Council of Europe

After many years of delays, the Greek authorities have started a cleaning project of the Asopos River which is located in Viotia, in Central Greece. The cleaning of Asopos is vital as the river provides houses and farms of...

Giving up the idea of banning the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party, which is not allowed under the Constitution, the Greek government instead is said to planning to try to designate it as a criminal gang so that more than...

The British national daily newspaper, The Guardian, in an article on May 6 entitled Greece's People Show The Politicians How To Fight Golden Dawn, written by Daniel Trilling, claimed that more Greeks are disgusted at the presence of fascists...

After the European Union’s human rights chief said that there’s enough evidence of violence being perpetrated by the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party that has 18 seats in Parliament to outlaw the group, Public Order Minister Nikos Dendias said the...

The European anti-racist organisation EGAM (European Grassroots Anti-racist Movement) which participates in the parliamentarian assembly of the Council of Europe, has joined other groups in demanding the expulsion of a Greek Member of Parliament from the neo-Nazi Golden Dawn...

Greece’s pending $17.45 billion plan for spending cuts and tax hikes demanded by international lenders includes clauses that are unlawful because they violate workers’ rights, a committee of the Council of Europe has ruled in a non-binding judgment. The committee...

Cypriot Androulla Vassiliou, the European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth, will address the 5th European Heritage Days Forum Oct. 15-16 in Nicosia. Launched in 1985,it has been organized annually every year since 1999 as a joint initiative between...

The Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe is reportedly to visit Athens to investigate allegations of attacks against immigrants and journalists by the elected far-right Golden Dawn. Nils Mouiznieks, the Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council...

Two Greek Museums are nominated this year for the European Museum of the Year 2012 Award. The ceremony organized by the European Museum Forum Assembly will take place on May 16-19 in Penafiel, Portugal. Nikos Kazantzakis Museum on Crete and...

Greek detention officers treat migrants "like caged animals", and prison conditions for Greek inmates have deteriorated, the Council of Europe's anti-torture committee said in a report on Tuesday. Publishing a detailed account of a study completed last March but kept...