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Up to 2,044 Greeks have claimed "their right to be forgotten" by Google. They have submitted their request asking for their name to be deleted from Google's search engines. The requests concern about 8,788 url addresses. Google has already satisfied...

The European Commission has decided to refer Greece to the Court of Justice of the European Union on the grounds that it failed to amend registration tax rules for vehicles leased or rented to Greek residents by non-Greek lessors. Greek...

About 162 gay couples appealed against the Greek state for their exclusion from the cohabitation agreement. They have complained about a continuing discrimination against lesbian and gay couples despite Greece's previous condemnation by the European Court. Eight months ago, in...

According to an announcement by the European Court, issued on Wednesday, agricultural subsidies of 387.4 million euros granted to Greek farmers in 2008 and 2009  have been judged as incompatible with the rules of the EU's  internal market and therefore...

The suspended cleaners of the Greek Finance Ministry have announced that they will appeal to the European Court claiming their reappointment. On Thursday the Supreme Court of Greece accepted the appeal of the Finance Ministry, which requested a delay in the implementation of...

The European Commission is once again taking Greece to the European Court for failing to comply with the directive on waste water treatment. The previous reference was in 2007 and 23 agglomerations were involved. However after the time-limits ended,...

The European Court of Justice issued today (14 November) a ruling slamming Greece for mistreating asylum seekers. The Court ruled that a refugee from Iran who had arrived in Germany from Greece should not be returned to the Greek authorities...

Overcrowded inflatable boats of questionable stability carry every day downtrodden citizens of other countries to countries which are considered to be the “Land of Promise.” Many of them get lost at sea and others arrive to some land. Everyone...

On June 20, the European Commission asked Greece to remove the discrimination on the tax regime concerning dairy products coming from other EU member-states. As the European Commission noted in its announcement, Greece is currently imposing a tax on the...

The management of the Loutraki Casino filed a complaint to the European Commission against lower priced tickets offered by the casinos in Parnitha, Corfu and Thessaloniki, all in Greece, considering it to be unfair competition. The European Commission declared to...