A firearm and ammunition believed to be connected to an attempted prison escape have been discovered during a police operation at the maximum-security Korydallos Prison in Athens was launched following intelligence reports that a weapon was hidden inside Wing F of the facility and was intended for use in a planned breakout Sources suggest the escape was being organized by a group of Turkish inmates officers from the anti-extortion division searched a communal cell area and a makeshift paper package containing sedative medication concealed within a cigarette pack 20 inmates have been arrested on various charges including violations of weapons and narcotics laws The seized firearm will be sent to the directorate of criminal investigations for forensic analysis A case file is being compiled and will be submitted to the appropriate judicial authorities Enter your information below to receive our weekly newsletters with the latest insights opinion pieces and current events straight to your inbox Korydallos prison inmates perform in the ancient Greek tragedy ’Antigone’ for their fellow inmates By By Stelios Misinas and Karolina Tagaris “For those of us who are not in this world to see this fervour that their minds cannot be imprisoned even though their bodies are is very inspiring Photo editing: Marta Montana Gomez and Eve Watling More galleries from Reuters photographers around the globe The Wider Image: The home for Reuters in-depth visual storytelling During a routine inspection, authorities uncovered the pistol, which was found wrapped in duct tape and stored in a concealed crypt within the prison’s masonry. The firearm was seized A team from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations was called to the scene to photograph the evidence and document the area The investigation into the discovery is being led by the Department for the Prosecution of Extortionists under the Directorate for the Fight against Organized Crime who was serving a 44-year sentence for multiple armed robberies has passed away at the age of 46 in Athens’ Korydallos prison he was found unconscious in his cell by fellow inmates He was then transferred to the prison hospital A forensic examiner arrived at the scene to investigate the circumstances of his death while the area where he was found was sealed off for further examination The initial forensic examination indicated that Dimakis had no external injuries a 46-year-old Greek national was found unconscious by fellow inmates inside his cell at Korydallos detention facility,” read the police statement on his death “He was immediately transported by paramedics to the Prison Hospital for first aid The responsible prosecutor was immediately informed of the incident A Forensic Examiner was called to the scene and the area where the inmate was found was sealed off for investigation by officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations The Piraeus Division for Crime Investigation and Resolution has taken over the preliminary investigation while a disciplinary inquiry has also been ordered regarding the case.” Dimakis gained national prominence in 2018 after going on an extended hunger strike demanding the right to attend university He successfully gained admission to university This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page Greek police say the two weapons and the ammunition found during a sweep inside the high security Korydallos prison in western Attica may have been procured as part of a plan by convicts to break out officers of the Extortion Prosecution Department found a SIG Sauer pistol with an empty magazine and 15 9mm cartridges wrapped in duct tape concealed within a wall compartment in the basement boiler room It comes after police found a Glock pistol and 19 rounds of ammunition hidden inside the wall of an empty cell in a raid last May Although authorities are continuing the investigation the initial assessment is that the weapons are linked to members of the Albanian mafia serving life sentences for a slew of felonies adding that they would be used in an attempt to escape A similar plan was foiled in 2020 in the prisons of Corfu when officers from the police’s counterterrorism unit (EKAM) had raided the building and found two guns hidden inside the wall – one with a silencer Further investigation revealed that eight inmates were planning to escape by taking prison employees hostage Two prison officers arrested for fatal neglect in connection with the suicide of a 22-year-old female inmate found hanged in the Korydallos prison hospital on Friday have been released without any restrictions after appearing before an investigative magistrate on Tuesday who had been held in pretrial detention since July on arson charges was discovered hanged in the prison hospital on Friday night She reportedly suffered from severe psychiatric issues and had been transferred to psychiatric hospitals multiple times for temporary care before being returned to Korydallos she was transferred again to a psychiatric hospital but was returned to the prison shortly afterward she experienced a severe relapse and was taken to the prison hospital which subsequently requested her transfer to an external facility the transfer was not designated as an emergency and was treated as a routine case she remained in the prison hospital without supervision she was found hanged with a cord from her tracksuit Both criminal and disciplinary investigations are ongoing The Environment Ministry has approved a special urban planning scheme necessary for the relocation of Korydallos Prison – Greece’s largest maximum-security penitentiary – in the Piraeus region to a new complex in Aspropyrgos The project involves constructing a new judicial and correctional facility in a public-private partnership The new site includes 9.2 hectares of the former American Base with the facility designed to hold 2,000 inmates and 650 staff The relocation has been a long-standing request from Korydallos residents since the 1980s The project’s budget is around €620 million with construction expected to take four years the future of the existing Korydallos prison site remains unclear with plans for a study on its redevelopment as green space The project’s next steps involve a competition for contractors with financial offers expected by April 2025 Environmental impact studies will also be submitted in the coming months The Korydallos and Maniatika stations on Line 3 of the Athens metro will close at 3.30 p.m Trains will pass through these stations without stopping The closure has been implemented due to planned protests in the area marking the 11th anniversary of the death of anti-fascist rapper Pavlos Fyssas The stations will reopen upon further instructions from the police An inmate was reportedly killed and another injured in a violent brawl involving knives or some other similar weapon in the Greek capital’s Korydallos Prison on Wednesday the inmate who was killed has been identified as a 35-year-old Albanian national The injured man is said to be from Kosovo and was rushed to hospital with a stab wound on the back a section of the prison used to house mostly Albanians convicted of serious crimes Several inmates are said to have been involved The incident has put the prison authorities on edge as there are fears that it may spark more clashes in the facility between rival groups The journey from central Athens to Korydallos is a daily routine for Aikaterini Papageorgiou As the director and facilitator at the Korydallos Prison Theater Workshop she and 26 inmates are now preparing Sophocles’ “Antigone,” following last year’s presentation of “The Persians.” The performance is scheduled for June 11 and 12 in the prison courtyard None of the participants is familiar with theater and may have never attended a performance Known for her work over the past two years as the artistic director of Theater Bellos in downtown Plaka the 27-year-old emphasizes that the “Antigone” production stemmed from a workshop that began last fall with a group of inmates “It matters that they engage with complex texts that prompt research and knowledge accumulation The inmates involved come from different wings and their connection formed in prison relates to art.” The choice of play was not accidental “The conflict between legal and moral law in the play is a theme that resonates within the prison understand it and perhaps even identify with it.” along with her collaborator Giorgos Paterakis and two female actors is meticulously working on the details of their production How do the inmates respond to the young director I encountered tremendous defensiveness and suspicion about who I was my intentions and my connection to the prison These individuals feel primarily disappointed with themselves for ending up here If they see that your intentions are genuine “It requires great care in how certain things are asked and said It’s also essential to clarify who leads the group because it can easily turn from a peaceful process into a confrontational one if there has been a search the previous night or some inmates have court dates coming up this affects the group dynamic and needs to be managed.” Her mornings are dedicated to the Korydallos Prison Theater Workshop and “Antigone,” while her afternoons focus on organizing the festival for the successful Contemporary Ancients Cycle at the Little Theater of Epidaurus This includes two monologues by Vangelis Chatzigiannidis and Vivian Stergiou directed by Nikos Chatzopoulos and Papageorgiou ‘The conflict between legal and moral law in the play is a theme that resonates within the prison An inmate can relate it to their own life’ Vivian Stergiou’s monologue “Iphigenia/Prey,” directed by Papageorgiou is inspired by Euripides’ “Iphigenia at Aulis.” “Many issues addressed in the original text The text has a striking similarity to how Iphigenia is sacrificed triggering a stream-of-consciousness reflection on stereotypes commands and directives she heard from a young age leading her to escape from patriarchal and abusive behaviors “This Iphigenia is entirely a girl of today What does a 27-year-old who boldly entered the theater scene in 2022 “The Word Progress on My Mother’s Lips Doesn’t Ring True” by Matei Visniec I feel as if expected to prove that what I have achieved was not accidental Papageorgiou entered the theater through dance which she was dedicated to from a young age “I fell in love with the theater as a spectator when my mother took me to see plays during elementary school recommended some plays to me.” She never had an interest in acting but was drawn to directing “because it gave me the impression that you could create small worlds and share them with the audience.” She graduated from the Performing Arts Department of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama at the University of London and pursued her postgraduate studies in theater directing maintaining the title for her subsequent work in Athens take risks and also host performances by groups with thematically related repertoires.” she focused on contemporary works inspired by grim social and political issues the programming centers around the question: How do people survive and adapt she will direct Vaclav Havel’s “Memorandum.” How do they manage financially in the theatrical landscape of Athens and those funds were saved as a nest egg for investing in the theater we had support from our families to maintain that nest egg.” The six-member team also work in other jobs but we found a response and secured a place in the Athenian theater scene.” I made a conscious decision.” What changed since then Being part of a single-parent family in Greece But I don’t feel like I have lost anything thanks to the support of my mother and her husband I tried not to accept that the family situation would limit other areas but rather that it would add beautiful things to my daily life I also rejected the stereotypes of raising a child I accepted being a young mother and didn’t try to act older.” Papageorgiou acknowledges facing suspicion and doubt I realized that part of the doubt wasn’t just about age but also about gender There were moments in the theater when technicians openly expressed this.” Does a female director have to work harder I remain committed to what I initially proposed and want to achieve Guards at the Greek capital’s Korydallos Prison managed to prevent an inmate from making a break for freedom on Wednesday guards spotted the inmate in the so-called dead zone after he apparently climbed the fence between the courtyard and the guarded perimeter He went on to climb onto the roof of a building after he was spotted with guards having to talk him down and return him to his cell An internal probe was launched on Wednesday at Attica’s high-security Korydallos Prison following the death of a 48-year-old inmate in his cell who was serving a life sentence for murder is believed to have died of a heart attack though a coroner was to rule on the exact cause of death There were no signs that the death was connected to a recent spate of killings attributed to gang members in the prison In the wake of last week’s murder of an inmate at the Greek capital’s main Korydallos Prison and a recent spike in violence at correction facilities around the country the Justice Ministry has called a emergency meeting with prison directors on Tuesday to discuss the deteriorating situation Conditions at Korydallos in particular have raised alarm bells after week’s killing of an Albanian national highlighted that gangs within the prison are laying down the law and that the security of inmates has been be compromised to a worrying degree Last Monday’s murder was so savage that prison guards who witnessed the incident were left so shaken they were reportedly prescribed sedatives Prison staff have also described a “terrifying situation.” The murder confirmed the fears of prison authorities who have repeatedly warned that a shortage of resources to curtail violent gangs from operating in Korydallos Prison would lead to deaths head of the Greek Federation of Prison Employees has described the situation at Korydallos Prison as hopeless while the general secretary of the Justice Ministry called the facility a “mother of violence.” is a recent rash of rackets extorting money from the families of inmates for their protection A case in point was the placing of a bomb at the house of the sister of Ioannis Sbokos – a former general secretary for defense procurements who is serving time for bribe-taking and money laundering Inmates at the Korydallos prison in the Piraeus metropolitan area voted overwhelmingly for SYRIZA (75%) during the Greek elections on Sunday slightly under the May 21 electoral round results In the first voting centre in the prison complex with 140 casting their votes for SYRIZA (75.68%) the party had received 82.99% of the votes in that electoral centre New Democracy received only 9.19% (17 votes) followed by PASOK with seven votes (7.61%) with nearly all ballots counted by 22:28 on Sunday the second round of Greek elections established a clear victory for New Democracy with 40.56% of the votes and 158 seats in the 300-seat Parliament The Greek Interior Ministry results were as follows: MeRA25 did not meet the 3% threshold for Parliament A total of 52.75% of registered voters cast a ballot READ MORE: Greek Elections 2023: Communists vow to fight right-wing parties following strong return to parliament. LEX ended his tour on Monday, December 11th, by performing a live performance inside Korydallos Penitentiary The rapper took to his Instagram account on Friday, December 15, where he shared some snaps from the concert. One of the photos shows him posing with some of the inmates, while another snap was taken during his performance. In the post’s caption, he wrote: “Last stop of the tour”. A post shared by Λεξ (@lextgk) READ MORE: Antonis Remos releases new smash hit album after seven years! Support non-profit journalism and perspectives from around the world. See all those languages? The Lingua project at Global Voices works to bring down barriers to understanding through translation. A prisoner's suicide is once again drawing attention to the cramped and overcrowded conditions at Greek prisons Twitter profile “ΚΟΛΑΣΤΗΡΙΟ ΚΟΡΥΔΑΛΟΥ” (Korydallos hellhole) an account for prisoners on hunger strike in the hospital wing at Korydallos prison first reported that the 43-year-old inmate had hanged himself with his shoelaces on April 6 and the Ministry of Justice ordered an investigation ΝΕΚΡΟΣ■ΒΟΗΘΗΣΤΕ ΜΑΣ■ΠΑΙΔΙΑ ΣΥΓΚΡΑΤΟΥΜΕΝΟΣ ΑΥΤΟΚΤΟΝΗΣΕ ■ΚΡΕΜΑΣΤΗΚΕ ΚΑΙ ΕΙΝΑΙ ΝΕΚΡΟΣ■ΔΕΝ ΤΟΝ ΠΡΟΛΑΒΑΝ■ΒΟΗΘΕΙΑ■ΒΟΗΘΕΙΑΑΑΑΑΑΑΑΑΑΑ #kolastirio — ΚΟΛΑΣΤΗΡΙΟ ΚΟΡΥΔΑΛΟΥ (@kolastirio) April 6, 2014 DEAD – HELP US – GUYS INMATE COMMITTED SUICIDE – HANGED HIMSELF AND HE IS DEAD – COULDN'T CATCH HIM UP – HELP – HEEELP  with users retweeting the prisoners’ digital calls for help Inmates in the hospital wing in that particular prison have been on hunger strike since February 16 protesting what they call the appalling conditions in which they are forced to live Last month, the Council of Europe called for immediate improvement to the prison's hospital facilities. Special rapporteur on equal access to healthcare Liliane Maury Pasquiere told the media that “the [Korydallos] hospital which was designed to cater for 60 persons is said to currently be housing 200 prisoners most of whom are allegedly HIV-positive or suffering from contagious diseases such as tuberculosis and hepatitis” Prisoners have regularly reported on the squalor, saying that are reduced to begging for medical care. According to them, the situation is so bad that a prosecutor once refused to enter and inspect the prison wing because she “has family” The news of the suicide came on the heels of the announcement of an official probe into reports that an Albanian prisoner named Ilie Kareli had been tortured for two hours at Nigrita prison in northern Greece before he died in solitary confinement Greek Twitter users have commented under the hashtag #kolastirio (hellhole) on the country's prison system and the inaction of the government regarding its improvement: @TheKoulWay και ένας άλλος άρρωστος άνθρωπος κρεμάστηκε μην αντέχοντας άλλο στο #kolastirio όνομα & πράγμα pic.twitter.com/SEfa950vr1 — ZeroCool (@ZeroCoolGR) April 6, 2014 One more sick man has hanged himself not being able to stand any more of the inferno The name “hellhole” reflects the reality Μην περιμένετε να παραιτηθεί κανείς από την κυβερνητική δράκα για το θάνατο “πολιτών β’ κατηγορίας”(κατ'αυτούς). #kolastirio — Contrabbando (@Contrabbando) April 6, 2014 Don't expect anybody from the government to step down over the death of “second-class citizens” (according to them).  ERROR: SECURITY TIMEOUT - Please copy your message to a backup location Global Voices stands out as one of the earliest and strongest examples of how media committed to building community and defending human rights can positively influence how people experience events happening beyond their own communities and national borders Please consider making a donation to help us continue this work Donate now some Korydallos prisoners took part in a hunger strike to protest what they said were the prison’s appalling living conditions Authors, please log in » Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" Stay up to date about Global Voices and our mission. 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For more information please read our Fundraising Ethics Policy Special thanks to our many sponsors and funders You don't have permission to access the page you requested What is this page?The website you are visiting is protected.For security reasons this page cannot be displayed A clash between inmates in two different wings of the Greek capital's Korydallos Prison broke out on Tuesday morning according to reports that spoke of injuries but did not provide additional details inmates in the prison's B and E wings broke through the bars separating their respective quarters in the prison facility and came to blows with the violence spilling out into the exercise yard There have also been reports of a group of inmates trying to force its way into the prison's administrative offices Riot police have been dispatched to the prison and are awaiting a prosecutor's order to intervene A deal to relocate Athens’ high-security Korydallos detention center to an old NATO base in Aspropyrgos was signed by the Citizen Protection Ministry and state asset utilization fund TAIPED on Thursday The initial budget for the construction of the new facility amounts to 130 million euros and only concerns the initial construction costs the new facility will be developed on an area of approximately 9 hectares and will include 14 wings while there is also provision for places of worship The deal provides that TAIPED will be responsible for tendering the project to a contractor on behalf of the Citizen Protection Ministry and the monitoring of the implementation of contact that will be signed between the ministry and the contractor The project will be implemented through a public-private partnership The relocation comes after the recommendation of an expert committee commissioned by the Citizens’ Protection Ministry in 2019 is a long-standing demand by residents and one of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ pre-election promises A guard at the Greek capital's Korydallos Prison on Friday found a 55-year-old inmate dead in his cell during morning roll call according to initial reports and the 55-year-old was known to have a drug habit This is the second death reported from the country's biggest correctional facility following that of a 33-year-old Albanian convict who was stabbed to death by two fellow inmates A coroner is expected to determine what the 55-year-old A clash between inmates in two different wings of Korydallos Prison Tuesday left an Afghan detainee and a prison guard with injuries while underlining the tense climate at Attica’s high-security penitentiary the trouble started after an argument between a Georgian inmate and two Afghans escalated culminating in the Georgian using a makeshift knife to stab one of the other men in the leg When other detainees got wind of the dispute Georgians in the prison’s B Wing surged toward the E Wing An attempt by a prison guard to intervene resulted in his being stabbed in the arm Riot police were sent into the penitentiary to restore order and A subsequent shakedown of prisoners’ cells turned up numerous makeshift knives Meanwhile the Greek Police launched a probe into the two stabbings complying with the general principles of the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) and Law 4624/2019 and taking into account the principles of proportionality and data accuracy as well as the latest information brought to our attention 177/2023 of the Mixed Jury Court of Appeal of Athens the individual referred to as the instigator has been declared innocent of the charge of instigation to attempted murder in a calm mental state Albanian convict Arber Bako is believed to have been fatally knifed in Attica’s high-security Korydallos Prison The circumstances of the reported knifing were not revealed Bako had been in Korydallos following a conviction for the attempted murder of the lawyer Giorgos Antonopoulos in connection with Energa and Hellas Power embezzlement cases including that of the lawyer Michalis Zafeiropoulos Letting him pull off the same stunt twice would be downright careless Yet that is exactly what happened in Athens yesterday as Greece's most famous prisoner - and jail breaker - flew to liberty for a second time leaving guards firing desperately into the air and officials scratching their heads in disbelief Nearly three years after a helicopter plucked Vassilis Paleokostas and a fellow inmate from the high-security Korydallos prison he has done it again - with even more panache and precision As authorities last night launched a manhunt which was described as "unprecedented in scope" the prison guards faced a barrage of questions over how the 42-year-old serial armed robber and kidnapper could have fled with Alket Rizai from under their noses in approximately four minutes flat The two men had been temporarily removed from solitary confinement to attend trial for the first jail break and security measures were supposed to have been tightened disappear behind a [prison] wing and then fly off again," one witness told local TV "I'd say the entire episode took about four minutes The pair made their exit on a sleepy Sunday afternoon one of whom shot himself in the foot in the process this second escape was aided by a woman passenger in the helicopter who threw a rope down to the men in the prison courtyard for them to climb up The helicopter was found within hours of the getaway by an elderly couple near a motorway in central Greece The motorway leads to the region's impenetrable mountain range where Paleokostas managed to flee the long arm of the law after his last escape the Robin Hood-style figure got out with the help of his elder brother Nikos The older Paleokostas is currently also serving a long jail sentence for robbery and last night prison authorities Published: Invalid Date CAROLINE Crouch’s killed husband has been sent to a hell-hole prison housing rapists and terrorists as he starts a 27-year sentence Twisted Babis Anagnostopoulos, 34, will be locked up in maximum security prison Korydallos after being found guilty of suffocating his 20-year-old wife to death at their home in Greece in May last year The Greek helicopter pilot was convicted of premeditated murder by three full-time judges and four jurors at the Athens Mixed Jury Court He was also found guilty of animal abuse and two counts of perverting the course of justice after his elaborate ruse was rumbled he avoided the main wings of the notorious prison whose squalid conditions have led it to be condemned as a lawless hellhole He has now been caged at the overcrowded jail - which is effectively run by gangs with inmates left to roam the wings openly selling heroin and beating rivals with hoses and whips - for 27 years The jail has four large wings each holding up 431 prisoners, staffed by just a single prison officer who had no control over them. Seven prisoners are rammed into 9sq metre cells containing filthy mattresses and blankets, infested with bed bugs and with mould on the walls and ceiling. The prison hospital designed to hold 60 patients, had 200 rammed in at one time, leading to deadly diseases such as tuberculosis spreading among patients. were forced to sleep on mattresses on the floor and there are no single rooms even for the very oldest or sickest Over the years there have been several riots and protests about conditions with prisoners even setting fire to parts of the jail Caroline's parents have said they hope the warped killer dies in prison as they welcomed his life sentence They said although nothing can bring back their "beautiful" daughter, they can take comfort in the fact Babis Anagnostopoulos is locked up in one of Europe's toughest prisons vowed that the vile Greek helicopter pilot will never see the couple's 11-month-old daughter Lydia again As well as being jailed for life Anagnostopoulos was also handed an 11-year sentence for killing the dog and fined 21,000 Euros The court heard how Caroline was horrifically tortured and suffocated with a pillow in front of her 11-month-old as she slept at the couple's house in an upmarket Athens suburb The disgraced dad then hung the family dog by his leash from a banister in an attempt to stage his fictional crime scene Police found Caroline's lifeless body on a bed next to her crying daughter Lydia - while evil Anagnostopoulos had handcuffed himself to the floor From the moment officers peeled the duct tape from his eyes and mouth he began spewing a twisted tale to save his own skin The killer claimed his family had been targeted by an Albanian gang and pretended he didn't know his wife was dead - even poking her body and asking: "Honey are you okay?" he led them on a wild goose chase with an outrageous web of lies by inventing fake suspects But his sick cover-up was rumbled after police pulled together a stack of digital evidence that disrupted his timeline of the alleged botched robbery They found that Anagnostopoulos had in fact been active during the time he was supposedly tied up and Caroline's heart had stopped beating hours before he claimed the gang had broke in Detectives also revealed the security camera had been tampered with earlier than the pilot claimed the couple had been arguing on that fateful night and Caroline had tried to book a hotel to flee But the 34-year-old was still desperate to fool the court throughout the harrowing six-day trial which has entranced the world he insisted that everything happened "in the heat of the moment" and claimed he "still loves his wife." 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For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click this link: thesun.co.uk/editorial-complaints/ One of the gunmen of the November 17 terror group in Greece was transferred from a high security to an open prison on Monday who was condemned to life imprisonment on six counts murder was sent from Korydallos to Halkida Prison near Athens Greek Justice Ministry sources said Ksiros was transferred because of renovations in Korydallos Prison Ksiros was granted a prison furlough for Christmas but he did not return he was arrested near Athens and taken back to prison The other senior member of the terror group was recently transferred to an open prison near the Greek city of Volos from Korydallos Prison The transfer of Koufodinas was slammed by Turkey and the U.S since he was involved in the murder of Turkish and American diplomats the Turkish Foreign Ministry called Koufodinas's transfer to an open prison unacceptable "We understand convicted Greek terrorist Dimitris Koufodinas was moved to a farm prison with lighter restrictions personnel and is inspiring the next generation of terrorists We condemn in the strongest terms furloughs or any easing of his prison stay," State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said on Twitter on Aug The November 17 terror group was active in Greece between 1975 and 2002 It is considered responsible for the assassination of 23 people in a total of 103 attacks Turkish press attaché Cetin Gorgu was killed in 1991 while Omer Haluk Sipahioglu a counsellor at the Turkish Embassy in Athens was gunned down in front of his home in 1994 Former Ambassador Deniz Bolukbasi -- who died early Wednesday -- Nilgun Kececi and driver Adil Yildirim were also wounded in separate attacks reportedly carried out by the same group It may not have been the first time that wheelchair basketball went to schools The time when HWBF and the Ministry of Education and Religion laid the foundations for the spread of sports in schools took place in the closed “Theodoros Putos“ with the students of the 7th high school of Korydallos and the 1st EPAL of the city In the presence of the mayor of Korydallos Nikos Chrousalas and the Head of the Directorate of Physical Education – and representative of the Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs – Dimitris Kereres emphasizing the joint desire of the Ministry and HWBF to proceed with the actions in the schools in order for the students to get to know the sport The young students were addressed by Dimitris Sklavounos (Chairman of the Development Committee of HWBF) and the experienced international George Souliotis was honored on the sidelines of the event The International Day of Persons with Disabilities is celebrated every year on December 3rd and OSEKA and its clubs organize awareness and promotion activities for The Federation of Greek Basketball Players’ Associations (OSEKA) had a meeting with the Minister of Health The IBC Ioannina club celebrated the International Day of Persons with Disabilities by hosting students from the 3rd Primary School of Ioannina (Maroutsio) at their The president and the board of directors of HWBF extend their congratulations to Mr Konstantinos Siahos for his election as president of the HSFPD The 41-year-old has been held in Korydallos Prison since 2021 following a “Red Notice” by Interpol as a member of an international drug trafficking network involved in cases of cocaine importation is appealing to not be extradited to the USA the 41-year-old was arrested by officers from the Drug Enforcement Division of the Greek Police and the American DEA at Mykonos Airport in order to be extradited to the USA and he is currently held in Korydallos Prison In his statement he says he is an Australian citizen and is only involved in construction he is alleged to have participated in a conspiracy from May 2019 to May 2021 for the money laundering of proceeds from drug trafficking in the Florida region and the distribution of large quantities of cocaine from Colombia The extradition request made by US authorities was accepted by both Greek courts and the Greek Minister of Justice The man has appealed to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) (interim measures procedure) to suspend his extradition until the Greek government seeks clarifications from the USA regarding arguments and objections he had raised himself The clarifications concern the penalties he would face in the USA if extradited as a possible sentence is life imprisonment but they also relate to the conditions of his detention in the USA and clarifications were requested from the Greek government 2023) issued a favourable opinion for his extradition he has appealed to the Council of State and is requesting the annulment of the contentious ministerial decision allowing his extradition he claims that the criminal procedure against him in the USA resulted from exceeding permissible undercover police activity for the disclosure of punishable acts and that he was a victim of police entrapment a claim that was never examined by the judicial authorities he asserts that the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) is violated and the decision allowing his extradition lacks the required specific and reasoned justification as he underwent pacemaker implantation while being held in Greece An alarm was raised in the Hellenic police when the Department of Anti-Extortion received information that a weapon was hidden inside the sixth wing of Korydallos prison According to reports, the escape was being prepared by members of the Turkish mafia and beyond, who even had plans to take prison officers hostage an operation was carried out in order to locate the weapon and prevent the escape planned with it The investigation was carried out at dawn on Saturday by police officers from the Department of Anti-Extortion in cooperation with their colleagues from the Operational Teams of the Directorate for Combating Organized Crime a Glock pistol and a magazine were found and seized in a cell of the Sixth Ward in a common area Follow en.protothema.gr on Google News and be the first to know all the news See all the latest News from Greece and the World, the moment they happen, at en.protothema.gr