Officials urged to address overcrowded prisons
Greece’s top judicial leaders are calling for urgent action regarding conditions at Greek penitentiaries and police detention centers to avert European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) penalties.
Greece’s top judicial leaders are calling for urgent action regarding conditions at Greek penitentiaries and police detention centers to avert European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) penalties.
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, who is of Greek extraction, will remain at the bank and has no plans to join Donald Trump’s administration despite questions about whether he would take a senior government role after the US presidential election, a source said.
Police on Chios are investigating a case in which a woman was defrauded of of 608,955 euros in an online scam.
“‘Small America’ won today and it is going to abandon the world,” international law professor Maria Gavouneli tells Kathimerini.
Friday’s upcoming meeting, in Athens, of Greek and Turkish foreign ministers George Gerapetritis and Hakan Fidan, will be important in determining whether the two countries could seek international arbitration for their bilateral disputes.
The European Union must be united and coordinate closely in view of Donald Trump’s coming return to the White House, the leaders of the bloc’s two main powers, Germany and France, have said after holding talks to coordinate their response.
The meeting on confidence building measures between the Greek and Turkish delegations has concluded in Istanbul, some 24 hours before the arrival in Athens of Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan.
An Italian navy ship has set sail for Albania carrying a second small group of migrants, with Rome looking to salvage a controversial plan to process asylum seekers abroad after a first attempt hit legal hurdles.
A number of Greek political figures, including Panos Kammenos, Kyriakos Velopoulos and Afroditi Latinopoulou, have taken to social media to welcome Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election.
Traffic restrictions will be introduced early on Thursday morning and stay in place until Sunday evening due to the 41st Authentic Marathon race and other smaller races over the weekend.