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CoS to Rule on Constitutionality of Imposing Large Fines for Undeclared Labour

The Greek Council of State will rule on whether a labour law that imposes large fines to companies for undeclared labour is unconstitutional, illegal and against the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The question was referred to the CoS...

Greece's Supreme Court to Decide on Northern Greece Mine Dispute in October

The Greek Council of the State will decide whether or not it will strike down former Greek Environment Minister Panos Skourletis's decision to halt the development of mines in Chalkidki, Northern Greece on October 2nd. Skourletis ordered the stoppage in August, even though the...

Greek Council of State Rejects 2012 Pension Cuts

The Greek Council of State, the country's top administrative court, ruled that main and supplementary pension cuts in the private sector that were enacted in 2012 are against Greece's Constitution and the European Convention on Human Rights. According to the decision, private sector...

Nea Filadelfia City, Residents Lose Case to Stop Construction of New AEK FC Complex

The Greek Council of State rejected an injunction by the Nea Filadelfia-Halkidona municipality, Greece, and residents there against the construction of a new stadium for AEK FC, in a plenary decision behind closed doors, it was announced Friday. The municipality...

Greek Court: Military Service Requirement When Applying for Job in Civil Service 'Constitutional'

Greece ’s top administrative court ruled that the constitutional principle of gender equality is not violated by the fact that male teachers cannot be hired in the civil service if they have not completed their military service, while the...

Only Greek Citizens to Vote or Run in Local Elections

An amendment brought to the Greek parliament that has been added to the justice ministry bill by the interior minister Yiannis Michelakis, is to change the provisions concerning the rights to vote or run in the Greek local elections. The...

Greek Teachers, Workers Protest, Clash With Police

Thousands of Greek teachers and municipal workers have scuffled with police during a protest at job layoffs as police respond with pepper spray. The state teachers and municipal workers held a demonstration in the capital Athens outside the country's Council...

Greek Court Overrules College Staff Benefit Tax

Days after it was reported that Greece's highest court would soon rule unconstitutional the pay cuts to the military and emergency services the government imposed on the orders of international lenders, it has ordered college administrators and staff be...

Cuts to Armed Forces Wages ruled Unconstitutional

  The Greek Council of State has ruled that the cuts made to the wages of members of the armed forces, police, coast guard and firemen in August 2012, were unconstitutional and that the government must pay the salaries it withheld. This...

Greek Court Rules Against Illegal Buildings, Labor Scheme

The Greek government's plans to allow people who built unlawful homes, including on protected property, to keep them if they paid a penalty has been undermined by a ruling from the country's highest court, the Council of State, that...