The creeping consensus that constitutional rights and freedoms are secondary, and that only economic prosperity truly matters is just one manifestation of a morbid and dangerous decline.
The Panagopoulos case comes back to the spotlight with prosecutor's order
"I remained silent during the trial, but I will not be a scapegoat," Tal Dilian told Mega Stories and Inside Story, while reiterating that 'the preventive defense software is legally supplied exclusively to authorized government and law enforcement authorities'
The case against Yannis Panagopoulos, president of the General Confederation of Greek Workers (GSEE), over alleged violations of Greece’s asset declaration laws has been closed, with prosecutors finding no evidence of wrongdoing. The investigation was launched by Greece’s anti-money laundering authority and focused on so-called “pothen esches” declarations — mandatory disclosures of income and assets […]
GSEE President Giannis Panagopoulos allegedly failed to declare €3.2 million in income
The Thessaloniki woman passed away last week after suffering a massive stroke, with friends and colleagues subsequently charging that she faced threats, taunting and bullying in the classroom
A Thessaloniki court of appeal, after finding the inmate guilty of intentional homicide, recognized what it called a "mitigating circumstance of subsequent good behavior" and reduced the sentence to 15 years behind bars
The victim, 15, in the latest shocking instance of "revenge porn" allegedly tried to end her life twice when she learned of the circulated lewd material
Meanwhile, pressure builds on Yannis Panagopoulos, the president of the GSEE trade union umbrella group, to resign
According to the local media in the south-central city of Lamia, the boy’s mother abandoned the child when hearing a court decision giving custody to the biological father
The physician was arrested last September in possession of 3,000 euros in marked bills
A European arrest warrant was issued last October and concerned seven cases of attempted sabotage on five different German Navy warships at a Hamburg shipyards
The 46-year-old suspect served only four years of a 16-year-sentence, mostly in a prison psych ward, for fatally stabbing his mother in 2014; shocking incident again generates public debate on recidivism, lenient sentencing in Greece
A case that reached the highest level of Greece's justice system involved two divorced parents, a lawyer and a lower court judge, who clashed over their child's name, place of baptism, custody and child support
An Athens mixed jurist-juror felony court ruled that a 45-year-old defendant gunned down the victim in July 2024 outside his Neo Psychiko office as part of a contract killing linked to real estate deals on the island of Mykonos
According to reports, Greece's independent authority against money laundering has reportedly frozen all assets owned by the pair in the country, while conveying to Swiss authorities a request that banks accounts they maintain in that country also be frozen
Observers who have closely followed political and judicial developments in recent years note that while the Tempi tragedy and its judicial handling have further shaken public confidence, they merely added to a longstanding sense of frustration among citizens
Latest judicial reform, accompanied by a specific online platform, aims to dramatically cut 'red tape', free up judges and court staff; notaries to publish wills
The pair is being tried for allegations, made in testimony before anti-corruption prosecutors, that 10 politicians received kickbacks by Novartis’ subsidiary in Greece
Judge Frank Caprio, the Rhode Island jurist known worldwide for his compassion and globally viral courtroom show 'Caught in Providence,' has died at 88.