same sex couples
Greece
Controversial Foster-Care Bill Clears Greek Parliament
A bill that would allow couples who have signed a cohabitation agreement -- including same-sex couples -- to become foster parents has been approved by the Greek parliament.
One hundred and sixty-one lawmakers voted in favor of the bill, 103...
Greece
Greek MP Asks God's Forgiveness for Voting for Same-Sex Civil Partnership
PASOK Member of Parliament Dimitris Konstantopoulos said he asked God to forgive him for voting in favor of the civil partnership for same-sex couples bill.
The bill that allows civil partnership rights to gay and lesbian couples passed in Greek...
Greece
Athens Mayor Signs Greece's First Same Gender Civil Partnership
In an historic day for the gay and lesbian community in Greece, Athens Mayor Kaminis signed on Monday the country's first same gender civil partnership.
“As the first day that the law is being implemented, today is very important for...
Greece
Church of Greece Reacts to Bill Giving Civil Partnership Rights to Same-Sex Couples
A new draft bill that would give full civil partnership rights to same-sex couples is to be tabled in parliament amid reactions from the Church of Greece.
The explanatory memorandum emphasizes the need for official recognition of same-sex couples based...
Greece
Greek Justice Ministry Posts Draft Bill Extending Civil Partnerships to Same-Sex Couples
The Greek Justice Ministry posted the draft bill that extends civil partnership agreements to same-sex couples but doesn’t allow adoption for pubic consultation.
In a statement accompanying the bill, the Ministry said the new law aims to include homosexual couples and correcting...
Diaspora
Supreme Court Judge Calls Same-Sex Union Groundless
Supreme Court judge Charalambos Machairas said unions between same-sex couples are groundless, in a decision addressed to the court’s political department on Monday.
The judge said the Supreme Court should sustain a previous ruling by an appeals court nullifying the...
Europe
Same-sex Couples Appeal to European Court of Justice
The plenary session of Human Rights will decide at a public hearing on November 7, for the appeal submitted by Gregory Valianatos and eight other Greek nationals seeking to extend the law which recognizes the cohabitation between unmarried heterosexual...