Legislation concerning the new process of urban planning controls and demolitions, the establishment of the Water Management Organization of Thessaly and the new model of biomass management in forests is included in the Environment Ministry’s omnibus bill submitted to Parliament on Monday, after a 10-day consultation period.
A storm in a teacup or a serious shift in the Greek cinema industry’s institutional landscape? Draft laws, as a rule, tend to attract the interest only of those who are directly affected, a few specific circles.
Kifissia in northern Athens is the latest municipality to join the front against a bonus included in the building regulation which enables the construction of higher buildings.
Independent browser companies in the European Union are seeing a spike in users in the first month after EU legislation forced Alphabet’s Google, Microsoft and Apple to make it easier for users to switch to rivals, according to data provided to Reuters by six companies.
An amendment broadening the postal voting regulations has been proposed to Parliament as part of the Health Ministry’s legislation and is scheduled for a plenary vote on Thursday.
Greece’s highest administrative court, the Council of State, has ruled that a law forbidding the independent authority responsible for privacy, ADAE, from informing PASOK leader Nikos Androulakis about the data collected during his surveillance by the National Intelligence Service (EYP) is unconstitutional.
The Greek government has pledged to conduct a thorough investigation to determine whether all necessary protocols were followed by the police force following the fatal stabbing of a 28-year-old woman outside an Athens police precinct, where she had just sought protection from her ex-boyfriend.
A Culture Ministry draft bill that has been put up for public consultation foresees the creation of a new agency bringing together the two bodies responsible for film and television.
Since I work at a private, not-for-profit university in the USA, one would expect me to be in favor of such institutions for Greece. While I do believe that not-for-profit private higher education is indeed fine, I am not sure if this model will work in Greece.
The Greek Parliament has passed the bill allowing the operation of private, non-profit universities, 159-129.
To be fair, the previous significant Education Ministry reform, under a PASOK government, concerning partnerships between Greek and foreign universities, didn’t yield substantial results.
Parliament on Friday is expected to approve the Education Ministry’s bill allowing, under conditions, the operation, for the first time in Greece, branches of foreign universities.
More than 150 Greek composers, lyricists, singers and musicians signed an open letter on Wednesday expressing support for a Culture Ministry bill for the protection and promotion of Greek-language songs and music.
Education Minister Kyriakos Pierrakakis said on Wednesday that lawmakers had dismissed the five objections submitted by opposition MP questioning the constitutionality of a bill allowing the establishment of private universities.
A draft legislation by the ruling Conservatives that would enable the establishment of private universities in Greece received five objections regarding its constitutionality as soon as it was tabled in Parliament on Wednesday.
Three new bills, in addition to the new fiscal framework, are being prepared for submission to Parliament within 2024, National Economy and Finance Minister Kostis Hatzidakis revealed on Tuesday, while speaking at the Real Investment Summit 2024.
