Contract law

Tarihi Sultanahmet Köftecisi (The Historical Sultanahmet Meatball Restaurant) said it has signed a number of master franchising agreements for 60 new branches across Europe in a press release on Aug. 28. 

The Holy Synod of the Church of Greece decided Friday to launch a campaign against the extension to same-sex couples of a so-called cohabitation agreement which grants heterosexual couples living together similar rights to those who are married.

Archbishop Ieronymos, the head of the Church of Greece, on Wednesday slammed cohabitation agreements, which grant couples living together similar rights to those who are married, describing the pact as ?a poor imitation? of marriage.

By Thanos Tsiros

Just as cash flow in the Greek economy has all but dried up, a recent law is seen as erecting obstacles to new investment.

The contentious clause was voted into law in March as part of legislation that is ostensibly meant to help restart the economy, though experts are concerned that it may have the exact opposite effect.

Archbishop Ieronymos, the head of the Church of Greece, on Thursday failed to back a government bill giving greater rights to gay couples, although he did not directly criticize the draft law either.

A Justice Ministry bill that was put up for public consultation on Wednesday stipulates that same-sex couples entering cohabitation agreements should have the same rights as married couples but bars them from marriage and common adoption.

Dragan Vulevic, from Serbia's Ministry of Labour and Social affairs, says about 390,000 children in Serbia - about 23 percentage of the nation's children - live in families that receive child allowance as social support.

Industrial Holding Doverie AD, a subsidiary of Doverie Obedinen Holding AD, has signed a preliminary contract for the acquisition of 99.53% of the capital of Tokuda Bank AD, according to an official media statement of the company.

By Stathis Kousounis

Hotel enterprises could be forgiven for thinking they have been catapulted back to 2012, when the country found itself on the verge of exiting the eurozone, as major foreign tour operators have once again started asking for drachma clauses in contracts for the 2016 tourism season.

 Conference organizers, tour operators seek protection in the event that the country goes bankrupt

By Stathis Kousounis

After the drachma clauses seen in tourism contracts, foreign tour operators are now forcing hoteliers in Greece to sign contracts with a Greek default clause.