May 14, 2024
Economy, FEATURED
Greece’s Council of State gave the green light for the operation of mini buses especially on the islands. The Council of State has vindicated the companies operating in the field of mini bus rental mainly on the islands and using uber bv technology, as the relevant decision of 15.5.2023 of …
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April 5, 2024
Greece, Politics
The plenary of Greece’s Council of State has deemed the surveillance law unconstitutional and ruled that privacy watchdog ADAE must provide subjects of surveillance with information on the material collected. The decision opens the way to leader of socialist PASOK/KINAL, Nikos Androulakis, a subject of surveillance, to return his request to …
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August 8, 2023
Politics, Refugees
The Council of State cancelled the license to build a Reception and Identification Center (RIC) for migrants and asylum applicants at Plati-Vastria on Lesvos island, following a petition by the North Aegean Region, it was announced on Tuesday. Section V of the highest administrative court of Greece cancelled the project …
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November 24, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Greece’s highest court, the Council of State, dropped a ‘bomb’ and opened the doors for the return of health workers who refused to get vaccinated against Covid-19. Bomba – CoE: The extension of the compulsory vaccination of workers in health structures is unconstitutional Bomba – CoE: The extension of the …
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November 14, 2022
Society, Very Mix
A request to the Council of State (CoS), Greece’s highest administrative court, by residents in the Athens district of Exarchia to “freeze” the metro station construction project currently underway in the area’s central square was on Monday rejected by CoS. The residents’ representatives argued that the metro station will cause …
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July 14, 2022
FEATURED, Social, Society
Τhe Greek state must pay compensation to the victim of a debilitating rape by a man who was in the country illegally in 2012, the Council of State ruled ον Wednesday. The victim, Myrto, as she was known with her first name, was 15 when she was brutally raped and …
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June 30, 2022
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Greece’s highest court, the Council of State has ruled that the mandatory vaccination against Covid-19 for those aged over 60 is “constitutionally tolerable” and the monthly fine of 10o euros is a “reasonable motive.” According to a statement issued by the President of the Council of State, the judges participating …
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May 11, 2022
Greece, Politics
The Plenary Session of the Council of State ruled on Wednesday that a university police force which is also composed of special guards, does not violate the principles of academic freedom and full self-governance of higher education institutions. According to the announcement, it was unanimously ruled that “no provision of …
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March 15, 2022
Economy
Greece’s highest administrative court has pulled the brakes on an investment plan for the country’s biggest port that was part of the 2016 concession agreement between Piraeus Port Authority (OLP) and China Ocean Shipping Company (Cosco). In a ruling on Monday, judges at the Council of State found that previous …
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February 4, 2022
FEATURED, Greece, Politics
Greece’s top court, the Council of State, ruled on Friday that the transfer of the controlling stake of Athens Water SA and Thessaloniki Water SA to the Hellenic Corporation of Assets & Participation (HCAP), the privatization fund, is unconstitutional. The Council of State said that under the constitution the Greek …
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December 3, 2021
CORONAVIRUS, FEATURED
Greece’s top court the Council of State ruled on Friday that the mandatory vaccination for health workers and rescuers of EMAK at the Fire Service is constitutional and in accordance to supra-legislative provisions. Furthermore, it rule that also the suspension from work for the unvaccinated staff and thus without pay …
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August 30, 2021
CORONAVIRUS
Greece’s top court, the Council of State rejected a petition by the union of hospital doctors and workers throughout Greece, requesting a temporary order that would “freeze” compulsory vaccination. A total of 115 hospital workers and doctors had filed the petitions against the compulsory vaccination. The Council of State issued …
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June 30, 2021
Archeology, Culture
Greece’s highest administrative court, the Council of State (CoS), has given the green light for the temporary removal and repositioning of the antiquities unearthed during excavation work for the Thessaloniki metro in northern Greece. With the majority of a single vote (13-12) the judges of the CoS approved the removal …
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May 11, 2021
FEATURED, Very Mix
People who can prove they have suffered serious injury or side effects from a vaccine can claim compensation from the State, Greece’s top administrative court the Council of State said on Monday. The Court ruled in favor of a mother who claimed and won compensation for her daughter’s death after …
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November 16, 2020
Greece, Politics
In a televised message on Monday, Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis that “the decision to not hold mass gathering and marches is imposed solely for reasons of protecting public health.” He invited the leaders of political parties to go together with the President of the Hellenic Republic to the Polytechnic School with …
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October 15, 2020
Greece, Politics
Greece’s top court, the Council of State annulled the joint ministerial decision that defined traffic regulations for the Athens Great Walk as “due to COVID-19.” The decision exposes Mayor Costa Bakogiannis and his project he described as “temporary” thus for a cost of 2 million euros. The CoS ruled that …
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July 14, 2020
Economy
The Council of State, Greece’s supreme administrative court, on Tuesday ruled in favor of the backdated payment of pensions that were wrongfully cut between June 2015 and May 2016. The court ruled in favor of pensioners who had appealed against the pension cuts, seeking the backdated return for the above …
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July 10, 2020
Politics, Turkey-GR
Turkey’s top administrative court, the Council of State, on Friday annulled the 1934 decree by Ataturk’s government that turned Hagia Sophia from a mosque into a museum. The long-awaited ruling opens the way for Istanbul’s iconic Hagia Sophia to be converted into a mosque again. Shortly after the Council of …
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July 2, 2020
Turkey-GR
With express procedures Turkey’s Council of State completed the hearing on the status of Hagia Sophia and whether it will be converted into on mosque or maintain its museum status on Thursday morning. The written verdict will be delivered within 15 days. It will be up to President Recep Tayyipr …
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June 8, 2020
Turkey-GR
Turkey’s Council of State is to decide on the status of Hagia Sophia and whether it can be converted into a mosque on July 2, 2020. The country’s highest court will examine the request for annulment of the presidential decree of 1934 that turned the Hagia Sophia from a mosque …
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