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Perpetrators of bullying could face a minimum six-month prison term if found guilty if a special provision drafted by Greek Justice Minister Nikos Paraskevopoulos becomes law.

The provision, which the ministry says was expected to fill a legal vacuum, is being drafted as part of legislation regarding the abolition of C-type maximum security prisons.

Justice Minister Nikos Paraskevopoulos on Tuesday put up for public consultation a prison reform bill that will allow convicted November 17 terrorist Savvas Xeros, among others, to be released from prison.

Justice Minister Nikos Paraskevopoulos will reportedly add a special provision for anyone convicted of "bullying" envisioning a term of at least six months in jail.

The same draft bill will also include misdemeanor dereliction of duty charges against officials that failed to prevent "bullying", a more recent and Europeanized term for hazing.

Lawyers representing relatives of victims of Nazi Second World War atrocities have told Kathimerini that they have no intention of enforcing a 2000 court decision allowing German state property, such as the Goethe Institute, to be confiscated to recover damages.

Justice Minister Nikos Paraskevopoulos is drafting legislation to close down the maximum-security prison at Domokos, central Greece, opened just a few months ago to hold the country?s most dangerous criminals. The plan is to return the facility to usual operation and to equip all penitentiaries with special high-security areas.

Tensions peaked between Greece and Germany on Wednesday after Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras renewed Greek demands for war reparations from Berlin for Nazi war crimes and statements by German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble were perceived by authorities in Athens as offensive.

German conservative politician Hans Michelbach commented today on the statements Greek Justice Minister Nikos Paraskevopoulos made yesterday on the issue of WWII reparations that Greece demands from Germany.

Justice Minister Nikos Paraskevopoulos has said he is ready to sign an older court ruling that will enable the foreclosure of German assets in Greece in order to compensate the relatives of victims of Nazi crimes during the Second World War.

Greece's Supreme Court ruled in favor of Distomo survivors in 2000, but the decision has not been enforced.

Germany dismissed on March 11 Greek demands to pay World War II reparations after leftist Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' government accused Berlin of using legal tricks to avoid paying compensation for the Nazi occupation of his country.

Greek PM Alexis Tsipras has vowed to ask Berlin for reparations for World War Two.

Tsipras told Parliament a debate would begin on the setting up of a committee that is supposed to work to this end.