Ministry of Justice

A caretaker government led by a judge and with non-politicians at the crucial posts will be sworn in Thursday.

Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has reiterated his belief that a coalition government, such as one involving socialist PASOK, would be "an unstable government that would not serve Greece's interests."

"What I am interested in is a clean victory," he added, referring to the May 21 national elections, in an interview on ANT1 TV.

Evangelos Venizelos, former deputy prime minister of Greece and former minister of foreign affairs, speaking with Kathimerini English Edition Editor Tom Ellis as part of the Delphi Economic Forum on Thursday, discussed the role of PASOK in a future governmental coalition, stating that, having borne the brunt of the fallout from the financial crisis, it cannot just be a complement to any governm

Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the leader of New Democracy and prime minister of Greece, will on Wednesday present his party's policy program at the Hellenic Cosmos Cultural Center ahead of the May 21 elections. The event will start at 6 p.m.

European Commissioner for Justice, Didier Reynders, will visit Athens on March 16 and 17, to discuss the EU's findings of the Rule of Law 2022 report for Greece, and other justice-related issues.

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu confirmed in a phone call to Greek counterpart Nikos Dendias that authorities would allow the jailed father of a train driver killed in the Tempe train crash to be released from a Turkish prison so that he can attend his son's funeral.

The issue was raised by Dendias in a phone discussion Cavusoglu on Monday.

The examination of the witnesses before the special tribunal on the responsibility of ministers ended on Tuesday and will resume on January 23 with the testimony of the former head of the Corruption Prosecutor's Office, Eleni Touloupaki.

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The President of the Assembly, Vladimir Orli, convened the first session of the autumn regular session of the Parliament for tomorrow, and as the only item on the agenda, amendments to the Law on Ministries were proposed.

Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ has joined the public anger by criticizing the "unjust provocation discount" a court has given in the case of Cemal Metin Avcı, the murderer of university student Pınar Gültekin.

Speaking at a conference on the law on June 23, Bozdağ highlighted that the issue of "unjust provocation discount" should be discussed.

With a temporary clause to be added to existing law, rent price hikes will be limited to 25 percent, Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ has said.

The government has been working on a solution to curb exorbitant rent increases, especially in the country's large cities, such as Istanbul, Ankara and İzmir.