Xeni Dimitriou

Supreme Court prosecutor Xeni Dimitriou on Tuesday back-pedalled on her request to delay the completion of a report on the deadly blaze in east Attica until the General Inspector of Public Administration has sent her separate findings, after facing intense criticism.

An inquiry into July's wildfires is being extended after Supreme Court prosecutor Xeni Dimitriou asked that a report prepared by Greece's top public administration official be taken into account and due to the fact that a new expert study has been sent to the prosecutor leading the probe.

One of the medical certificates detailing the health problems that led to the release from prison of a power company executive is vague, ambiguous and not supported by evidence, a Supreme Court prosecutor said in an appeal Friday.

Supreme Court prosecutor Xeni Dimitriou appealed on Friday against the early release from prison of the former managing director of power supplier Energa, Aristides Floros, for health reasons, after questions were raised about the medical certificate that diagnosed him with a disability.

A massive effort was under way on Tuesday to extinguish the most disastrous wildfires Attica has seen in decades, with the official death toll at 74 though rescue workers warned that this number would rise as dozens of people remained unaccounted for and 11 in intensive care. 

Supreme Court prosecutor Xeni Dimitriou ordered on Tuesday the transfer of two children who were reportedly sexually and physically abused by their parents on the island of Leros to a specialized institution, where they can receive proper care. 

In what has become an ongoing saga, the case file of the former head of Greece's statistical service, ELSTAT, Andreas Georgiou, is to go before the Council of Appeals Court Judges for the third time after the Supreme Court's criminal section accepted a prosecutor's appeal against his earlier acquittal.

Justice Minister Stavros Kontonis on Tuesday requested a Supreme Court disciplinary investigation into delays in the implementation of a court ruling relating to the 2014 smuggling of some 2 tons of heroin into Greece on the Noor 1 container ship.

Supreme Court prosecutor Xeni Dimitriou on Thursday ordered an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the sale of Hellenic Army missiles and bombs to Saudi Arabia amid claims that the deal was carried out with a "suspicious broker."

Dimitriou asked corruption prosecutor Eleni Touloupaki to determine whether anyone should be charged in connection with the deal. 

A Supreme Court prosecutor has launched a preliminary investigation over the October 11 front page of the Eleftheri Ora daily newspaper, which made homophobic references and incited violence against gay people.

The probe was ordered by Supreme Court prosecutor Xeni Dimitriou.