Politics

A big police operation is underway at the Athens Law School on Tuesday to evict students who have occupied the building in downtown Athens in solidarity with the Palestinian people. The operation was carried out with riot police and state security who entered the building on Tuesday morning and in …

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Authorities in Volos detained a 13-year-old boy child for the homophobic verbal attack against SYRIZA leader, Stefanos Kasselakis. Kasselakis was delivering a speech in the city in central Greece on Sunday, when a voice was heard shouting at him “fa***t”. The SYRIZA leader replied calmly saying “Be well, come and …

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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan agreed that they disagree on crucial bilateral issues but also on Palestinian Hamas. During joint statements after meeting in Ankara on Monday afternoon, the two leaders openly disagree on disputes such as the Mulsim minority in north-eastern Greece, the …

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Greece is expected to align with the majority of EU member-states and vote in favor of granting Palestine “enhanced partnership” – or participation with special rights – in the United Nations General Assembly, government officials said on Friday. The vote does not amount to recognition of a Palestinian state in …

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Results of  parliamentary and presidential elections in North Macedonia on Wednesday, where the right-wing nationalist party VMRO prevailed with a large majority, is causing concern to Greece’s political leadership as well as the Foreign Ministry with regards to the historic Prespa Agreement of 2018.. The election result enables the majority …

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The Court of Justice of the European Union on Wednesday annulled a European Parliament decision to deny access to documents relating to funds the latter provided to Ioannis Lagos. Lagos, who has been jailed for participation in the criminal organization Golden Dawn, was elected to the European Parliament under that …

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Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said on Wednesday that the conversion of the historic Byzantine church of Chora in Istanbul into a mosque was not necessary. He added that he will put the issue to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan when they meet in Ankara next week. The “unnecessary conversion …

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The Court of Appeals in Athens has initiated a review of the sentences for the deadly Mati fire disaster case, following an outrage of victims’ relatives and an appeal against the controversial ruling. On April 29 and after an 18-month trial, the court convicted only six of the 21 defendants …

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Of all things on Easter Monday, the Turkish government decided to announce the formal opening of another Byzantine church into a mosque. After Hagia Sophia, the Chora church is the second magnificent heritage of Greek Orthodoxy that Turkey converts into a mosque and opens for prayers to Muslim faithful. The …

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Nikos Michaloliakos, the leader of neo-nazi Golden Dawn, convicted for establishment of a criminal organization, will be released from prison with a special degree, a decision of the judicial council of Lamia, central Greece. According to media reports on Thursday, the prosecutor rejects the release on grounds that the convicted …

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With excessive audacity Greece’s Health Minister called protesting health personnel “insignificant little people” and “caffirs” during a visit on the island of Lesvos on Tuesday. Georgiadis was in the island’s capital Mytilene  to inaugurate the new building of the public Ambulance Service EKAV. Behind the invited guests, local health personnel …

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Supreme Court Prosecutor asked the head of the Athens Appeals Court Prosecutors’ Office to examine the possibility of an appeal against a Misdemeanor Court ruling on the Mati fire. In its ruling on Monday, the court had acquitted 15 of those facing charges for the devastating fire in July 2018, …

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Dangerous far-right rhetoric and unscientific views from the Deputy Minister of Health, Dimitris Vartzopoulos, directly from the cave of the modern homo sapiens. With a few sentences, 160,000 years of evolution and several centuries of Enlightenment, Science and progress were thrown over board. The views of Vartzopoulos, a psychiatrist and …

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Independent MP Konstantinos Floros, formerly of the opposition Spartiates party, was released after testifying before an examining magistrate on Thursday. He was accused that he had physically assaulted a fellow MP, Elliniki Lysi deputy Vasilis Grammenos, in the colonnade surrounding the Parliament a day earlier. Both the examining magistrate and …

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A new incident of violence between elected politicians, this time not in the Parliament but at the level of  local administration. A municipal councilor punched in the face the deputy mayor of the municipality of Nikaia suburb of Piraeus on Thursday morning. The victim was taken to the hospital as …

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Frigate HYDRA of the Greek Navy intercepted two drones launched by the Houthis against a merchant ship in the Gulf of Aden on Thursday. One of the Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) was destroyed and the other one driven away, the General Staff said in a statement. Frigate HYDRA was escorting …

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Greece turned sour against the USA, after the Human Rights report of the State Department sharply criticized the Greek government on a series of issues. The Greek Foreign Ministry issued a statement questioning the credibility  of the State Department sources. It is the same Greek tactic applied also to reports …

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Greece’s Supreme Court, Arios Pagos, ruled on Wednesday afternoon that the far-right party, Spartiates – the Spartans – cannot participate in the upcoming European elections on June 9, 2024. Although the reasoning has not published yet, Mega TV reported that the Supreme Court suggested that the former No 2 of …

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The European Commission has taken action against Greece and Cyprus for their failure to properly implement rules aimed at combating fraud within the EU’s budget. In a statement released Wednesday as part of the EU’s package of decisions on infringements for April, the Commission announced its decision to issue reasoned …

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Unprecedented scenes in the Greek Parliament: A independent MP punched and insulted a fellow lawmaker from another opposition party. Both lawmakers  are members of the conservative far-right. Attacker MP Konstantinos Floros was elected to the Parliament on the Spartans ticket and supporter of  ex Golden Dawn No 2, Ilias Kassidiaris. …

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