Siemens

Former Siemens executive Michalis Christoforakos and another 17 defendants accused of bribing Greek officials to buy the C4I surveillance system have been indicted to stand trial before a Court of Criminals Appeals, in a decision made by the Greek appellate judges’ council on Wednesday.

An appeals court prosecutor on Thursday called for former Siemens Hellas executive Michalis Christoforakos and another 17 people to be indicted to trial in connection with the Greek state's acquisition of the C4I security system for the 2004 Athens Olympics.

The anarchist Rouvikonas (Greek for Rubicon) group hit the wrong target on Sunday when members threw paint at a building in Maroussi, northern Athens, police said on Monday.

A consortium of German giant Siemens and Turkey's Türkerler and Kalyon Enerji holdings won a billion-dollar wind energy tender on Aug. 3, offering the lowest price to the state with $3.48 cents per kilowatt hour.   

Germany's Siemens tried to distance itself from a Crimean sanctions scandal on July 21, halting deliveries of power equipment to Russian state-controlled customers and reviewing supply deals.

As a cross-party parliamentary committee prepares to investigate instances of corruption in Greece's health sector, Justice Minister Stavros Kontonis said that a scandal embroiling the Swiss pharmaceutical firm Novartis and thousands of Greek doctors and health professionals, "surpasses" the notorious Siemens cash-for-contracts affair.

The trial of dozens of suspects in the Siemens cash-for-contracts scandal was postponed again Monday, until March 15, after OTE telecom and the Greek state lodged appeals to seek damages.

The long-awaited trial of dozens of suspects in the Siemens cash-for-contracts scandal started on Friday but was almost immediately postponed until March 6 due to absences.

The long-awaited trial of dozens of suspects in the Siemens cash-for-contracts scandal started on Friday but was almost immediately postponed until March 6 due to absences.

Representatives of the US Justice Department are expected in Athens this week to be briefed on the progress of an investigation into alleged corruption by the Swiss pharmaceutical giant Novartis, Justice Minister Stavros Kontonis revealed over the weekend.