Stavros Kontonis

Alexander Vinnik, a Russian national suspected of bitcoin fraud whose extradition is being sought by three countries, was admitted to a specialist clinic Thursday for treatment after a three-month hunger strike, his lawyer Timofey Musatov said.

A total of 15 million euros have been earmarked to rebuild infrastructure and compensate private individuals and businesses on the Ionian island of Zakynthos, which suffered damages from the 6.4 magnitude quake in late October.

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras reshuffled his cabinet on Monday, keeping key ministers in place while bringing in some new faces. 

As expected, Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos, Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias and Defense Minister Panos Kammenos, Tsipras's coalition partner, kept their posts.

Turkey's Foreign Ministry on Sunday slammed a decision by Greek Justice Minister Stavros Kontonis to block the extradition of journalist Turgut Kaya, despite a court ruling clearing the process in early June.

"This reveals once again that the traditional sentiments of the Greek political power against Turkey have not changed," ministry spokesman Hami Aksoy said in a statement. 

Greek Justice Minister Stavros Kontonis has decided not to proceed with the court order to extradite Turkish terror suspect Turgut Kaya to Turkey, according to national news agency AMNA.

Justice Minister Stavros Kontonis issued a statement on Friday claiming that the transfer of November 17 hitman to an agricultural prison from Attica's high-security Korydallos penitentiary would not result in a reduction of the convict's sentence.

Justice Minister Stavros Kontonis has announced the launch of Greece's first Justice Police force, a body that was legislated 26 years ago but has only just come into being.

The continued detention by Turkey of two Greek soldiers who accidently crossed the land border in early March is "barbaric," Deputy Defense Minister Fotis Kouvelis said on Wednesday.

His comments to Sto Kokkino FM came a day after a Turkish court rejected a fourth request for the two Greek soldiers to be released.

The government is reportedly banking on the theory that the passage of time will blunt fierce opposition to the name deal signed on Sunday with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM).

Justice Minister Stavros Kontonis on Friday ordered a judicial investigation into a rant by a far-right lawmaker who called on the army to arrest Greece's president and prime minister over the name deal with the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM).