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Greek Statistics Show Increase in Births and Cohabitation Agreements

An increase in births and a decrease in deaths was recorded in 2016, compared to 2015, according to the Greek Statistical Office (ELSTAT). Despite this, however, the number of deaths recorded in Greece in 2016 continues to be higher than...

Greek Archbishop: 'The Cohabitation Agreement Must Not Become Law'

Archbishop Ieronymos of Athens avoided making any comments regarding the extremist opinions that were expressed by certain people of the Greek Orthodox Church on the issue of the cohabitation agreement for same-sex couples. However, he clearly spoke against the...

Couples Prefer Cohabitation Agreements Due to Crisis

Cohabitation agreements are becoming popular in Greece, due to the economic crisis that hit the country in 2009. According to the Greek registry office, since the Ministry of interior introduced the new legislation the number of couples that opt...

Bishop Seraphim: Cohabitation Agreement an Insult to God

Bishop Seraphim of Piraeus sent a letter to the Deputy Prime Minister, Evangelos Venizelos, asking him not to include same-sex couples in the cohabitation agreement. The Bishop marked that it would be an insult against God. Among others, the Bishop...

Bishop Seraphim Against Homosexual Cohabitation Agreement

Bishop Seraphim of Piraeus is threatening to excommunicate any member of the Greek Parliament that votes for the amendment to include same-sex couples in the Cohabitation Agreement. A few days after Greece’s conviction by the Strasbourg Court, which ruled the...

Cohabitation Agreement For LGBT Couples Constitutional, Greece's Council of State Says

Greece's Council of State announced that it has ruled as constitutional and in line with European law legislation the law that extends the cohabitation agreement to gay couples as well. It rejected as unjustified a call from some church leaders...

Cohabitation Agreement for Homosexual Couples

Only few days after Greece was convicted by the Strasbourg Court, for the exclusion of homosexual couples from the cohabitation agreement, the Greek Government promotes a legislation that allows same-sex couples to contract such an agreement. PASOK announced the filing...

Two Women Enter Partnership Agreement on Crete

The first civil partnership agreement between two women took place on Crete. The ceremony to seal the two women's relationship took place at Chania, reports flashnews.gr. The women, both in their forties, are the first to enter an official...

Greek Parliament Ratifies Civil Union Agreement for Same-Sex Couples

The Greek parliament legislated the cohabitation agreement for same-sex couples on Tuesday evening following a heated debate among MPs. The parliamentary majority of 193 MPs in favor of the legislation was composed of an unusual configuration. SYRIZA, the Democratic Alliance,...

Greece Records Lowest Percentage of Illegitimate Births in EU

According to a new study conducted by the European Union's statistical authority, Greece ranks as having one of the lowest percentages of illegitimate births from all the nations surveyed. The data was compiled by Statista, an online German database for...

Official Greek Statistics Show More Deaths Than Births for 2018

The population of Greece experienced a decrease in 2018, with the nation having 33,857 more deaths than the number of births recorded, according to official data released on Tuesday by the Greek statistical service, ELSTAT. There were a total of...

Greek Church Hits Out at Same-Sex Foster Care

The Greek Orthodox Church leadership has said it remains opposed to same-sex foster care following Wednesday's passing of a fostering bill in the Greek parliament. The bill, which would allow couples who have signed a cohabitation agreement — including same-sex couples...

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...

Greek Metropolitan to Stand Trial for Inciting Hate Against Gays

Metropolitan of Kalavryta Amvrosios is to stand trial next year following comments against the gay community. In December 2015, when the Greek parliament was debating the law about allowing cohabitation agreements between homosexual couples, Amvrosios launched a tirade against homosexuals...

Despite New Gender Law, Mount Athos Monks Vow to Uphold Female Visitors Ban

Orthodox monks on Greece's Mount Athos have vowed to uphold their centuries-old ban on all female visitors, after a new government-sponsored gender identity law enabled citizens to change their gender at will. "In light of this legislation, we wonder what...