Council of State
Greece
Employees in Greek Stores on Strike
The Federation of Greek Private Employees (OYIE) has announced a 24-hour strike on Sunday, July 13, in response to the opening of stores on Sundays in ten regions of Greece.
The Federation of Greek Private Employees, the National Confederation of Hellenic Commerce (ESEE)...
Greece
Council of State Allows for Mosque in Athens
The Council of State gave the green light to the construction of a mosque in Athens, Greece.
The general assembly of the state council has rejected an appeal to prevent the construction of a mosque in the region of Votanikos as...
Economy
Greek Workers Protest Firings; Officers Await Back Pay
It hasn't worked yet, but Greek workers were to take to the streets on June 30 in another of hundreds of protests over austerity measures over the last four years, at the same time the government is moving to...
Greece
Account Seizures Legal Without Informing the Debtor
The seven members of the Council of State of Greece announced yesterday their decision regarding seizure of salaries and pensions of debtors owing to the State. They announced that debtors will not be informed beforehand in regards to the...
Economy
Council of State Blocks Athens Water Privatization
Greece’s Supreme Administrative Court has blocked the planned privatization of the country's biggest state-owned water utility, Athens Water Supply and Sewage Company (EYDAP), on the grounds that such a decision could endanger public health.
The government had decided earlier in the...
Greece
Mitsotakis' Decisions Deemed Unconstitutional
The Greek Minister of Administrative Reform and e-Governance Kyriakos Mitsotakis has received a double legal slap, from both the Council of State (CoS) and the legal department of the Greek parliament, on some critical legislative initiatives he is proposing.
In...
Greece
Greece Plans Easier Immigration Code
Amidst criticism from human rights organizations that Greece has not treated immigrants properly, Deputy Minister of Interior Leonidas Grigorakos said the government is readying a code to cut red tape in applying for citizenship and allow thousands of migrant...
Crime
Greek Pensioners Sue For Lump Sum Payments
Greek civil servants, upset that the country's highest court has ruled that military pay cuts imposed as part of austerity measures affecting the public sector across-the-board were unconstitutional and must be repaid, are suing to get back lump sum...
Diaspora
Greece's Inspector General says 7,000 Suspensions is an Outrageous Number
Despite that the competent Greek Ministers anticipated the suspension of thousands of unfaithful civil servants, the General Inspector of Public Administration, Leandros Rakintzis, speaking on the Special Permanent Committee on Institutions and Transparency of the Greek Parliament, dismissed this...
Education
UOA and NTUA Administrative Employee Strike Continues
After the 10-week strike at the University of Athens and the National Technical University of Athens, the federation of university administrative employees decided to go on two more 48-hour strikes despite the request to start courses on Tuesday. The...