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Environment
WWF Accuses Greece of Failing to Protect Natura 2000 Sites
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has accused Greece of failing to adequately protect Natura 2000 sites.
WWF Hellas, the Greek branch of the NGO, wants the European Commission to intervene and ensure Greek authorities comply with their environmental...
Business
EU Court’s Headscarf Ban Condemned by Turkey
Turkey on Sunday denounced a judgment by the Luxembourg-based European Court of Justice (ECJ) to allow companies to ban the wearing of headscarves under "certain conditions."
The ruling was made on Thursday after cases were brought by two Muslim women...
Environment
European Court of Justice Condemns Greece for Failing to Comply with Eco Policy
The Court of Justice of the European Union on Thursday slammed Greece for failing to set conservation targets for protected habitats, a process that should have been completed by 2012, Kathimerini reports.
Greece has been reluctant to implement substantial environmental...
Greece
European Court of Justice Slams Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic for Refusing Refugees
The European Court of Justice (ECJ), the supreme court of the European Union, ruled that three EU member states have breached their obligations under EU law by refusing to take a number of refugees who are stranded in Greece...
Economy
European Commission to Return €280 Million in Subsidies to Greece
The European Commission must now reverse part of its agricultural policy and return approximately 280 million euros to the Greek state in the near future.
This was decided on Friday by the European Union's Court of Justice, after Greece had...
Crime
EU Takes Greece to Court Over Illegal State Aid to Mining Company Larco
The European Commission announced on Wednesday that it will bring Greece to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) for failing to recover state aid once given to Greek mining company Larco.
Athens failed to comply with a 2017 ruling by...
Greece
European Commission Sues Denmark for Marketing Danish Cheese as "Feta"
The European Commission referred the nation of Denmark to the European Court of Justice on Wednesday, accusing it of violating European Union law in regard to the use of the trademarked name ''Feta.''
The statement issued by the EU Commission...
Crime
Orthodox Monk Wins Case to Practice as a Lawyer in Greece
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) on Tuesday vindicated an Orthodox monk whose application to register at the bar had been rejected by the Greek authorities.
The ECJ ruled that Greece cannot stop Monk Irenaeus from practicing as an attorney....
Crime
European Commission Asks EU Court To Fine Greece For Water Pollution
The European Commission on Thursday asked the EU's highest court, the European Court of Justice, to fine Greece over water pollution due to agricultural activity.
Referring to a previous court ruling on the issue of nitrate pollution in Greek waters, the...
Business
European Court to Decide if Raki and Tsipouro Will Receive Full Tax Rate
It is possible that following a referral on Wednesday by the European Commission that Greece's tsipouro and raki producers might be losing its tax statutes in the near future, which would result in higher taxes being imposed on the...