Xeni Dimitriou

The Holy Synod of the Church of Greece on Tuesday issued a statement saying that individuals dressed as clerics who have been appearing on Greek television channels and speaking in support of the nationalist political grouping Convention of Greeks, founded by self-proclaimed billionaire Artemis Sorras, are not priests in the eyes of the Church.

Supreme Court prosecutor Xeni Dimitriou on Thursday ordered the reopening of all case files relating to the activities of Artemis Sorras, the self-proclaimed billionaire and leader of nationalist political grouping Convention of Greeks.

Most of the case files relate to calls by Sorras's organization for Greeks not to pay their dues to the state and social insurance funds.

Supreme Court prosecutor Xeni Dimitriou has asked the country's counterterrorism service to investigate allegations made earlier in the week by the jailed founder and leader of the now defunct November 17 terror group that there were still eight members at large.