Top EU Court Blocks Double Taxation of Improper Exports
In a 25-year-old case involving the export of Italian ethanol to Greece, EU judges held that products improperly exported within the bloc cannot be taxed by two different countries.
Read moreIn a 25-year-old case involving the export of Italian ethanol to Greece, EU judges held that products improperly exported within the bloc cannot be taxed by two different countries.
Read moreThousands of students and teachers held peaceful demonstrations in Greece’s two biggest cities Thursday against proposed education reforms, defying a weeklong ban on protests imposed as part of measures to tackle the coronavirus pandemic.
Read moreA German court said Tuesday that two refugees granted asylum in Greece could not be sent back there because of the “serious risk of inhumane and degrading treatment” they could face.
Read moreGreece’s center-right government on Tuesday imposed a weeklong ban on public protests attended by more than 100 people, angering left-wing political opponents.
Read moreLebanon handed back two 18th-century religious icons of Jesus and Mary to Greece on Tuesday after they were seized during an auction, a judicial source said.
Read moreThe Greek government relented and allowed limited attendance at churches celebrating the feast of the Epiphany on Wednesday, reversing a ban on attendance designed to limit the spread of the coronavirus.
Read moreGreece’s powerful Orthodox Church is rebelling against a government order to briefly close places of worship under a weeklong drive to tighten virus restrictions before the planned reopening of schools.
Read moreA major increase in self-harm and mental health conditions has accompanied the coronavirus lockdown in Greece’s migrant camps, a prominent aid group said Thursday.
Read moreEuropean Union leaders early Friday gave the green light for the expansion of sanctions against Turkey over its exploration of gas reserves in Mediterranean waters claimed by EU members Greece and Cyprus.
Read moreThe Turkish research vessel at the heart of a Mediterranean Sea energy dispute between Turkey and Greece is back in port.
Read moreGreece is abolishing the practice of holding asylum-seeker children and teenagers who arrive in the country without parents or guardians in protective police custody, the migration minister said Wednesday.
Read moreA bust of the ancient god Hermes, in good condition, was discovered in central Athens during sewage work, authorities said Sunday.
Read moreAt a time when dozens of members of Greece’s neo-Nazi party are going to jail, the European Court of Human Rights slammed the country on Thursday for having convicted a journalist who railed against one of the party’s supporters.
Read moreWith a surge in coronavirus cases straining hospitals in many European countries, Greece announced a nationwide lockdown Thursday in the hopes of stemming a rising tide of patients before its hospitals come under “unbearable” pressure.
Read moreThe death toll in last week’s Aegean Sea earthquake rose to 116 on Wednesday as rescuers in the Turkish city of Izmir finished searching buildings that collapsed in the quake.
Read moreA strong earthquake struck Friday in the Aegean Sea between the Turkish coast and the Greek island of Samos, collapsing buildings in the city of Izmir in western Turkey, and officials said at least six people were killed and scores were injured.
Read moreA Greek neo-Nazi ideologue and deputy leader of the Golden Dawn party was evading arrest Friday as dozens of fellow members headed to prison following a group conviction.
Read moreGreece’s government says it has finalized plans to extend a wall along its northeast border with Turkey, over concerns that migrants may try to stage mass crossings into the European Union country.
Read moreA Greek court sentenced the leadership of the extreme-right Golden Dawn party to 13 years in prison Wednesday, imposing the near-maximum penalty for running a criminal organization blamed for numerous violent hate crimes.
Read moreA 28-year-old man has gone on trial in Greece for the rape and murder last year of American scientist Suzanne Eaton, who was killed on the island of Crete while attending a conference.
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