Ongoing strike action by judges, who object to the government’s plans to slash their salaries, has crippled the country’s courts, which had been struggling anyway due to staff shortages and cutbacks, Kathimerini understands.
Walkouts by judges and prosecutors in the past two months have led to additional delays in the dispensation of justice – already laboriously slow – with criminal, administrative and civil cases piling up to unprecedented levels. First instance courts are said to be the most neglected, with judges and prosecutors reportedly making increasingly rare appearances.
A recent decision by the country’s judges and prosecutors to extend their protest to November 10 prompted an angry response from Supreme Court prosecutor Yiannis Tentes, who described the action as unconstitutional.
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German experts are preparing to help in the creation of savings bank networks in Greece’s regions.
Addressing an event organized by the German-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce and Industry in At...
New PAOK coach Huub Stevens has called for unity among fans after taking charge of the Greek club whose players said they feared for their lives last season because of regular protests.
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Greek canoeing champion Andreas Kiligkardis died on Wednesday after losing his battle against leukemia.
The 37-year-old had been in a coma since last Tuesday at a hospital in Poland - where ...
New Democracy’s chief, Prime Minister Antonis Samaras, risked the ultimate reformist move by shutting down state broadcaster ERT in order to assert his role as leader over his two smaller pa...
The great majority of Greeks welcomed the news late on Wednesday of a nascent deal between the three partners in the government coalition regarding the fate of the country’s public broadcast...
