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Council of State will review the constitutionality of landmark laws allowing same-sex marriage, tax code changes for freelancers, non-state Unis

Greece's move to legalize same-sex marriage is a bold step towards inclusivity and can create an opening for LGBTQ+ travel. To Vima English Edition spoke with local and international market experts about the potential

The prevailing sense, as it emerged from the statements made by its head, was that the Church would downplay the issue, would not add fuel to the fire, and, at some point join the entire civilized world in accepting that there is nothing untoward about same-sex marriages or the baptism of children from such unions. But the Church's decision to make a fight of it, and its unprecedented snubbing of the President of the Hellenic Republic, have now placed the need for the separation of State and Church firmly center stage.

The debate is set to conclude in the evening, after which a roll call vote will take place

His Eminence Archbishop Elpidophoros of America was once considered a model hierarch: mild-mannered, cosmopolitan, progressive, open-minded, the spiritual descendant of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew. But then shadows began to appear, certain reservations and an inexplicable climate of distrust. On the occasion of his visit to Athens, I asked if we could meet to get some answers to my questions. 

The high profile Cabinet member cited three reasons for his opposition to the controversial legislation

Mitsotakis reminded his cabinet that the issue had already been addressed in 36 countries across five continents, “without any indication that it has harmed social cohesion and governmental harmony anywhere.”

Three same-sex couples talk about the current legal regime and how it prevents them living a stress-free life with their children in Greece

A trio of ground-breaking reforms, at least by the often timid political standards of contemporary Greece, is apparently forthcoming this month, with the center-right Mitsotakis government set to table legislation with provisions that will irk one end of the political spectrum or the other. The most prominent and contentious initiative is the legalization of same-sex […]

Conservative New Democracy comfortably leads now second-place PASOK-KINAL

The hierarch noted, however, that the Church loved the sinner but did accept the sin