Sofia Nikolaou

Greek prisons brimming with knives, official tells House

The general secretary for crime policy at the Citizens' Protection Ministry, Sofia Nikolaou, told a special House committee on Thursday that checks conducted at Greek prisons since the conservative government came to power in July have yielded hundreds of knives, makeshift weapons and mobile phones.

Prison bill to toughen rules

A new bill to be tabled in Parliament in the coming days by the Citizens' Protection Ministry aims to tighten the regime for the transfer of prisoners to rural detention facilities, according to General Secretary for Anti-Crime Policy Sofia Nikolaou.
Nikolaou told Kathimerini that 200 inmates have escaped during transportation in the past four years.

Trump campaign organizer backs ND candidate

I have to admit that it sounded kind of crazy when I first heard the news that George Gigicos, one of US President Donald Trump's key campaign staffers in the runup to the 2016 elections, was in Greece helping New Democracy candidate Sofia Nikolaou in her campaign for a seat in Parliament in general elections later this year.