Unprecedented: Civil marriages overcame the religious ones!

Originally, couples crossing the door of the municipality were minimal. Suddenly, however, the crisis hit the door of our country and the money disappeared.

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As the newspaper "Ethnos" mentions, twenty two years after the enactment of civil marriage, civil marriages are more than then religious ones. In 2012, for the first time in Greek history, something happened that probably seemed unthinkable a few years, civil marriages overcame religious!

In particular, that year, 25,730 couples were married in a civil ceremony and 23.980 with religious (51.8% vs. 48.2%). Indeed, the information from the notary offices provides a significant rise in 2013. "The trend last year was again raising, to an extent which could exceed 40-50%," estimates the chairman of the Steering Committee of Notariats of Greece, Constantinos Vlahakis.

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Pharmacists strike the day of the discussion for a new bill in the Parliament

Pharmacists decided in their general assembly to strike in the day of legislation for the adoption of reforms in medicine, milk and books.

After a marathon general meeting, it was decided to attend with delegation of presidents of pharmacists in the plenary session of the Parliament, the day of enactment of the bill in question. As onmed.gr mentions pharmacies will be closed, while the workers will gather outside the Parliament to protest against the changes promoted by the bill (ownership, operating hours, etc.).

"Pharmacists are ready to strike if the Chatzidaki bill includes traps from the agreement between Government and troika or if it affects the legal framework for the operation of pharmacies" stated the president of PFS Kyriakos Theodossiadis.