Family law

The Greek Labor Ministry has issued a circular regarding new parental and caregiver leaves, which came into effect recently. Fathers' paternity leave has increased from two to 14 days, which can be taken continuously or intermittently until the baby turns one month old. Two of the days can be granted even before the expected due date.

More than 325,000 people have applied to become foster families for children affected by the deadly Feb. 6 earthquakes, while the number of people making an official request for adoption exceeds 67,000, stated a senior official from the Family and Social Services Ministry.

Greece's Parliament approved on Wednesday a Migration Ministry legislation that overhauls that migration code, clarifying regulations about residence permits for non-EU migrants and unaccompanied children, and incorporating a related EU Directive (2021/1883/EK). 

Most unaccompanied refugee children are left outside the asylum system, according to 15 organizations that make up the Child Rights Advocacy Network, which issued a statement saying a draft bill on migration "creates more difficulties than it solves."

A British minister said Albanian children are prominent among migrant youngsters who have gone missing from hostels and hotels run by the Home Office - the UK equivalent to the Interior Ministry.

Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick told MPs that of 4,600 child asylum seekers who had arrived in the UK since 2021, 440 had gone missing and only about half had returned.

Men should be allowed to have at least a one-hour lactation break, a social security expert from Türkiye's Social Security Institution (SGK) has suggested, making a presentation on the equality of opportunity for women and men at the parliament.

Ljubljana – The opposition New Slovenia will use all legal means available to oppose the Constitutional Court’s recent decision to allow gay couples to get married and adopt children and its ramifications, including any changes to the family code that will be based in this ruling, the party’s deputy group leader Janez Cigler Kralj said on Wednesday.

Turkish Justice Minister Bekir Bozdağ has said that he finds permanent alimony "not fair," while answering a question about the duration limit of paying alimony decided for divorce cases.

"Couple marries for a month. The alimony is paid lifelong. I find this wrong. Permanent alimony is not fair," Bpzdağ said in a TV interview on late April 12.

Fathers in Bulgaria will now be entitled to paid leave of two months until the child reaches the age of 8 - this is provided by changes in the Labor Code, which are published for public discussion on the website of the Ministry of Social Affairs. The leave will be used all at once or in parts. Adoptive parents will have the same right to two months' leave.

All 11 people accused of the murder are in custody