Christos Mantas

Greece should revise its legal framework to either minimise penalties or fully decriminalize soft drugs to reduce the burden on the judicial and prison system, among other benefits, according to a study by the Center for Liberal Studies (KEFiM), in collaboration with the European network Epicenter. 

Greek PM Alexis Tsipras’s strategic consultant Nikos Karanikas issued an unprecedented statement via his twitter and Facebook accounts in response to the announcement on Monday by Canadian mining company Eldorado Gold to suspend its operations in Greece accusing the government of not fulfilling its contractual obligations. “El dorado did what it could.

Ruling SYRIZA party’s parliamentary group, which was chaired by PM Alexis Tsipras, on Tuesday discussed the idea of tabling a proposal in Parliament for the establishment of a committee of inquiry into the question of how Greece found itself locked into repeated bailout programs – known locally as the “memorandum”.