Adoption law

Filiation teams at the forefront of the fight against the novel coronavirus in Turkey were on duty as they greeted the new year.

Filiation staff in the northwestern Kırklareli province were among them, tracking the virus' spread and conducting PCR tests while far from their families and loved ones on New Year's Eve.

Legislation set to take effect in April aims to improve transparency and speed up the placement of children put up for adoption or foster care in Greece.

"We want to lift the shroud of mystery that often surrounds adoptions in Greece," Alternate Social Solidarity Minister Theano Fotiou told Kathimerini.

A bill being drafted by the Labor, Social Insurance and Social Solidarity Ministry aims to speed up chronically slow and complex procedures for adoptions and improve transparency, creating comprehensive registers of adopted children and parents, Kathimerini understands.