new furlough to a convicted terrorist.
Dimitris Koufodinas, who is serving 11 life sentences for a series of assassinations, has been in the hospital following a five-day hunger strike over prison authorities' refusal to grant him temporary leave.
Greek far-left convicted terrorist in hospital after hunger strike
Greek officials say a far-left Greek terrorist serving 11 life terms for a string of assassinations is in the hospital following a five-day hunger strike over prison authorities' refusal to grant him temporary leave.
Dimitris Koufodinas, 61, was being treated in the central town of Volos Tuesday, health officials said.
Judges' union accuses Rouvikonas of 'fascist-style' methods
In a statement on Monday, the union representing Greek judges and prosecutors decried the "fascist-type" methods that is said are being used by members of the anti-establishment group Rouvikonas in a bid to influence their decision on a furlough appeal by a convicted terrorist.
Police arrest Rouvikonas leader; another threatens judges
Police announced the arrest of an unnamed leader of the self-described "anarchist collective" Rouvikonas on Saturday.
The 53-year-old self-styled anarchist was arrested late on Friday after the group raided a law office that also serves as a debt collection agency on behalf of a bank.
Koufodinas to go on hunger strike over furlough
Dimitris Koufodinas, the convicted hitman of the November 17 terrorist group, has announced he will go on a hunger strike after his request for a fresh furlough was rejected for a second time by a prosecutor.
Following the prosecutor's rejection Thursday, Koufodinas will appeal to a council of judges, his lawyer Ioanna Kourtovik said.
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The new draft penal code: A paradise for criminals
By Yannis Marinos
Criminals will undoubtedly welcome with hymns of resurrection the draft of the new penal code which was recently made public and is scheduled to be approved by Parliament in the immediate future.
Some of the provisions that caused a backlash were improved by the justice ministry.
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Convicted N17 terrorist says rejection of furlough a 'foregone conclusion'
Jailed November 17 terrorist Dimitris Koufodinas, whose seventh furlough was rejected by a council of judges in Volos, central Greece, on Wednesday, described the decision as a "foregone conclusion."
Application by convicted N17 hitman for seventh furlough rejected
A council of judges in Volos, central Greece, on Wednesday turned down a request by convicted November 17 hitman Dimitris Koufodinas for a seventh furlough in just over a year.
Koufodinas, who was handed 11 life sentences for his role in N17 in 2003, had applied for a four-day furlough starting on February 28, less than a month after enjoying a six-day leave.
Prosecutor objects to latest leave request by N17 convict
An application by convicted November 17 hitman Dimitris Koufodinas for his seventh furlough in just over a year was temporarily frozen on Thursday after a prosecutor disagreed with a prison parole board's recommendation to grant the request.