Athens Court of First Instance

Olga Kefalogianni has been awarded temporary custody of her children in her legal dispute with composer Minos Matsas.

The former couple had submitted opposing requests for a temporary court order to regulate the custody of their children.

The mayor of Kallithea and representatives of local residents in southern Athens have appealed to the prosecutor of the Athens Court of First Instance, requesting the adoption of measures "to restore legality and stop disturbing the common peace of citizens" at Plateia Nerou (Water Square), which serves as a regular venue for concerts. 

An elderly woman was arrested on Saturday for allegedly setting fires in dry grass near Oropos, eastern Attica.

The woman is accused of intentionally setting two separate fires on Tuesday and Saturday and has been fined 5,413.50 euros.

A 48-year-old was arrested in Lamia, central Greece on Friday by the Directorate of Electronic Crime Prosecution, facing criminal charges related to child pornography. 

The first lawsuit by relatives of a victim of the Tempe train collision in central Greece on February 28, 2023, was heard in the Athens Court of First Instance on Friday. 

The claim is for each of them to be compensated with 240,000 euros for moral damages and mental anguish, which amounts to more than €1 million, as there are five plaintiffs. 

Few citizens who have had to go to court, either as witnesses or defendants, or even relatives of defendants, have failed to witness, and suffer, the phenomenon of trial postponements.

Multiple members of Greece's judiciary have tested positive for Covid-19 in recent days, Kathimerini has learned. This includes several prominent jurists as well as an unknown number of positive cases that were diagnosed at the Athens Court of First Instance.

The Athens Court of First Instance on Thursday heard a request by troubled jewelry firm Folli Follie for protection from its creditors under Article 106a of Greece's Bankruptcy Code.

The Greek Police (ELAS) has ordered an internal investigation into the police's response to Monday's attack on officers by a group of self-styled anarchists outside the Athens Court of First Instance which left three policemen injured.