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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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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June 27, 2022
Greece, Politics
Greece’s state and political leadership as well as leaders of opposition parties slammed the US Supreme Court ruling on abortion. President of the Hellenic Republic, Katerina Sakellaropoulou, in a post on Facebook on Monday, it was an open cultural clash in the already divided USA, with wider social and political …
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June 9, 2022
Greece, Politics
A Greek court on Wednesday overturned an earlier court ruling that allowed the confiscation by the United States of part of a cargo of Iranian oil on Iranian-flagged tanker Lana off the Greek coast of Karystos in south Evia. The incident led to an angry response by Iran that seized …
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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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February 15, 2020
Refugees
In an unprecedented ruling the European Court of Human Rights gave green light to push-backs at European borders. In its ruling on February 13, the ECHR ruled that Spain committed no violation when it expelled migrants trying to force their way onto EU territory by scaling fences in a North …
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December 9, 2019
Tourism
Short-term rentals via online platforms like Airbnb need the consent of all apartment owners if the place to rent is in an apartment building. This was the ruling of a Greek court in Nafplio, a ruling that strikes a blow to the Airbnb market in the country. The One-Member Court …
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November 19, 2019
Greece
Fifteen years after the SIEMENS bribes scandal broke out, the Greek Justice ruled that 22 out of 54 defendants in total were guilty of money laundering and bribery. Two of the convicted are fugitives. The Three-Party Court of Felony Appeals ruled on Tuesday that 22 of the defendants were found …
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November 5, 2019
Politics, Turkey-GR
A decision by Turkey’s Supreme Administrative Court may open the way to convert the symbol of Greek Orthodoxy, the Hagia Sophia into a mosque. This is a permanent demand by local nationalists, supported also by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The court has ruled that the historic Monastery of Chora in …
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November 1, 2019
Archeology, Culture
Greece’s top court, the Council of State has upheld an appeal by residents of Makriyanni against a 9-storey hotel that would block the view to the Acropolis of Athens. Constructors had obtained a legal license but the project froze in March 2019 when the residents appealed to justice and other …
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August 25, 2018
Greece, Politics
Greece’s Justice Ministry intervened in the prison release of former executive of private power company Energa, Aris Floros. A court ruled the release on health grounds and triggered an outrage. Justice Minister Stavros Kontonis has reportedly asked for the court ruling that opened the way for the release of the …
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August 22, 2018
Turkey-GR
Suleyman Ozkaynakci, the Turkish serviceman who piloted the helicopter in which he and seven other Turkish officers fled to Greece after the failed coup in Turkey, was granted full asylum and may receive travel documents to leave Greece. According to the reasoning for granting asylum by the Greek Council of …
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April 26, 2018
Greece, Politics
Greece’s top court, the Council of State, ruled that the reforms in religion courses in the country’s public high schools are unconstitutional and against the European Conventions of Human Rights. The reforms initiated by former Education Minister, Nikos Fillis (SYRIZA) in 2016, would abolish the catechistic character of religious classes …
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December 18, 2017
Greece, Politics
Greece’s supreme administrative court, the Council of State, ruled the content of wealth and assets declarations as invalid. The CoS practically dismissed the relevant Joint Ministerial Decision signed by Finance Minister Euclid Tsakalotos and Alternate Justice Minister Dimitris Papangelopoulos, saying it was invalid for all classes of individuals required to …
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November 17, 2017
Greece, Politics
The European Court of Human Rights has ordered Greece to pay damages to relatives of Vodafone executive Costas Tsalikidis who was found dead on the eve of the government’s discovery of a major illegal wiretapping operation that had targeted the country’s political and military leadership. In a statement, the ECHR …
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October 18, 2017
Greece
European police forces cannot impose blanket height restrictions on recruits because that discriminates against women, the EU’s top court ruled on Wednesday, throwing out an argument from the Greek government. Athens had defended a minimum height requirement for entry to the Greek police academy of 1.70 meters (5 feet 7 …
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March 30, 2017
Uncategorized
A group of strawberry pickers from Bangladesh has won a case against Greece at Europe’s highest human rights court. They were shot at by employer’s foremen for demanding unpaid wages after they had worked for 5 month sin Manolada, Peloponnese. The Council of Europe’s Court of Human Rights ruled Thursday …
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March 19, 2017
Social, Society
“Repeated calls from collection agencies to debtors infringe personality and debtors are entitled to compensation.” This is the final decision of a court in Athens after an attorney filed a lawsuit against two collection agencies. The court ruling opens the way for compensation to be claimed for “personality insult” when …
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January 26, 2017
Turkey-GR
Greece’s Supreme Court rejected the extradition of 8 Turkish officers. The court ruled after a request by Turkey that claimed they were involved in the failed coup of July 2016. In six cases the judges decided unanimously, in two according to majority. Two votes were apparently in favor of the …
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October 26, 2016
Politics
Greece’s Council of State (CoS), the highest administrative court in the country, on Wednesday evening ruled that a controversial television broadcast licensing law eagerly backed by the leftist government is unconstitutional. A majority of CoS justices, 14 to 11, said that the controversial law, which transferred jurisdiction from an independent …
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