Rasputin: Dark Servant of Destiny

Just two days before he will be deposed regarding his charges of a botched handling of the Novartis kickbacks case by his colleagues and of governmental meddling in the case, Deputy Supreme Court Prosecutor Ioannis Angelis has in a 10-page report requested that lawsuits filed by former PM Antonis Samaras, former Pasok leader Evangelos Venizelos, and European Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos (

British actor Alan Rickman has died from cancer at the age of 69, his family has said.

The star of stage and screen was among the most admired British actors of his generation, famous for roles in Harry Potter, Love Actually and Die Hard.

He won a BAFTA, Golden Globe, Emmy and Screen Actors Guild award during his career which began in the late 1970s.