International law

The French judicial authorities decided on Greek businessman Nikos Bogonikolos' extradition to the US on Wednesday afternoon.

How can human rights be safeguarded in the midst of war? Dr Photini Pazartzis, the Constantine G. Karamanlis Chair in Hellenic and European Studies at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, and former vice chair of the UN Human Rights Committee ICCPR, emphasizes that international law establishes clear rules in cases of armed conflicts.

An Australian who appealed to the Council of State against his extradition to the United States on charges of being a member of an international drug ring has lost his case, it was announced on Wednesday.

New details are surfacing about the shipwreck of the Raptor freighter vessel, which sank off the coast of Lesvos on Sunday. With one confirmed fatality, one survivor, and 12 crew members still missing, indications point to the vessel being blacklisted by the Port State Control (PSC) regimes of the Paris MOU and the Black Sea MOU.

BELGRADE - Serbian FM Ivica Dacic said on Thursday evening a Croatian diplomat in Belgrade had been declared a persona non grata over gross violation of the Vienna convention on diplomatic relations and engagement in affairs that were not the job of a diplomat, and noted that Zagreb had failed to do anything about the case despite warnings and evidence of his actions.

BELGRADE - In case a new migrant crisis breaks out due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, it will not be a direct threat to Serbia, Asylum Protection Centre Director Rados Djurovic told Tanjug on Wednesday.

The decision of the French judges on the US request for the extradition of Greek businessman Nikos Bogonikolos is expected on Wednesday in Paris. Bogonikolos, who is completing six months in detention in Paris, is accused by the FBI of sending dual-use civilian and military technological equipment to Russia in violation of sanctions imposed on the Kremlin following the invasion of Ukraine.

NEW YORK - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said in the UN General Assembly on Thursday that principles should not be changed from one occasion to another and that they did not apply only to the strong but to all because, if that was not the case, they were no longer principles.

Criminal acts committed inside Greek territory are in the exclusive jurisdiction of the country's judicial system, regardless of the nationality of the perpetrators. The same applies for every other European country. 

That is why the Greek state should not be led astray by those who, for their own reasons, attempt to politicize a criminal case. 

The financing for the renewal of the term of office of 800 fixed-term border guards in the eastern Aegean has been decided by the managing authority of the Migration Ministry.

The move aims to strengthen the operational capacity of the Hellenic Police for the protection and surveillance of the country's external borders.