Europe

It has been 200 years since Greece was robbed of its famous marble Parthenon sculptures, known around the world as the so-called “Elgin Marbles.” Just when it seemed that these 2,500-year-old marbles might actually be returned to their home in Athens,...

In today’s Grand Chamber judgment in the case Sitaropoulos and Giakoumopoulos v. Greece, which is final, the European Court of Human Rights delivered the unanimous verdict that: The inability of Greeks living abroad to vote in parliamentary elections from...

On Tuesday, January 17, the European Court of Human Rights found that Greek Coast Guard officials tortured Necati Zontul when he was raped in detention at the port of Chania, Crete, in 2001, and ordered Greece to pay 50,000...

The European Court of Human Rights ruled that Turkey will pay nearly 15 million Euros in compensation to 19 Greek Cypriot applicants, as Anatolia news agency reports from Strasbourg.  On September 22nd and October 27th, 2009, the court convicted...

The European Parliament's latest annual report adopted earlier in the week slams Turkey on its close ties to Russia and criticizes its human human rights record. The report takes a critical stance on Turkey’s interactions with Russia, especially against the...

A court in Albania ruled that ethnic Greek minority leader Fredi Beleri, who won the mayoral elections in the city of Himara recently, should remain in prison until his trial. Beleri was arrested two days before the 14 May local...

A group of Kurds demanding freedom for jailed Kurdish politician Abdullah Ocalan interrupted the plenary session at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Wednesday. Ocalan is the founder of Kurdistan’s Workers Party (PKK), who has been detained for more than...

Without clear and significant progress in EU-related reforms, the European Parliament cannot envisage resuming accession negotiations with Turkey, warn MEPs in a report adopted on Thursday. In a report adopted on Thursday by 54 votes in favour, 7 against, and...

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared 10 foreign ambassadors - including seven from Europe - as persona non grata after they called for the release of Osman Kavala. Kavala, a businessman and philanthropist, was jailed in 2017 despite having not...

Two Greek scientists from the University College of London (UCL) and the University of Sheffield have devised an algorithm that can predict the outcome of complaints filed by applicants to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) with 79...

According to a report by the Austrian Trade Union Federation and the Austrian Chamber of Labor, the policy that troika is implementing in Greece violates human rights and the European law. Andreas Fischer-Lescano, professor of European law in the University...

According to the annual report of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) released on Thursday, January 30 by the president of the Court Dean Spielmann, Greece is in 7th place for recorded human rights violations. In particular, the annual...

The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) announced their decision earlier on Tuesday, condemning Turkey for violating the right to property, in the case concerning the refusal of the Turkish authorities to recognize the inherited property of a Greek...

The European Court of Justice issued today (14 November) a ruling slamming Greece for mistreating asylum seekers. The Court ruled that a refugee from Iran who had arrived in Germany from Greece should not be returned to the Greek authorities...

The plenary session of Human Rights will decide at a public hearing on November 7, for the appeal submitted by Gregory Valianatos and eight other Greek nationals seeking to extend the law which recognizes the cohabitation between unmarried heterosexual...