Michalis Kalogirou

Russian Human Rights Ombudsperson Tatyana Moskalkova has sent a letter to Greek Justice Minister Michalis Kalogirou asking for the extradition of Russian bitcoin fraud suspect Alexander Vinnik.
The Russian official had reportedly visited Vinnik, who had been on hunger strike since November, in an Athens hospital last week.

Greek Justice Minister Michalis Kalogirou on Monday submitted legislation in Parliament that, among other measures, will adopt European Union rules which will allow people suspected of a crime to seek compensation when public figures violate their right to presumption of innocence.

Justice Minister Michalis Kalogirou Monday ordered an investigation into the fatal stabbing earlier in the day of an inmate at Korydallos Prison in Athens.

An investigation into the beating of a 19-year-old murder suspect in Avlona Prison, north of Athens, by a group of inmates, is to focus on the role of prison staff, Justice Minister Michalis Kalogirou indicated on Wednesday.

As Supreme Court prosecutor Xeni Dimitriou reviews the case of a 53-year-old woman who was given a 10-year prison term for falsifying a school certificate to get a cleaning job in a state kindergarten, a Larissa court is to hear her appeal for release pending the review.

Following a decision by Greece's Supreme Court prosecutor to review the ruling in the case of a school cleaner convicted to 10 years in jail for forging her elementary school certificate to find her job, Xeni Dimitriou on Friday intervened anew to set the date of the woman's new hearing.

The Greek Parliament decided on Wednesday that the Constitutional Revision Committee, the body responsible for examining the government's proposed amendments to the Constitution, will deliver its report on January 15.

Conservative opposition chief Kyriakos Mitsotakis on Wednesday vowed to scrap a controversial law introduced by Greece's left-led government to ease overcrowding in prisons by granting early release to offenders with health problems.

A controversial law that was introduced by the leftist-led government three years ago to ease overcrowding at Greek prisons by granting early release to offenders with health problems has been extended by Justice Minister Michalis Kalogirou with some provisions aimed at ensuring that the reform is not abused by inmates.

Justice Minister Michalis Kalogirou met on Tuesday with the US Ambassador to Greece Geoffrey Pyatt, according to a ministry press release.