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Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis is confronted with a gordian knot on the issue of same-sex marriage.
State Minister Makis Voridis said on Thursday he would resign if Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis were to request party discipline in a parliamentary vote for a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage and expand adoption rights to same-sex couples.
The proposal by a prominent ship magnate to construct a two-story house near the Panagia Armata Church in the old port of Spetses has ignited controversy on the charming Saronic island. The municipality, local associations, and citizen groups are voicing their opposition, contending that the construction will effectively “obliterate” the church – officially recognized as […]
A new draft law by the Ministry of National Economy and Finance includes eight measures to protect vulnerable borrowers, increase transparency in how borrowers are informed by servicers, and enhance competition within the banking system.
The proposed revisions to the spatial framework for renewable energy sources (RES) aim to modernize legislation in order to keep pace with technological advancements, address climate changes (such as changes in wind speed and solar radiation intensity) and better account for increased environmental protection concerns.
By now, the story of Britney Spears’ conservatorship and its eventual unraveling is well known: For years, Spears was trapped in a legal situation in which most of the money she earned went to her father, who controlled not only her finances, but things like her medication, her performance schedule and more.
A Justice Ministry draft bill will make serving prison sentences over three years mandatory and no longer able to be suspended or bought off by payment of a fine.
A Labor Ministry bill that would allow full-time employees to get a part-time second job and work up to 13 hours a day under certain conditions was approved by a majority in Parliament on Friday. The bill received 158 votes of the governing majority, and rejected by 138 votes.
The devastating Thessaly floods appear to have finally ruled out the possibility of including a regulation for building outside zoning areas in upcoming draft laws, Kathimerini understands.
A draft law that will be submitted to the Greek Parliament in September seeks to regulate flexible types of employment such as zero-hours contracts, where the employer is not obliged to provide a minimum number of working hours to an employee.
A new system is planned to detect illegal constructions on beaches and prevent their occupation, through the unification of the services tasked with monitoring the coastline, aerial photography and artificial intelligence.
US Representative Grace Meng, a Democrat representing New York City, and a member of the Congressional Hellenic Caucus and the House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, has expressed her appreciation for the inclusion of her amendment in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
A bill that will make it easier for Greeks abroad to vote in national elections is expected to secure a wide majority in a debate that started in a parliamentary committee on Thursday.
A draft law on managing assets confiscated over criminal activity was the last Finance Ministry bill to be voted in the plenary before elections.
European Commissioner for Justice, Didier Reynders, will visit Athens on March 16 and 17, to discuss the EU’s findings of the Rule of Law 2022 report for Greece, and other justice-related issues.
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