Nikos Paraskevopoulos

Germany?s Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel on Monday brushed off calls by Greece?s newly elected government for Berlin to pay reparations for damage inflicted during the country?s Nazi occupation, claiming that the matter was settled following German reunification in 1990.

Justice Minister Nikos Paraskevopoulos met on Friday with Jean-Louis Debre, the president of France's Constitutional Council, and Jean Loup Kuhn-Delforge, France's ambassador to Greece. They discussed the operation of Justice across Europe. Amongst matters discussed, were the overcrowding of Greek prisons and the slow administration of justice.