Panousis

The popular comedian and actor Tzimis Panousis died at the age of 64 on Saturday following a heart attack.

His death follows a string of health issues in recent years, including his collapse last December on stage which led to his hospitalization for a few days.

Dimitris Panousis was born in 1954 to a refugee family from Asia Minor and grew up in Holargos in northern Athens.

Prosecutors will no longer be able to veto prisoners' right to furlough, according to a draft bill seeking to reform the country's prison rules.

The bill, which is expected to be put to a vote in Parliament in the next few weeks, also stipulates that furloughs will have a longer duration and will be granted earlier.

Popular songwriter and stand-up comedian Tzimis Panousis is in an Athens hospital, in a "stable and controlled" state, according to the doctors treating him for a heart attack.

Panousis, 63, was rushed to the Elpida Hospital after collapsing on stage during a live show in the early hours of Saturday.

The Greek National Theater goes on stage at the Ancient Theater of Epidaurus on Friday and Saturday, July 21 and 22, with a kooky adaptation of Aristophanes' "Peace," directed in the form of a musical by Constantinos Arvanitakis, with a score composed by Nikos Kypourgos and starring the unorthodox musician/actor Tzimis Panousis as Trygaeus.

The killing of an 11-year-old boy by a stray bullet last week and the tensions stoked by the incident in one of Attica's most downgraded districts, have prompted local authorities in Menidi to increase demands for more policing and specifically for a new police station near the school where they boy died.

Giannis Panousis referred implicitly to Justice Minister Nikos Paraskevopoulos, members of SYRIZA and media supporting the government while talking to Parliament’s Institutions and Transparency Committee claiming that he was victimized.

Supreme Court Prosecutor Efterpi Koutzamani ordered two independent probes regarding a complaint filed by Giannis Panousis concerning death threats against him when he served as citizens protection minister, as well as relations between Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) members and inmates serving time in prison for being involved with a terrorist organization.

Time is running out for Supreme Court Prosecutor Efterpi Koutzamani who needs to decide what to do with the file presented to her by former citizens protection minister Giannis Panousis.

The government is in panic following the accusations of former citizens protection minister Giannis Panousis concerning ties between Radical Left Coalition (SYRIZA) members and the terrorist group, Conspiracy of the Cells of Fire.

Minister of Justice Nikos Paraskevopoulos and Deputy Minister of Citizen protection Nikos Toskas had a meeting with Supreme Court prosecutor Efterpi Koutzamani and filed a lawsuit against unknown individuals, because it was revealed that one of their advisors held talks with terrorist organizations, following the revelations made by former citizen protection minister Giannis Panousis  and publi