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Schools and kindergartens in Attica will remain closed on Monday and public servants can do tele-working due to snow falls and adverse weather conditions authorities announced on Sunday afternoon. According to latest weather forecast, heavy snowfalls, sleet, powerful winds and icy conditions are due at the start of the week. …

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The Association of Prosecutors of Greece (EEE) called on the justice minister on Wednesday to intervene with legislative measures to ensure criminal cases proceed smoothly at courts and to rein in aggressive lawyers. The Association condemned as unacceptable and professionally abusive the behavior of certain defense lawyers, and called for …

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A backpack with explosives was found close to the premises of the Courts compound in downtown Athens late on Sunday. A warning to two media outlets alerted police. Authorities were alerted late Sunday night when shortly before midnight, an unknown person called a news website and a newspaper and warned …

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Greece’s courts will be requiring a coronavirus vaccination certificate, a Covid-19 recovery certificate or a negative PCR test from all judicial officers and members of the attending public as of Thursday, the Justice Ministry said on Wednesday. For members of the public this mandate relates to anyone aged 12 or …

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Greece extended part of the lockdown restriction until the first week of the new year. Schools, courts, restaurants, recreation and sports activities, including ski resorts, will remain closed until January 7, 2021, government spokesman Stelios Petsas announced on Monday. The night curfew will remain in place and so will the …

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Greece’s Justice Minister Konstantinos Tsiaras announced on Monday that administrative, civil and criminal courts are gradually returning to operation and that this process will conclude on June 15, 2020. According to Justice Ministry roadmap: May 6: The Council of State, the Court of Audit and regular administrative courts under the …

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The Pan-Hellenic Pharmacists Association warns that it will appeal in courts against any license granted to non-pharmacists. The warning comes just hours after the Council of State ruled in favor of the full opening of the pharmacists’ profession that will allow investors to open pharmacies in Greece. The pharmacists’ Association …

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The Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs has reacted strongly to foreign press reports suggesting that the country’s rule of law is in danger due to specific court decisions. The particular case refers to a legal dispute between Minister Nikos Kotzias and the magazine Athens Review of Books. However, the case …

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The war of words between the Greek government and the judiciary escalated on Monday, when the president of the country’s highest administrative court, the Council of State, made a statement that was broadcast live on television. In his statement, the president of CoS, Nikos Sakellariou, spoke of a systematic government …

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Finance Minister Yiannis Stournaras found a new way to make laws. By sending letters. Monday night, he sent letter to management of Public Power Company (DEH) asking the company to continue collecting the emergency property tax.  Furthermore, the Finance Ministry will appeal to Supreme Court against the decision of First Instance …

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