Athens Informer

Three women from Halkidiki, northern Greece, were expected to face a local prosecutor on Wednesday for allegedly trying to obstruct a mining vehicle from approaching a gold mining site located in the area of Skouries. The women, aged 25, 39 and 40 aged we… … Full News here – Latest News

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Parliament voted yesterday to lift the immunity of New Democracy MP and Tourism Minister Olga Kefaloyianni, ND deputy and former Athens Mayor Nikitas Kaklamanis, ultra-right Golden Dawn deputy Ilias Panayiotaros and independent MP Odysseas Voudouris…. Full News here – Kathimerini English

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Asteras Tripolis and Olympiakos will contest this season’s Greek Cup final in soccer after sealing their ticket for the May 11 showpiece during the weekend. And while the elimination of Panthrakikos was a mere formality for Olympiakos, Asteras Tripolis ma… … Full News here – Latest News

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The former head of the Financial Crimes Squad (SDOE), Yiannis Diotis, is on Thursday to face the parliamentary committee probing the political handling of the Lagarde list of Greek depositors once again to respond to a report suggesting the existence of a… … Full News here – Latest News

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Three farm foremen arrested Friday on charges of opening fire on a large group of Bangladeshi strawberry pickers in Nea Manolada in Ilia in the Peloponnese on April 17 are expected to face a prosecutor in Amaliada today. The farm supervisors, aged 21,… Full News here – Kathimerini English

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Three farm foremen arrested Friday on charges of opening fire on a large group of Bangladeshi strawberry pickers in Nea Manolada in Ilia in the Peloponnese on April 17 are expected to face a prosecutor in Amaliada on Monday. The farm supervisors, aged 21,… … Full News here – Latest News

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A group of men from the Roma community of Kalamata, in the southern Peloponnese, nearly came to blows with members of the extreme-right Golden Dawn party on Monday night, as the latter were demanding to see the identification papers of private nurses… Full News here – Kathimerini English

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As of Monday, pet owners who do not clean up after their animals face being fined by their local authority. A new law that seeks to penalize pet owners who do not take care of their furry friends will come into effect on Monday, introducing penalties of u… … Full News here – Latest News

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The current and former mayors of the Cycladic island of Myconos, a popular tourist destination, are set to stand trial for allegedly embezzling some 10 million euros of municipal funds. Prosecutor Giorgos Economou proposed yesterday that the current… Full News here – Kathimerini English

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Police in northern Greece have written to 22 people asking them appear at the force’s headquarters in Thessaloniki tomorrow as part of the preliminary investigation into the arson attack at the Skouries gold mine last month, when offices and vehicles… Full News here – Kathimerini English

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Parliament voted yesterday to lift the parliamentary immunity of ultra-right Golden Dawn deputy and party spokesman Ilias Kasidiaris so he can face trial for assaulting a female leftist lawmaker during a live television show in June last year. A total… Full News here – Kathimerini English

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Syrian shopkeeper Osama fled the fighting in Aleppo convinced he would be welcomed in Europe. Five months later, he is stuck in near-bankrupt Greece, where money and sympathy are scarce. Beaten up and robbed by traffickers when they arrived in Athens, Osa… … Full News here – Latest News

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The labyrinthof bureaucracy, corruption and the widespread skepticism of society and the civil service toward entrepreneurship are the main obstacles for investment in Greece, as two stories reported by Kathimerini about internationally acclaimed… Full News here – Kathimerini English

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Ten people who sat between 2008 and 2009 on the executive board of AMEL, the public company that runs the Athens metro, were charged with felonies yesterday in connection to a series of illegal hirings during that period. The charges issued by the… Full News here – Kathimerini English

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Five executives from US firm Johnson & Johnson are to face investigation in Greece over allegations that a subsidiary company, DePuy, sold orthopedic equipment to Greek hospitals after bribing doctors. Kathimerini understands that magistrate Spyros… Full News here – Kathimerini English

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