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Business
Greek Betting Firm OPAP Asks High Court to Cancel New Gambling Levy
Greek betting firm OPAP has filed a petition with the Council of State to annul and suspend a new tax on its games, which became effective this year, the company said in a statement.
Greece's Finance Ministry announced a decision last year...
Greece
Greek Justice Minister Rules Out Discussion Over Same-Sex Marriage
Despite international condemnation and a European Court of Human Rights' ruling last year that Greece's exclusion of same-sex couples from marriages or civil unions was in violation of the European Convention on Human Rights, Greek Justice Minister Haralambos Athanasiou expressed...
Crime
Greece in 7th Place for Human Rights Violations
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...
Europe
Greek Vindicated for Turkish Property Rights Violation
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...
Europe
ECHR Rules that Greece Violated Human Rights
European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Greece has violated the human rights of an immigrant from Afghanistan. Greece was sentenced for keeping a minor refugee from Afghanistan in a migrant holding center under unacceptable living conditions, along...
Education
EU Court Blasts Greece on Roma
The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), which is based in Strasbourg, France, condemned Greece for violating the European Convention on Human Rights provisions about the right to education.
The case, Lavida and Others v. Greece concerning, according to the...
Greece
Political Courts Find Τwo Memorandum Laws Violating the Greek Constitution
An unprecedented verdict of the political courts in Greece changes the story as we know it so far. The two memorandum laws (3833/2010 and 3845/2012) that imposed reductions in salaries, benefits, etc. of the state sector employees were found...