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World Bank: 600,000 Court Cases Stuck in Greek Legal Limbo
As anyone who has a case pending in court knows, Greek justice moves at a particularly slow pace. A World Bank report has confirmed the problem, revealing that an average case in Greece takes 1,580 days, or close to...
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Government to Introduce Bill Making Mufti Islamic Jurists Optional for Muslims
Prime minister Alexis Tsipras said his administration would pass legislation to allow Muslim litigants to opt for a Greek court to resolve family disputes, instead of appealing to Islamic jurists known as muftis.
For family law matters, Greek Muslims generally...
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Greece First in Europe in Number of Pending Administrative Cases
Greece is in first place in the number of pending administrative cases among the 26 European Union member states, according to president of the Association of Administrative Judges (EDD) Eirini Giannadaki.
Giannadaki addressed the annual EDD meeting held by the...
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ECHR Finds Religious Oath in Greek Courts Against Human Rights
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) unanimously ruled against Greece for violating human rights of freedom of thought, conscience, and religion by requiring all court participants to take an Orthodox Christian oath on a Bible.
The ECHR tried the...