Greece’s new online platform for registering wills, diathikes.gr, has drawn unexpectedly strong participation, with more than 1,100 people using the service in its first ten working days.
Instead of keeping handwritten wills at home, citizens are now depositing them directly with notaries, a shift legal experts say strengthens security and reduces future disputes.
The system has dramatically accelerated procedures: six wills were formally published in the platform’s first days, a process that previously could take up to 18 months.
By transferring responsibility from the courts to notaries, heirs can now obtain the necessary documents within days, easing pressure on Greece’s already overburdened judicial system.
Eleni Kontogeorgou noted that the platform also improves the ability to locate wills, saying it offers easier searches “both within Greece and abroad.”
The Ministry of Justice is now considering expanding the system to cover deaths before 1 November 2025, as around 14,000 older wills remain stuck in court queues.
Source: tovima.com
